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How Trump Continues to Fail the Family of Sgt. La David Johnson
It’s not a terribly difficult name to remember: La David Johnson. Five syllables for a fallen soldier who died in an ambush in Niger earlier this month. But according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, a Democrat who represents the district where Johnson was from in Florida, that name was too much for Donald Trump to remember.…
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Lamonte McIntyre Spent 23 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, but Won’t Receive a Dime
After serving more than two decades behind bars in a Kansas correctional facility for a double murder, Lamonte McIntyre was freed Saturday. He doesn’t have any job prospects or even a résumé. He has no computer skills and has never owned a smartphone. He also hasn’t received a penny for being falsely imprisoned. According to…
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Should a Racist Grade Your Papers? Students Discover White Supremacists Teaching at Their Universities
Whenever I see Ku Klux Klan rallies or skinheads marching, instead of hate, I am always filled with a sense of curiosity. What do white supremacists do when they’re not white-supremacy-ing? There’s only so much time one can fill denying holocausts and soaking crosses in kerosene for nighttime activities. More important, I wonder where they…
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America’s Most Successful Jewel Thief Retires From Life of Crime
If you turned the true story of America’s greatest jewel thief into a movie, it would include scenes from Monte Carlo, New York and even Tokyo. It would feature a black woman, and the script would span seven decades. It would feature hair-raising tales; but, like most movies, the problem is always the ending. Will…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Attorney Says He’ll Have ‘Smoking Gun’ to Prove NFL Owners Blackballed His Client
Mark Geragos, the attorney representing Colin Kaepernick in a grievance against the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, says he believes he will have definitive proof that NFL owners colluded to keep Kaepernick out of the league. “I am going to predict right now that we will have a smoking gun,” Geragos told CNN Tuesday. “There are…
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NFL Says It Won’t Penalize Players for Kneeling During Anthem
The NFL would have you believe it woke up. After weeks of NFL owners trying to appease their players and their racist fans, too, the league has decided that players can continue to kneel during the national anthem to call attention to racial injustice without penalty. The decision came after a meeting Tuesday afternoon in…
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Lone Protester Heckles Jerry Jones: ‘Look at the Videos of Police Getting Away With Murder and Tell Me the Players Are Wrong for Protesting’
Jerry Jones had his Southern-fried ass handed to him by a lone protester as the Dallas Cowboys owner walked through what looked to be a hotel lobby. In a 37-second video posted to Twitter, what sounds like an African-American man can be heard projecting to Jones, and shown holding an image of slaves with some…