How One Black Man’s Journey for a New Eye Color Turned Into a Medical Disaster That Has TikTok Users Shook
Everything to Know About Pam Bondi, the Loyal Attorney General Trump Just Fired
New Study: DNA Testing Could Be the Key to Saving Black Women With Breast Cancer
Florida Vice Mayor Found Dead Inside Home as Police Investigate Husband for the Crime
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10 Staffers From Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith's Westbrook Productions Test Positive for COVID-19
COVID-19 doesn’t seem to be letting up any time soon because people won’t listen, and it appears that the virus has found its way to Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s production company. According to a statement from a Westbrook Productions spokesperson provided to Variety, 10 staffers on the set of an undisclosed Westbrook project tested…
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Kalamazoo, Mich., Officials Apologize for Arrest of Black Reporter Covering Violent White Nationalist Rally
Over the weekend, The Root reported on two separate white nationalist rallies—one in Stone Mountain, Ga., and one in Kalamazoo, Mich.—where groups of white people mad about various things were met by anti-racism counterprotesters who let the white supremacist MAGA-humpers know that the only thing they have to be mad about is their inability to…
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Some Chicago Schools Vote to Kick Cops Out, but the Schools With Mostly Black Students Will Still Keep Them
The uprising against the racist police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s killing earlier this year has put policy recommendations like defunding police in closer to the realm of reality and not just in the imaginations of Black activists. But the age-old problem of addressing issues that are disproportionately harming Black people by producing…
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Armed White Supremacists and Counter-Protestors Violently Clash in Michigan and Georgia as Police Standby
White supremacists and the people who oppose them faced-off and got into fisticuffs in different parts of the country this weekend. In Georgia, dozens of heavily armed white people traveled from around the state and neighboring regions to Stone Mountain Park to protest the removal of Confederate monuments, show support for Donald Trump, and to…
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'A Tool to Perpetuate Racism and Xenophobia': Newsweek Apologizes for Kamala Harris Birther Op-Ed
Make no mistake: White people know birtherism is racism. They knew it when Trump and conservatives all over the country were demanding to see multiple forms of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate to prove his eligibility to be commander-in-chief, and they know it now that they’re using the birther narrative to suggest that Kamala Harris…
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Georgia State Trooper Arrested on Felony Murder Charges for Fatally Shooting 60-Year-Old Black Man After Traffic Stop
A Georgia State Patrol trooper has been arrested on felony murder charges after he shot and killed a 60-year-old Black man following a traffic stop on August 7. Now, an attorney representing the victim’s family says a civil rights investigation is underway. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that on Friday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations arrested…
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Minneapolis Cop Who Was Fired for Racist Christmas Tree Decorations in 2018 Is Reinstated
You know, when one of your officers is alleged to have been responsible for the unnecessary death of a Black man, it’s probably not a good look to rehire an officer who was let go for racism. Yet, that’s exactly what the Minneapolis Police Department did. CBS News reports that the decision to fire officer…
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Alabama Public Housing Put Whites in High-Rise Towers. Says Blacks ‘Prefer’ Substandard Garden Units, HUD Report Finds
Can America do literally anything without being racist about it? We already know that this great nation of ours can’t seem to police its citizens, distribute resources to communities, facilitate voting, or fund education in a way that focuses on racial equality, but one would think that something like providing subsidized housing for lower-income elderly…
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Despite Leaving Town, Bond Not Revoked for Former Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks
Despite going on vacation to Florida earlier this month, bond will not be revoked for the former Atlanta police officer charged with killing Rayshard Brooks. According to AJC, a judge has ruled that Garrett Rolfe’s bond order will be modified but not revoked. Rolfe was initially granted a $500,000 bond during a June 30 hearing…