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New York Civil Liberties Union Releases More Than 323,000 Allegations of Misconduct Filed Against the NYPD
Not everything about 2020 has been bad. The pandemic has been disastrous for the year’s reputation, but good things are happening right now as well. The worldwide explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the mainstream a much-needed conversation about systemic racism in policing (and in general), and the airing out of…
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Missouri Newspaper Criticized for Racist Martin Luther King Jr. 'I Have a Dream' Caricature Cartoon
White people (and non-Black people of color for that matter) would do well to just keep Martin Luther King Jr.’s name out of their mouths. This goes especially for conservatives who only seem to know one excerpt of one speech from one civil rights leader and so they invoke their version of MLK every time…
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Texas Department of Public Safety Spent Hundreds of Hours Investigating, Finding and Arresting Black Lives Matter Protesters
The Texas Department of Public Safety responded to police brutality protests and public outcry for police accountability…by spending hundreds of hours investigating, finding and arresting the protesters. The Texas Tribune reports that the DPS has arrested more than a dozen protesters said to be involved in unruly demonstrations in Austin as early as May. The…
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Auntie Unfiltered: On Generational Trauma and Healing
How many of you got beatings when you were younger? How many of you are still trying to heal from them? How many of you are still trying to heal from your childhood period? Last week, Lauryn Hill’s daughter Selah posted a two-hour video on Instagram where she discussed her upbringing. She talked about her…
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Postmaster General Imitates the ‘This Is Fine’ Meme During Senate Hearing
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, aka Louis DaFuckboi, claimed that there is nothing to worry about during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Friday. Sure, mail-sorting machines have been removed, including in places where there were only two machines to begin with, and yes, some public mailboxes have been removed, and yes,…
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Jalen Rose, New York Post Unveil Multiplatform Partnership, The Renaissance Man
Jalen Rose is a man of many talents. After 13 seasons in the NBA, he’s blossomed into a celebrated journalist, mastermind behind the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, New York Times best-selling author, noted social justice advocate and possessor of the crispiest hairline in the history of Western civilization. He’s a renaissance man. And in staying…
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Megan Thee Stallion Names Tory Lanez as Her Shooter, Says She Tried to Protect Him Because 'Police Are Killing Black People for No Reason'
Megan Thee Stallion is fed up. On Thursday night, following her post showing her gunshot wound, the 25-year-old rapper took to Instagram Live to address the elephant in the room—by directly naming the person who allegedly shot her for the first time. “Yes, this nigga Tory shot me,” Meg confirmed. “You shot me, and you…
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20 Years of Bringing It: What Bring It On Did for the Culture and the Conversation Around Cultural Theft
“Every time we get some, y’all come trying to steal it, putting some blonde hair on it, and calling it something different,” Isis (Gabrielle Union), captain of the fictional East Compton Clovers cheer squad, tells Rancho Carne Toros leader Torrance (Kirsten Dunst) in a confrontational scene during the cult classic film Bring It On. The…
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Georgia Cop Put on Administrative Leave After Tasing Black Woman on Her Own Front Porch
In Georgia, an investigation has been launched after a video went viral showing a cop tasing a Black woman on her front porch. According to AJC, the video shows an officer approaching a group of Black women sitting on their front porch. He tells one of the women, identified as 22-year-old Kyndesia Smith, that she’s…
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Chicago Public Schools Significantly Cuts Budget for School Resource Officers
Officials for Chicago Public Schools have voted to significantly reduce the budget for school resource officers. The budget, which barely passed, reduces the budget for SRO’s from $33 million to $15 million, according to WGN-9. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson announced on Wednesday that in addition to budget cuts, the program…