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Ferguson, Mo., State Senator Survives Calling for Trump’s Assassination
I have said it before and I will say it again: Black women are Donald Trump’s kryptonite. There is not one group of people that seems to trigger the Trump administration more than black women, who are loud, proud and willing to call out his sheer incompetence, venality and existential danger to everything anyone hopes…
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An Astonishing Percentage of Americans Believe White People Are ‘Under Attack.’ Here’s Why They’re Wrong
This week, the polling company Ipsos released a poll in conjunction with Reuters and the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Most of the numbers coincided with what one would assume the average American thinks about subjects like Confederate statues, neo-Nazis and white nationalism, but there were two results that stunningly revealed the attitudes of…
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Shit Finally Hits the Fan in St. Louis … Like We Said It Would
What did you think would happen? Once, when I was visiting an elementary school classroom, a second-grader wanted to tell me about his trip to SeaWorld. He told me and the rest of the class about the dolphins, octopi, and all the rare and crazy fish he saw. Then he went into an elaborate story…
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Behold This Divine Image of Rihanna and Beyoncé Together Again
At long last, the twin stars of my life, Beyoncé and Rihanna, have converged to meet in the same picture. Not since the moon eclipsed the sun have I felt so moved. So small. So unworthy of the wonders of the universe. Behold: The occasion was Rihanna’s Diamond Ball, now in its third year, which…
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5 Things That Will Happen Before Jemele Hill Apologizes to Donald Trump
I do not know Jemele Hill personally, but I wish I did. In truth, I like to say that Hill is a throwback to a 1960s revolutionary (which she is), but Hill is in line with black women today. (Truthfully, black men, black women have been killing us on the “Stand up for yourselves” front.…
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Former St. Louis Cop Jason Stockley Found Not Guilty in 2011 Shooting Death of Anthony Lamar Smith
Again and again and again, it keeps happening. Another police officer has walked away without repercussions after gunning down a black man. On Friday morning, a St. Louis judge found now-former Police Officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black motorist. St. Louis had…
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NJ Man Suffers Fractured Jaw, Broken Nose, Multiple Other Injuries After Being Brutally Beaten by Cops, Lawyer Says
A Trenton, N.J., man says he was viciously beaten by local police, suffering multiple injuries, after he was pulled over for allegedly running a red light. Let me repeat that. A 40-year-old man says he was tackled, punched and kicked by two city police officers, leaving him with a concussion, several broken or fractured bones,…
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NYPD Releases 1st Bodycam-Recorded Video Showing Officers Shooting Mentally Ill Bronx Man
The New York City Police Department has just made public its first-ever recorded video of a police shooting. The footage shows officers opening fire on a mentally ill Bronx, N.Y., man holding a knife after police repeatedly warn him to drop his weapon. According to the New York Daily News, NYPD officers were called to…
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Mich. Teacher ‘Violently’ Drags Black 6th-Grader Out of His Seat After He Declines to Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance: Report
Everybody is all about freedom of speech and expression until a black person (hey, Colin Kaepernick; hey, Jemele Hill) decides to exercise his or her right to do so. And in this particular case, a black sixth-grader out of Michigan says he was assaulted by his homeroom teacher all because he was exercising his rights…