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Racial Tensions Escalate on Campus of Public University in Washington State
A week of protests and racial tension on the campus of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., ended with the college being closed for the second day in a row Friday, after county officials received a phone call Thursday from someone threatening to be armed and headed to the campus. As the Washington Post reports,…
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Calif. High School Students Win Fight to Pay Tribute to Black Lives Matter in Their Yearbook
Two high school students in Vacaville, Calif., along with some help from the American Civil Liberties Union, won their fight to include a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in their school’s yearbook. Administrators at Buckingham Charter Magnet High School did not want to include the piece in the yearbook because they were worried…
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Jason Whitlock, Please STFU About LeBron, Racism, Everyone, Everything Forever
Sports commentator Jason Whitlock hates black people. Wait, let me rephrase. Sports commentator Jason Whitlock has a history of hating on black people, making me think that when he walks past a mirror, he probably clutches his wallet (or purse; I don’t know his life) a bit tighter at his own reflection. Also known as…
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Lucia McBath, Mother of Jordan Davis, Explains Why You Should Wear Orange for Gun-Violence Awareness Today
There is an old interview of trainer Cus D’Amato in which he talks about how he instantly knew that Mike Tyson would be a great fighter. In the interview, he says that fighting has nothing to do with training or skill. D’Amato explains that when a good fighter takes a hard punch, he immediately knows…
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Joe Scarborough: Steve Bannon Is Leaking All Jared Kushner-Russia Intel
I love nothing more than a good reality drama, and nothing is better than the reality-TV star-turned-president and his merry band of misfits. On Friday, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough posited an interesting theory, and one that I think I can get behind. According to Scarborough’s sources inside the White House, White House chief political…
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NC Elementary School Teacher Caught on Camera Hitting 11-Year-Old Student With a Broom: Report
One North Carolina mom is furious after seeing video of a Cotswald Elementary School teacher hitting her 11-year-old daughter with a Swiffer broom. “You cannot be a teacher and be able to teach children if you can lose your cool in a manner where you hurt someone else’s child,” the outraged mom, Tiffany Fields, told Fox…
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Predominantly Black Church in SC Receives $2,000 Donation, Apology From Anonymous Donor Who ‘Used to Be a Terrible Racist’
A predominantly black church in Greenville, S.C., received a surprising $2,000 donation a few weeks ago from an anonymous donor who claimed to be a former “terrible racist.” According to Fox Carolina, the Rev. Michael Sullivan of the Nicholtown Presbyterian Church still gets goosebumps when he reads the letter enclosed with the donation or shares…