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The Cleveland Browns’ Message on ‘Unity’ Is About as Bad as That Punt Attempt
The Cleveland Browns, the one NFL team that have been the most demonstrably vocal in support of Colin Kaepernick’s principled stance against racial bias in U.S. policing, played a video before the start of the national anthem in their first game of the season Sunday. And it was … interesting. Against a backdrop of patriotic…
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Family of Jahi McMath, the Teen Declared Brain-Dead, ‘Overjoyed’ That Jury Will Decide if She Is Still Alive
The family of Jahi McMath, the teen who was declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy more than three years ago but who they insist is still alive, has finally gotten a step closer to having the case resolved via the legal system. The Associated Press reports that a California judge ruled this week that Jahi, now…
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NH Police Refuse to Release Information in Case of 8-Year-Old Biracial Boy Who Was Nearly Lynched
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. Say what you want, but when the U.S. president defends avowed white supremacists, one can’t be surprised when bullying takes on a decidedly racist tone, as it did with an 8-year-old biracial boy who was hanged from a tree in the year 2017. The climate has been set. Yes, there…
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Ousted Fox Host Confirms That His 19-Year-Old Son Has Died
Updated Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, 6:05 p.m. EDT: Eric Bolling, the 10-year veteran of the Fox News Network, confirmed Saturday that his 19-year-old son, Eric Chase, has died, hours after Bolling’s dismissal over sexual harassment claims. Bolling tweeted that he and his wife are “devastated” by the loss of their only son. At this point,…
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Sloane Stephens for the Win at US Open
We knew that the winner of the 2017 U.S. Open women’s tourney would be an American, and we knew she would be black. Now we know her name: It’s 24-year-old Sloane Stephens. Stephens, who, up until a few weeks ago, was unseeded, won her first major title Saturday, besting Madison Keys at center court with…
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Activists Demand Names of Vegas Cops Who Held Gun on NFL Player Michael Bennett Jr.
Despite police attempts to flip the script, there are those who continue to seek justice in the case of Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett Jr., who was held at gunpoint by Las Vegas police for being black and “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founder Patrisse Cullors-Brignac—whom…
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Character Assassination of Michael Bennett Continues: LVMPD Investigating Alleged Altercation That Happened Before His Encounter With Police
Updated Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, 9:30 p.m. EDT: Because the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is looking for ways to prove that Michael Bennett somehow deserved the treatment he got from its officers 12 days ago, the department now says that it is investigating whether or not he was involved in an altercation earlier in…