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Federal Lawsuit Claims Shooting of 18-Year-Old Black Man Attending Funeral Was Unjustified

Fred Cox, 18, was killed at a funeral by a North Carolina sheriff's deputy

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 16, 2021
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Survey Says Most Americans Think Discussing Race Is a Good Thing While School Districts Continue Attacks on Critical Race Theory

A new Pew Research Center poll says that 53 percent of Americans believe discussions around race are a good thing.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 13, 2021
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Black Contractor Discovers Noose in Yard of Asian-American Homeowner

At a time when hate crimes against Asian-Americans and racial strife are at an all-time high, the discovery is raising concerns.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 13, 2021
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Michigan Police Department Say Officers Were Justified in Holding Black Real Estate Agent, Potential Buyer at Gunpoint

Black real estate agent Eric Brown is still reeling after cops pulled guns on him and his client.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 12, 2021
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White Florida Man Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Up Nazi Salute and Threatening a Mass Shooting During Road Rage Incident

Police say Jordan Patrick Leahy punched a Black man in his face and threatened to kill 70 to 80 people in a mass shooting.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 12, 2021
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People of Color Are Driving Population Gains, Census Data Likely to Show

Data will be out Thursday and it will show for the first time that the white population is declining.

By

Rachel Pilgrim

Published

August 11, 2021
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White Man Gets Up to 10 Years for Shooting at Car Full of Black Girls After Trump Rally

The Army vet was sentenced for intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury after shooting a 15-year-old Black girl in the leg.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 10, 2021
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Ex-Tesla Employee Gets $1 Million Settlement After Company Failed to Stop Supervisors From Calling Him the N-Word

Melvin Berry was awarded $1 million in an arbitration case over racism at the company.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 10, 2021
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New Jersey Man Accused of Assaulting Black Transit Worker Who Asked Him to Put on a Face Mask

To misquote my favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, 'Everything is racist in New Jersey.'

By

Zack Linly

Published

August 6, 2021
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Newt Gingrich Is Afraid ‘The Left’ Will Replace ‘Classic Americans’ With Immigrants, and I Struggle to See the Problem

Conservatives are concerned the culture wars will cause whiteness to be phased out as the default dominant culture in America. The rest of us can only hope.

By

Zack Linly

Published

August 5, 2021