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French Rally Around Lawmaker Called ‘Fat Black Swine From Africa’ in Racist, Threatening Letter
Thousands of people leaped to support a French lawmaker Wednesday after she shared a racist letter addressed to her that insulted her African heritage and threatened her life. On Wednesday, Laetitia Avia, a member of France’s National Assembly from President Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche movement, shared an anonymous letter filled with racial abuse and threats.…
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Speeding Off-Duty Cop Slams Into Car, Killing an Infant, but the Child’s Mother Also Faces Homicide Charges: Report
A Baton Rouge, La., police officer was arrested almost two weeks ago on charges of negligent homicide after being accused of causing a crash that killed a 1-year-old infant and injured multiple other people. Normally, one would think that the story would end there, with the officer going to trial and facing whatever repercussions were…
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The Return of Back-Alley Abortions? Mike Pence Predicts End of Legal Abortion ‘in Our Time’
Vice President Mike Pence continues to stick his nose where it doesn’t belong: in the reproductive organs of American women. While speaking at a luncheon hosted by the anti-abortion organization the Susan B. Anthony List & Life Issues Institute in Nashville, Tenn., Pence said that he believes legal abortion in the United States will end…
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Walmart Will No Longer Sell Guns and Ammo to People Under 21
Even if our federal government won’t make changes to gun laws, rules and regulations, retailers will. Big-box store Walmart became the latest Wednesday when it announced that it will no longer sell guns and ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. The company also made the decision to remove any items resembling assault rifles…
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New Orleans Police Kept a Secret, CIA-Backed Policing System for Years; Guess Who It Targets?
As if the police weren’t scary enough. A new investigative article recently published by the Verge offers comprehensive and detailed evidence that a Silicon Valley company, Palantir, has provided software to the New Orleans Police Department since 2012. The technology, implemented after New Orleans’ murder rate was the highest in the nation, traces so-called criminals’…
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Georgia Teacher Opened Fire Inside a Classroom, Sending Students Into Panic
A Georgia teacher sent students and faculty into panic after he fired at least one shot inside a classroom, spiking tensions even further after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the incident occurred at Dalton (Ga.) High School, some 91 miles northwest of Atlanta. The incident unfolded around 11:30…
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It Looks Like Donald Trump and Melania Are Holding Hands, but This Could Be a Doctored Image
I am trying to get confirmed proof that Melania Trump’s hand is actually inside her glove because, if so, it looks like for the first time since the president has taken office, he and the first lady are actually holding hands. I know what you are thinking: How do we know that this is actually…
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Trump Called Out Attorney General Jeff Sessions Because He Doesn’t Understand How This Works
The president is proof that a subhuman nonthinking white man can one day become the leader of the free world. Asparagus should feel inspired. Sure, it is nonverbal, and yes, it is merely a vegetable, but other than color, what’s the difference between asparagus and the president? Seriously, they both know about the same when…
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Is Anyone Shocked That Slavery Continued a Century After Emancipation?
Given the state of the world today, and being a black woman in America, I’m rarely shocked, especially when it comes to racial terror and exploitation. But admittedly, I was taken aback when an African-American historian and genealogist presented actual documentation of black communities in the Deep South that were enslaved well into the 1960s.…
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Ohio College Students Say Restaurant Manager Demanded They Pay for Meal Up Front Because ‘You People Steal’: Report
As it turns out, black people really can’t seem to eat in peace sometimes. A group of college students in Ohio are the latest in the nation to accuse a dining establish of racial discrimination, or some sort of profiling, after a manager demanded that they pay for their meal up front because, you know,…