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#Flint: Former Inmates Sue Over Lead-Contaminated Water in Michigan City’s Jail
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,524 days without a clean and stable water system. In the four years since the water crisis began, there is a segment of the population that has been almost completely overlooked in all the talks about bottled water, filters and the effects of lead poisoning:…
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Starbucks Will Now Pay for ‘Top Surgeries,’ Other Cosmetic Procedures for Its Transgender Employees
In what seems to be an ongoing effort to continue to be as woke as they wanna be, the Starbucks Coffee Co., infamously embroiled in one of the messiest corporate racial incidents in recent memory, has announced plans to offer comprehensive health care for its transgender employees, covering procedures usually deemed “cosmetic” and not financed…
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How LaVar Ball’s Junior Basketball Association Has Become the Donald Trump of Roundball Leagues
In 2011, America was doing just fine. And then this happened … President Barack Obama decided to have some fun with an orange-faced reality star. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, it was this moment that would change the course of American history. On that day, Donald Trump decided that he would punish all…
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Georgia Man Sentenced to Life in Prison 35 Years After Racially Motivated Murder of Black Man
After 35 years of evading justice, a white Georgia man will spend life in prison for the murder of a black man. On Tuesday, Frank Gebhardt, now 60, was convicted of murder in the 1983 death of Timothy Coggins. Witnesses say Coggins was stabbed 30 times and dragged behind a pickup truck for dating a…
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South Carolina Restaurant Closed After Musician Says White Owner Promised to Keep the ‘Nigs’ in Their Place
The white owner of a popular Columbia, S.C., restaurant picked the wrong white man to confide in. Main Street Public House is now closed as the business investigates racist comments one of its owners, Jimmy Latulipe, allegedly made to a white musician he was trying to book. As The State reports, Don Merckle, who manages…
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Terry Crews Gives Powerful, Personal Testimony on Toxic Masculinity for ‘Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill
In his distinctive voice, actor Terry Crews gave resounding, powerful testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday regarding the “Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.” In his six-minute statement, Crews shared very personal, moving and even profound words, speaking about the “cult” of toxic masculinity, how it informed his life, how…
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Paul Ryan Forgets That He’s Garbage, Calls on Maxine Waters to Apologize
Speaker of the House, and spineless lackey, Paul Ryan had the audacity to speak against black America’s favorite aunt, Maxine Waters, claiming that she needs to apologize for calling for the continued harassment of members of the Trump administration whenever they are in public. Lackey Ryan took a break from holding on to President Donald…
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The Comeuppance Continues: At Least 6 Businesses Cut Ties With #PermitPatty After Viral Video
Sometimes it can seem difficult to get real, actual justice from the criminal-justice system, but some good old internet justice is trying to make up for it with swift, brutal and efficient precision. And #PermitPatty, the infamous white woman who called the police on an 8-year-old black girl selling water, is the latest to feel…
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Sonia Sotomayor Reads the Supreme Court’s Travel-Ban Decision for Filth
In a 5-4 decision delivered Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court upheld Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries. In doing so, the majority wrote off the president’s own anti-Muslim statements—comments he’s been making since 2011, which ramped up during his presidential campaign. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the majority opinion in Trump v. Hawaii (pdf), claimed…