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New York Times Writers Call Paper to Account for Deranged Tom Cotton Op-Ed: 'This Puts Black NY Times Staff in Danger'
On Wednesday afternoon, the New York Times opinion section published an op-ed from Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton entitled “Send in the Military.” It was exactly the kind of article you would expect from Cotton, who has the brains and demeanor of a white supremacist meerkat (he notably was once held up by the New Yorker…
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White-on-White Violence: Piers Morgan and Rudy Giuliani Engage in the Worst Verszuz Battle Ever
I don’t know what started it, and truthfully, I don’t care. But at some point during an interview between antifa and the Proud Boys, the mud started slinging, the wheels fell off the wagon and mayonnaise went flying everywhere. In what can only be called white-on-white violence, Piers Morgan and Rudy Giuliani got into a…
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Livestream: Watch Today's Memorial Service for George Floyd
The memorial service for George Floyd will be livestreamed across multiple broadcast and cable networks on Thursday, allowing millions of people to collectively mourn the life of the 46-year-old man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the national eulogy at the service in North…
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Lauren London and Activist Erica Ford Discuss How Gun Violence Affects Women on Red Table Talk
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk had a very important discussion about gun violence and the trauma it places on the women who lose the special men in their lives to it. The episode aired on the social media platofrm on Tuesday. “Very rarely do we talk about the women who are…
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Florida Police Investigating Officer Who Put Knee on Man's Neck
The past week has seen people all over the country protest against police violence after video was released showing George Floyd death as the result of Minneapolis Police officers placing their knee on his neck, suffocating him. Now, an officer in Sarasota, Fl. are under investigation for using a similar tactic. Bay News 9 reports…
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Philadelphia Finally Takes Down Monument to Racist, Homophobic Mayor Frank Rizzo
Frank Rizzo was a truly awful human being. As police commissioner and later mayor of Philadelphia through the ’70s, he spent his time in power terrorizing black and LGBTQ communities. Despite this information being common knowledge, a statue erected in his honor stood in front of city hall for more than two decades. Everyone can…
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For John Boyega, Black Lives Matter More Than the Possibility of Burning Hollywood Bridges
*Cue Star Wars theme* A short time ago in a country far, far away, John Boyega once again proved that he’s about that life—black life, to be specific. On Wednesday, many gathered to participate in the Black Lives Matter protest and demonstration located in Hyde Park, a public park in Central London. In addition to…
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‘Damn That Statue’: Birmingham Proves Protests Work by Forcing Mayor to Confront Racism With ‘Gangsta Shit’
Compared to most cities its size, Birmingham, Ala., didn’t really have a police brutality problem. While extrajudicial killings are always a problem, Birmingham sat near the bottom of the spectrum for American cities with 4.7 police killings per 100,000 citizens, according to Mapping Police Violence. And curiously, as the fourth-blackest city in the nation, Birmingham…