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Customer Pulls Gun on Black Barber After A Messed Up Haircare… and That’s Not All
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San Francisco to Remove Cash Bail Requirements
In the last few years, the topic of cash bail has come under renewed scrutiny. The practice inordinately affects the poor and communities of color. Luckily, the city of San Francisco has taken a huge step towards reform. CBS News reports that recently elected District Attorney Chesa Boudin will no longer require cash bail to…
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Residents of a Pittsburgh Suburb Want Police Fired After They’re Caught Violently Restraining a Black Teenage Girl on the School Bus
West Mifflin, Penn., community members called for the firing of two police officers caught on video last month violently yanking back the head of a 15-year-old girl on a school bus. The outcry against the officers has been building throughout the week, starting with a council meeting on Tuesday, reports KDKA-TV. “You have two grown…
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More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says
More than half a million Americans experienced homelessness in 2019—a number that has slowly ticked upward in recent years. Of the families that make up that number, the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress finds that 52 percent are black. Of an estimated 568,000 Americans who were without shelter last year, individual black Americans comprised…
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DeKalb County School District Refuses to Cover Surgeries After Student Suffers 3rd Degree Burns in Fire Caused by Chemistry Teacher
School is supposed to be a sanctuary, but for the family of Malachi McFadden it’s become a source of frustration and anger after the DeKalb County School District has declined to cover medical expenses for injuries the 15-year-old suffered at the hands of his teacher. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Aug. 6, his teacher—identified…
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Megyn Kelly Wants Equality When It Comes to Blackface
Megyn Kelly is the human embodiment of not having a fucking clue. She repeatedly demonstrates just how ignorant and out of touch she is every time she opens her mouth. It’s like her whiteness is so blinding, she is unable to see anything beyond her own myopic, white and privileged view of how the world…
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Trump Will Be the First President to Attend an Anti-Abortion Event. 53 Percent of White Women Wept
President Trump has been clear since day one that he will not be the president of all Americans. In fact, he’s been pretty clear since the beginning that he only planned to represent white supremacist men. If you think that a person like this would have had a hard time being elected, you’d be forgetting…
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The Saga Continues: Arrest Warrant Issued for Troubled NFL Receiver Antonio Brown
The Antonio Brown saga has taken a predictable, if not unfortunate, turn. On Wednesday, Florida’s Hollywood Police Department issued an arrest warrant for the troubled All-Pro receiver following allegations that he and his trainer, Glen Holt, assaulted the driver of a moving truck near Brown’s home. In a press release, police spokesman Christian Latta listed…
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New Jersey to Become Ninth State to Ban LGBTQ ‘Panic Defenses’
LGBTQ “panic” defenses have long been a controversial part of the legal system. It effectively absolves blame from the perpetrator of a crime and places it on the victim instead. Luckily, these kinds of defenses are slowly but surely being banned across the country. According to NBC News, New Jersey’s Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed…
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A Texas Student Told to Cut His Dreadlocks If He Wants to Walk at Graduation
It’s not unusual for schools to have dress codes. I remember my school basically saying don’t wear gang insignia, baggy pants, “If you see the police, WARN A BROTHER!” shirts and things of that nature. A high school in Texas has a dress code, though, that doesn’t seem to account for black hair. CBS News…
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Police Investigating Antonio Brown After Alleged Assault of Moving Truck Driver at His Home
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Antonio Brown is in the news again. This time, he’s a suspect in an incident involving a moving truck, his trainer, and an alleged physical altercation. Because, of course, he is. From ESPN: Antonio Brown and his trainer allegedly battered the driver of a moving truck outside…