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Meet the Former Sharecropper Who Helped Push Alabama’s Historic Black Voter Turnout
In a long-overdue (and, frankly, yet to be seen) declaration, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez recently acknowledged the importance of black women to newly elected Alabama Sen. Doug Jones’ victory. “Let me be clear: We won in Alabama and Virginia because black women led us to victory,” Perez said. “Black women are the backbone…
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Washington State Bar Manager Brutally Attacked While Defending Black Bartender From Racist Customers
A Spokane, Wash., bar manager is recovering from his injuries after he was attacked last week in his establishment while trying to remove two customers he said were hurling racial slurs. “Right away, when they came in, they were dropping the n-word,” Jade Cardwell, who was managing Barracho’s the night of Dec. 5, told news…
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Missouri City Official Facing Charges After ‘Teasing’ Co-Worker With Gun
So a city official walks into work one day and allegedly pumps a shotgun toward his “liberal” co-worker. When the cops come a-calling (because, you know, what the entire fuck), he claims he was just “teasing” the female clerk. I kid you not. This is not a joke. According to the Associated Press, Poplar Bluff,…
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#NetNeutrality: Black Women Saved Alabama on Tuesday; Now Let’s Save the Internet
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past year, you have heard net neutrality mentioned in the news over and over again, especially in the last month. Because unless we do something to stop it, Federal Communications Committee Chairman Ajit Pai is determined to push a vote Thursday that will completely dismantle…
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How Come No One in the Justice Department Can Explain the ‘Black Identity Extremists’ Report to Rep. Karen Bass?
The FBI created a 12-page document that ostensibly targets the Black Lives Matter movement titled, “Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers.” It claims that the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., was the tipping point for widespread anger and violence. Yet when members of the Justice Department appeared…
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Iowa Cheerleader Who Quit Team After Being Ordered to Stand During Anthem Finds Racial Slur Written on Dorm Door
You might remember Alyssa Parker. She’s the Buena Vista University cheerleader who took a stand for racial injustice and quit her cheerleading squad after the school issued a policy mandating that players and cheerleaders stand during the national anthem. It seems that everyone was impressed by Parker’s upstanding character and her willingness to stand by…
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A Moment-by-Moment Look at Doug Jones’ Historic Win and Roy Moore’s Tragic Defeat Told in GIFs
According to pundits, Alabama civil rights hero Doug Jones was a long shot against accused pedophile Roy Moore. But a live look at Jones before the polls opened showed Jones in different states of unbothered: Jones was just casually checking results on his computer: But he did become a bit annoyed when we caught him…
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Father of Keaton Jones Is a White Supremacist Serving Time in Tennessee: Report
Further scrutiny of the family of Keaton Jones has dredged up the fact that, while his mother may be accused of being a racist, his father definitely has all the makings of a white supremacist. TMZ has dug up Facebook posts by Shawn White, Keaton’s dad, which had multiple memes, including ones that read “HOLY…
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Omarosa Leaving the White House for Lucrative Career in Unemployment
Omarosa Manigault Newman, reality star and aunt who brings store-bought pound cake to Thanksgiving dinner, is leaving her post in the Trump administration and her position as Black Person in the Trump administration. According to CBS News, Manigault Newman resigned Tuesday to “pursue other opportunities,” effective Jan. 20, 2018. She has served as assistant to…