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Watch Live: Van Jones’ We Rise Against Hate Tour in Nashville, Tenn.
Van Jones is currently traveling across the country on his We Rise Tour, and he wants people to rise up against hate. In partnership with Tidal, Jones is making stops across America, and Tuesday night, he’s heading to Nashville, Tenn., for which he’s renamed the tour, “We Rise Against Hate.” On the heels of the…
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Trump Still Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Va. Violence, Says White Nationalists Had Permits and Asks What About the ‘Alt-Left’ That Came Charging at Them?!
On Saturday, 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed after authorities say a white nationalist slammed his car into a group of protesters rallying to combat hate. It took the president some two days to come out against the group of people whose tiki-torch-laced march led to the death of Heyer and the injuries of several others.…
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Hey, Paris Dennard, Woofing Only Works on the Basketball Court Against Nonblacks
Thank God for the stereotype of the violent black man, not because it’s accurate or because it’s deserved, but because there are people who believe that all black men are violent. As a result, those of us who can’t fight can rest, or coast, on the laurels of those of us who can. My dad…
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NYC Teen Charged With Choking Mom’s Ex to Death After Witnessing Him Attack Her
A New York City high school football player is facing charges of manslaughter for choking his mom’s ex-boyfriend to death after he reportedly witnessed the man attacking her in their apartment early Monday. According to the New York Daily News, 18-year-old Luis Moux, who lives with his mother in the city’s Bronx borough, was in…
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Racing Pioneer Joi ‘SJ’ Harris Identified as Stuntwoman Killed on Deadpool 2 Set
Joi “SJ” Harris, the first African-American woman licensed in the sport of motorcycle track racing, has been identified as the person who died during an attempted stunt on the set of Deadpool 2 Monday morning. Harris, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., crashed through a window on the Vancouver, British Columbia, set, performing a stunt as…
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Steve Bannon, the Dr. Umar Johnson of White Nationalism, May Be Out of the White House by the End of the Week: Report
Looks like the prince of white nationalism might be out of his job as the breaker of black backs and the whisperer of white supremacy. If reports are to be believed, President TrumPutin’s chief political strategist and former executive chairman of Breitbart News, Steve “Papa” Bannon, may be out of the White House by the…
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Trump Gives Tired Speech Denouncing Hate, Then Tweets Dog Whistle to White Supremacists
President Trump has always been a racist and a supporter of white supremacy. So when the president gave his carefully crafted speech denouncing white hate some two days ago as the torch-wielding race rally left one woman dead and several injured, the only people who were moved by the speech were white supremacists. They were…
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Estate of Inmate Who Died of Dehydration in Milwaukee Jail Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against County, Sheriff David Clarke
The family of Terrill Thomas, an inmate who died of dehydration while in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail in 2016, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit naming the county, Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. and more than 20 others as defendants in the case. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes, the lawsuit comes…
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ND Father Wants No Parts of Son’s White Supremacy
When you attend a racist rally without your hood and cloak of anonymity, don’t be surprised when you’re outed as a white supremacist. But way to go in embarrassing your family members who don’t share your views. Pete Tefft of Fargo, N.D., wasn’t too hard to spot in the crowd, with his Vidal Sassoon hair…