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University of Mich. Students Illustrate When It’s OK to Punch a Racist
A recent protest that turned violent at the University of Michigan has reignited a very important debate that has been in the news lately. In today’s educational quiz, we shall explore this pressing question: “When is it OK to punch a racist?” You should understand that as your proctor for this quiz, I live by…
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Chicago Deposits $20,000,000 in City’s Only Black-Owned Bank
In a move to strengthen Chicago’s local economy, city Treasurer Kurt Summers deposited … hold on while I convert $20 million using the Negrometric exchange rate (let’s see; you carry the 1 … OK, I think I got it). The city of Chicago “made it rain” on the city’s last remaining black-owned bank when it…
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Kim Jong Un on Trump’s UN Speech: ‘He Will Face Results Beyond His Expectation’
Kim Jong Un has a few words for Donald Trump in the wake of the unpresident’s recent United Nations speech. On Tuesday, Trump stated that the U.S. would “totally destroy North Korea” and stated that Kim Jong Un could not survive an American attack. He finished his rambling by saying, “Rocket Man is on a…
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Hospital Workers Fired for Using Black Babies as Snapchat Puppets
There are things for which the legal system cannot offer true justice. In these rare cases, one of the most appropriate responses may be the swift and satisfying solution referred to by some practitioners of the extrajudicial process called “street shit.” This system often results in a harsh sentence that is known as “an ass…
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Ithaca, NY, Police Identify Prep School Thug Charged With Racially Motivated Beating of Cornell Student
Updated Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, 3:58 p.m. EDT: John Greenwood, the 19-year-old Cornell sophomore whom Ithaca police have charged with beating a black classmate, has owned up to using racial slurs. He did not, however, refer to the group assault he’s alleged to have been a part of. In an email to the Cornell Daily…
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Contaminated Flint, Mich., Water Resulted in Fewer Pregnancies, Higher Number of Fetal Deaths: Study
Women who were exposed to the horrendously high levels of lead in their drinking water in Flint, Mich., suffered from fertility issues that led to fewer pregnancies and a higher number of fetal deaths, a new study reviewing health records from the city and the state has revealed. According to the Detroit Free Press, fertility…
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New Study Suggests Black Middle-Class Families May Have Zero Wealth in a Few Decades
Because of legalized segregation, job discrimination and racist housing policies, it’s not surprising that black and Latinx families haven’t had the same opportunities to amass wealth as white families have. But a new study—and an accompanying op-ed by one of its researchers—reveal that black and Latinx families have actually lost wealth over the last 30…
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New Study Finds That LGBTQ Youths and Youths With Disabilities Suffer Most Under Solitary Confinement
The story of Kalief Browder, the 22-year-old who committed suicide after spending nearly two years in solitary confinement at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail, is a tragic testament to a life snuffed out by a grinding, unflinching U.S. criminal-justice system. Not only did Browder suffer brutal violence at the hands of guards and…