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Trump Spoke at the Opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in What Was Essentially a Photo Op
President Donald Trump has made it pretty clear how he feels about black people. He has refused to condemn white nationalists and routinely calls out black pro football players for protesting police brutality. So why would the hater in chief accept an invitation to speak at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in…
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Days After Golden Krust CEO Commits Suicide, Workers Seek Class Action Lawsuit Over Wages
Less than a week after Golden Krust CEO Lowell Hawthorne shot and killed himself in his Bronx, N.Y., factory, the Caribbean bakery-and-restaurant chain was hit with a wage lawsuit brought by two former employees. The New York Daily News reports that William Anderson and Sixto Ramirez filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, saying that…
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Trump Just Openly Campaigned for an Accused Pedophile
If there was ever a doubt that President Donald Trump is fully caping for his brother from another mother, Senate candidate Roy Moore, he cleared them all up on Saturday morning when he tweeted: The tweet came on the heels of a lackluster campaign rally Friday in Pensacola, Fla., where the president blasted one of…
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Ex-Atlanta Cop Found Guilty of Breaking Man’s Leg Over a Tomato at Walmart
In “Dey is a Gawd” news on this Saturday morning, a former police officer has been found guilty of assault and falsifying a police report in federal court for beating a man whom he accused of stealing a tomato. Turns out the man had a receipt in his pocket for the fruit-vegetable, but that didn’t…
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Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Declines to Share Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Stage With White Supremacist in Chief
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Jackson, Miss.’s revolutionary mayor, will not be sharing the stage with President Donald Trump at the grand opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum this Saturday, the Clarion Ledger reports. “I believe that Trump’s presence is a distraction. His policies don’t reflect his statements that this is a movement that will bring…
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Rep. Steve King Might Be a Racist, and This Tweet Proves It
On Thursday I wrote about Roy Moore waxing nostalgic about the days of slavery. And every day, The Root covers something crazy that the current sitting president has said. This current regime is not attempting to hide its racist overtones, and this latest incident is no exception: A Republican congressman from Iowa tweeted from his…
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#Flint: Michigan May Reconsider Program for Free Bottled Water
Friday marks 1,323 days that the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water. Although the water is reportedly testing below the federal-action threshold, pipe replacement and infrastructure changes in the city have left residents relying on bottled water and filters for clean drinking water. The state-supplied bottled water may soon come to an…
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Actor Harold Perrineau Issues Statement on Daughter Aurora Perrineau’s Rape
Actor Harold Perrineau is breaking his silence about the reported rape of his daughter, actress Aurora Perrineau. The young actress has accused Girls writer and Lena Dunham’s friend Murray Miller of raping her when she was 17 years old. Perrineau took to Twitter and let the world know that Miller has “fucked with the wrong…
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Felony Charges Against DeAndre Harris Dropped in Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
Twenty-year-old DeAndre Harris of Charlottesville, Va., has had all felony charges dropped in connection with an alleged attack during August’s white supremacist rally where he was actually beaten by poles in a parking lot. Harris was charged with unlawful wounding in connection to an incident that took place the same day. In October, when the…
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Rep. Trent Franks Resigns Amid Rumors That He Offered a Staffer $5,000,000 to Carry His Child: Report
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), who initially announced that he would be resigning at the end of January, has rendered his resignation effective immediately amid rumors that the lawmaker offered a former staffer $5 million to carry his child. According to the Associated Press, Franks bowed to pressure from House Speaker Paul Ryan, who reportedly told…