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Jamal Bryant Responds After White Pastor Disrupts His Church Service
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Unnamed NFL Player Sues United Airlines for Sexual Harassment, Assault
In recent years, United Airlines has been battered by accusations of racial discrimination and failing to prevent mishap after mishap as its reputation has gone from pristine to swirling around the bottom of a toilet bowl. Unfortunately, that notoriety has grown after an unnamed NFL player has decided to sue United for sexual harassment and…
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‘I Am Very Serious About Them Losing Their Life’: Alabama Mayoral Candidate Calls for Public Hanging of Drug Dealers
An Alabama mayoral candidate—in the 21st century—wants to bring back public hangings as punishment for drug dealers. According to AL.com, James Earl Ray…sorry…Michael Ray James, who is running for mayor in the small city of Sylacauga, is calling for the execution of repeat drug dealers by way of hanging. James has made several Facebook posts…
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Louisiana Cop Fired After Posting Racist Comments About COVID-19 and Black People
A Louisiana police officer is out of work this week after posting comments in which he appeared to lament that the coronavirus hadn’t killed more black Americans. The Kaplan Police Department confirmed that they terminated Officer Steven Aucoin on May 15, just hours after he posted the racist comments online, the Idaho Statesman reports. Aucoin…
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#YouAreEssential Highlights Workers Ignored During COVID-19
We’ve seen an outpouring of support for essential workers risking their lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But for all of the attention nurses, doctors and other workers are getting, activist Ashlee Marie Preston found that many of these efforts tend to ignore stereotyped and marginalized workers: sex workers, the elderly, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people…
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Republicans to Drop $20 Million to Prevent Black People From Voting
It’s essentially an open secret that Republicans have to cheat to win. With the go-ahead from federal courts, the party is prepared to do just that. Vice reports that the Republican Party intends to spend $20 million to recruit a network of up to 50,000 volunteers to monitor poll locations. In 2018, a federal court…
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Lawmakers and Advocates Grow Increasingly Frustrated With Lack of Comprehensive Racial Data on COVID-19 Cases
Nearly three months after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S., more than 1.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, with at least 92,000 deaths recorded. But despite the clear and pervasive toll the virus has had on Americans and American life, a substantial number of states and territories are still not…
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Over 600 New Coronavirus Cases Hit One Michigan Prison
One of the populations most at risk for contracting COVID-19 is prison inmates. The cramped living spaces combined with substandard conditions have made it difficult to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Prisons across the country have been dealing with rising numbers of COVID-19 and the situation is no different in Michigan. The Detroit Free…
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White Woman Charged With Assault After Putting Hands on an 11-Year-Old Black Girl She Thought Stole Her Mail
Is it just me or are Karens getting more Karen-y by the day? In Aiken, S.C., a white woman has been charged with assault and battery in the third degree after she put her hands on an 11-year-old black girl who she falsely accused of stealing her mail. According to the Augusta Chronicle, Alice Patterson…
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‘I Am a Free Human Being’: White Protesters Hold Signs Comparing Slave Muzzling to Stay-at-Home Orders
As protests over stay-at-home orders continue to pop up across the country, one thing becomes more and more evident: Some of these white people are racist AF. In California, at least two white women were caught on camera holding up protest signs that compared state ordinances meant to protect the public from a health crisis…
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There's a New Frontrunner for the Greatest Karen of All Time—and of Course, She's From Florida
If such a thing as Hell exists, then there must be an entrance. And if there is an entrance to the mythical Hades, one could imagine that there is a line at the door. And if there is a line at the door, then there must be a VIP entrance that is probably patrolled by…