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#EatingASandwichWhileBlack: Commuters Hold Protest After Cop Detains Black Man for 'Illegally Eating' at BART Station
Over the weekend, I heard rumblings of a black man being harassed by police over a sandwich and thought, “If he ate at Subway, it might be warranted.” But after doing a bit of research, it’s clearly the latest example of overzealous police doing entirely too damn much. As the story goes, Steve Foster of…
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NH Dad Fired for Attending Son’s Birth Gets Outpouring of Support, Job Leads
On Jan. 1, 2017, Lamar Austin and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed a baby boy into the world. Little Cainan made news as the first baby to be born in Concord, N.H. However, now the Austins’ story has drawn even more media attention after Lamar lost his job after missing work to be with his family…
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Racists Anonymous Meetings Held at NC Church
There’s Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous … and then there’s Racists Anonymous. According to WCNC, a Concord, N.C., church has been holding Racists Anonymous meetings on a weekly basis for the past month, and it’s been picking up new members. “What Jesus said is, ‘Come see,’” the Rev. Nathan King of the Trinity United Church of…