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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…
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Ben Jealous, Former Head of NAACP, Poised to Run for Governor of Md.
Former NAACP head Ben Jealous, backed by former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, is expected to announce Wednesday that he’s throwing his hat into the ring to become governor of Maryland. Jealous, 44, who was the youngest person to run the civil rights organization, is expected to announce his candidacy in front of Baltimore…
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Trump Drunk-Tweets ‘Covfefe,’ and We Have a Lot to Discuss
The problem isn’t that the old man in the White House can’t spell—hell, he’s been unable to spell since he took office, as he demonstrates by consistently tweeting misspelled words. It’s that the president of the United States is late-night drunk-tweeting incomplete sentences with made-up words. President Donald Trump tweeted, “Despite the constant negative press…
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Jeremy Christian Went Crazy Yesterday Because White Supremacy Is Crazy
The white supremacist suspected of murdering two men and wounding another screamed and shouted his way through an arraignment hearing Tuesday. “Free speech or die,” Jeremy Christian yelled to a courtroom audience that included Micah Fletcher, the surviving victim of what authorities say was Christian’s brutal knife attack aboard a Portland, Ore., train, CNN reports.…
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Trump Continues Assault on Women; New Rule Moves to Allow Employers to Deny Birth Control Coverage
If the Trump administration has its way, religious employers will be allowed to deny their female employees contraceptive insurance coverage. Currently, under Obamacare, birth control is deemed an essential preventive health service that is fully covered. According to HuffPost, the White House Office of Management and Budget used its website to post that it was…
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Birmingham, Mich., School District Launches Investigation After Parents, Kids, Speak Out Against Blatant Racism in School
Parents and children are speaking out against the blatant racism that some kids are allegedly facing at a school within Michigan’s Birmingham School District, demanding answers for the uncalled-for behavior exhibited by other students, as well as punishment. According to WXYZ, one parent, Maia Nelson, has said that she has told the school, Berkshire Middle…
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Fla. College Student Arrested After Detaining Professor Against Her Will, Begging to Make Up Exam
I’m sure we all know (or remember) that sinking feeling when we didn’t get the grade we wanted in one of our classes. Some of us accept it. Some of us may try to cajole our professor into giving us some sort of makeup assignment or test. One student at Santa Fe College in Gainesville,…