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Black Girl Sent to Juvenile Facility for Not Doing Her Homework Released From Probation
The Michigan judge who sent a 15-year-old Black girl to a juvenile detention facility for not completing her online homework released the teen from probation Tuesday following the ruling of an appeals court. The Associated Press reports that Oakland Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan “adopted a caseworker’s recommendation that the case be terminated and that…
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Property Owner Outraged That a Black Lives Matter Billboard Was Put Up Next to His Confederate Flag
If there is any upshot to the hellscape we currently live in, it’s that folks are steadily exposing their true selves. Take Sam White, a property owner in Pittsboro, N.C., who is big mad that a Black Lives Matter billboard was erected next to a Confederate flag that he allowed to be placed on the…
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Why (Some) Men Seem to be So Bothered by Cardi B's 'WAP,' Explained
This is dumb. What? Your entire premise. What’s wrong with it? Why would anyone in their right mind be bothered by waffles and pancakes? They’re delicious breakfast and brunch staples. The Anthony Davis of breakfast and brunch. And, even if you had celiac disease, there are gluten-free options. Do these men hate french toast too?…
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‘Kill Them All’: Colorado Officer Suspended but Not Fired After Violent Posts Aimed at Black Lives Matter Protesters
Can police departments really say they’re making an earnest effort to weed out the violent, corrupt and racist police officers in their units if they aren’t willing to immediately fire those who say or post things online that indicate that they are extrajudicial execution cases waiting to happen? A Colorado Springs police officer thought he…
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Master P Reflects on Becoming His Own 'Master' and Working With Tupac
“I’m constantly trying to educate myself. I’m constantly trying to master whatever I do.” — Percy “Master P” Miller text Master P is indeed a boss. The ex-rapper, actor, record label executive and former NBA player came to prominence in the 1990s and 2000s, but as they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day. In…
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Standout Actor Raymond Allen, of Sanford and Son, Good Times, Dead at 91
Raymond Allen (Sanford and Son, Good Times) died on Monday after a battle with respiratory issues, Variety reports. Allen was 91 years old. According to TMZ, the actor had been living in a long-term health facility in California since 2016. Allen’s daughter Ta Ronce confirmed the news via a Facebook post on Monday. “Just wanted…
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Family of Elijah McClain Files Lawsuit Alleging ‘Elijah’s Killers Extinguished the Light of a Beautiful Young Man’
. The family of Elijah McClain is officially suing the city of Aurora, Colorado, the police officers involved in McClain’s detainment and the medical professionals who administered ketamine to the 23-year-old shortly before he was taken to the hospital and put on life support. The federal lawsuit was filed on Tuesday alleging that McClain’s civil…
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Committee Considers Removing Name of KKK Leader From Atlanta School
You know how I know America is inherently racist? There are multiple schools named after Confederate generals and KKK leaders, and it took the deaths of multiple Black people and months of protests for school boards to finally go, “You know, we might have a problem here.” According to AJC, Jason Esteves, the Atlanta school…
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Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best Resigning After City Council Approves Cutting Budget and Reducing Workforce
Seattle Chief of Police Carmen Best announced Monday that she would be resigning at the start of September, after the city council voted to trim the budget of the police department and reduce the workforce by up to 100 officers. According to CBS News, Best sent an email to the department saying her resignation will…
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Voter Registration Surged During Height of Black Lives Matter Protests, Study Finds
2020 has been a wild rollercoaster of a year. The largest race reckoning America has seen in a generation is happening in the midst of a global pandemic that is showing no signs of going away and all the while, a man sits in the White House who just can’t seem to go a day…