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Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Declares State of Emergency in Advance of White Nationalist’s Speech This Week
Richard Spencer—a white nationalist who participated in the Charlottesville, Va., rally in August that led to deadly violence—is scheduled to give a speech at the University of Florida on Thursday, and in anticipation of the event, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency. In an executive order written Monday, Scott warned that…
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After Nearly 2 Weeks, Trump Still Hasn’t Reached Out to Dead Soldiers’ Families
It’s been nearly two weeks since a deadly ambush in Niger claimed the lives for four American soldiers, and President Donald Trump finally acknowledged the attack at a press conference this afternoon. “Why haven’t we heard anything from you so far about the soldiers that were killed in Niger, and what do you have to…
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Former DEA Agents Say Trump’s Drug-Czar Pick Helped to Fuel the US Opioid Epidemic
Welcome to Bizarro World. In less than a year in office, “President” Donald Trump has chosen an anti-climate-change believer to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a racist to oversee the Justice Department, an education novice to run the Education Department and, to be his drug czar, a congressman who several Drug Enforcement Administration agents say…
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More German Soccer Players Have Taken a Knee Than US Baseball or Hockey Players
On Saturday the German soccer club Hertha Berlin took a knee in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and other U.S. athletes who have used the gesture to protest racial injustice. According to the New York Times, the Bundesliga club’s entire starting lineup took a knee on the pitch prior to their match. Off the field, the…
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Mented Founders Raise $1,000,000 in Capital for Vegan, Nontoxic Makeup for Women of Color
Black women can continue to give thanks because not only do we now have Fenty Beauty, but there’s also Mented, which recently secured enough capital to continue making products specifically for women of color. Mented co-founders Amanda Johnson and K.J. Miller, both 31, met at Harvard Business School and had been “bootstrapping” Mented with grassroots…
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At Least 277 Dead After Double-Car Bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia
A devastating double-car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, has left at least 277 confirmed dead in what officials are calling one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s modern history. According to CNN, some 300 injured people remain hospitalized after Saturday’s dreadful attack. Some 40 of those wounded had such severe injuries that they were not…
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Morehouse College Announces New President
After a tumultuous year that included three different presidents, a lawsuit filed by members of the Student Government Association and a change in the entire leadership of the institution, Morehouse College has named David A. Thomas as its 12th president. Thomas is the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and…
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#MeToo Highlights the Disturbing Prevalence of Sexual Harassment and Assault
If you were online Sunday, chances are your timelines were flooded with the hashtag #MeToo, a social media campaign that highlights how common and widespread sexual abuse is by giving people the space to affirm their experiences with harassment and assault. The viral hashtag, which appeared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, has been credited to…
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Ga. 2-Year-Old Denied Lifesaving Kidney Transplant Because Father, Who Is Perfect Match, Violated Probation
At Atlanta 2-year-old is in desperate need of a lifesaving kidney transplant. As luck would have it, his father is more than a perfect match, but surgeons at Emory Hospital are refusing to do the surgery—at least for now—until his father can prove he can stay out of trouble for a few months. However, little…