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Black Muslim Firefighter Endured Years of Racist and Religious Harassment; When He Spoke Up, He Was Arrested: Report
Another day, another accusation of racism against New York City’s Fire Department. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., a black Muslim firefighter says he was punished by the department for speaking out about the harassment he says he endured for 12 years over his race and his religion. As the…
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‘We’re Not Racist’: Maine IHOP Manager Suspends Server After She Asks Black Teens to Pay Up Front for Their Meals
The manager of an IHOP in Auburn, Maine, is making it clear that no one should or will ever have to pay up front for a meal at the establishment after an incident of racial profiling over the weekend. “And we’re trying to let everybody know that we’re not racist,” Melvin Escobar, the manager, told…
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United Airlines in Hot Water After Puppy Placed in Overhead Bin Dies
United Airlines has launched an internal investigation after a passenger’s puppy died on a flight Monday night because the flight attendants reportedly forced the owner to stow the dog in the overhead bin. Please read that paragraph again so that I can continue. CNBC reports that United has apologized for the incident and offered to…
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Meek Mill vs. Brock Turner: The Injustice of Our Criminal-Justice System
As Meek Mill sits in jail on parole-violation charges related to a case he caught when he was just 19 years old, his mother is appealing to the newly elected district attorney in Philadelphia to help her son get the justice she feels he deserves. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that during a brief news conference…
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‘Rex, Eat the Salad’: Trump Pulled an Ike Turner and Ordered Tillerson to Eat Wilted Greens
Soon-to-be-former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the fatal mistake of mentioning Russia’s alleged involvement in the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England earlier this month. Despite all signs pointing to Russia, the Trump administration has been adamant that while it was standing with the United Kingdom, it…
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Congolese Mother and Daughter Seeking Refuge Were Torn Apart at the US Border, and No One Can Explain Why: Report
In an op-ed published Tuesday, the Washington Post drew attention to a case that highlights the cruelty and “tortured logic” of our country’s current immigration policies. The case involves a mother who, fearing for her life and the life of her daughter, fled from the Congo to the United States. In November, as the Post…
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Alabama Sheriff Pocketed Extra Money From Jailhouse Food Funds, Bought $740,000 Beach House
One Alabama sheriff is freely acknowledging that he has been pocketing excess jailhouse food funds—you know, the money meant to feed inmates—in order to buy himself a snazzy, six-figure beach home. According to AL.com, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and his wife, Karen, purchased the four-bedroom home with an in-ground pool and canal access in…
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Sean ‘Spicy Facts’ Spicer Emerges Long Enough to Mess Up a Tweet and Then Goes Back Into Hiding
Oh, Sean. Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer. I knew you couldn’t do it. I knew you couldn’t just take your mismatched shoes and your White House bush and leave. I knew you’d be back. Because you love the limelight; you always have. On Tuesday, Spicy Facts took to Twitter to fuck up a seemingly good tweet.…
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Auntie Maxine Waters Is Not Afraid of Trump; Too Bad She’s Seemingly Alone in Her Fight
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a person with a spine in Congress. Sadly, one of the few true beacons of hope to push back against the oppressive regime that is the Trump administration is a 79-year-old trailblazer and pioneer, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), affectionately known as “Auntie Maxine.” From day one, Auntie Maxine has…