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Princeton Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Cancels Public Appearances Amid Fox News-Fueled Death Threats
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton and a 2016 The Root 100 honoree, has been forced to cancel all public appearances as death threats continue to roll in in response to her May 20 commencement address at Hampshire College, a private liberal arts college in Amherst,…
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Fla. High School Athlete Dead, 1 Severely Injured After Single-Car Accident on Prom Night
Another night of celebration unexpectedly ended in tragedy after one Deerfield Beach (Fla.) High School football player was killed and another seriously injured after a single-car accident on prom night. According to the Miami Herald, 19-year-old receiver Taletrius Bradley was killed and 17-year-old standout cornerback Demetrius Palmer was severely injured in the horrific crash over…
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NJ Trooper Threatened to Arrest Woman Unless She Gave Him Her Phone Number, Authorities Say
For the second time in six months, a New Jersey state trooper has been suspended and criminally charged after being accused of pulling over women to ask them out. According to NJ.com, Trooper Eric Richardson, 31, was charged Wednesday with records tampering after an internal investigation found that he repeatedly pulled over two women to…
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Calif. High Schooler Uses Blackface for ‘Promposal’ 1 Month After Another Student Used a Lynching Reference
It seems that the ghost of promposals is still haunting us, and while a lot of high school students are guilty of doing the utmost, two students at the same California high school went way too far by using blackface and lynching references in their own promposals. Fact: It’s never cute to be racist when…
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Ohio Attorney General Sues 5 Drug Companies for Fueling Opioid Epidemic
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit Wednesday against five pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids, as well as their related companies, alleging that the companies engaged in fraudulent marketing regarding the risks and benefits of prescription opioids, which he says fueled Ohio’s opioid epidemic. In a press release Wednesday, DeWine named the five companies…
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Noose Found Hanging at National Museum of African American History and Culture
Tourists visiting the an exhibition on segregation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Wednesday found a noose hanging there, the second such incident on the Smithsonian grounds this week. According to Smithsonian Magazine, the exhibit gallery was closed for three hours as police investigated the noose and removed it. In…
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Confirmed: Former FBI Director James Comey to Testify Publicly That Trump Attempted to Obstruct Russia Probe
Former FBI Director James Comey will testify publicly as early as next week before the Senate to confirm accusations that President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct his agency’s probe into alleged connections between top Trump campaign associates and Russia. No official date has been set for Comey’s testimony, but CNN reports that the final details…
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Philly Cops’ Habit of Fondling Black Men Sparks Greatest Protest of All Time
In what may be the greatest protest ever, two Philadelphia police precincts received pairs of underwear from a local activist group Tuesday morning. However, the gifts were not meant to inspire thoughts of romance or affection. Instead, the packages were an ingenious protest designed to highlight a disturbing, but little-known, fact about law-enforcement officers in…
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#MakeAmericaHateAgain: ‘Nigger’ Spray-Painted on Home Owned by LeBron James
LeBron James might be the most beloved and recognized black man in America today. He is arguably the best basketball player ever to grace the court and easily one of the most charitable sports stars ever to donate a dollar, but in the end, in Trump’s America, he’s just another “nigger.” A Los Angeles home…