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Miss. Man Accused of Intentionally Locking Disabled Child in Hot Car

A Mississippi man was arrested and is facing felony child abuse charges after being accused of intentionally locking a disabled child in a hot car as a way to punish the child’s mother. According to the Clarion-Ledger, 31-year-old Brandon Windham was taken into custody Thursday after witnesses saw him roll up the windows of the…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

May 24, 2017
Politics

#FarmingWhileBlack: Black Va. Farmer Says ‘Nervous White Women in Yoga Pants’ More Dangerous Than Blatant White Supremacists

When discussing the dangers of “____ while black” in this white-settler colonial project known as the United States, the media focus is typically on expensive shops, wealthy white enclaves, airports, parks, city sidewalks, predatory hypermarkets—you know, any place where white people are known to click their heels three times—9-1-1—and lock all the Negroes away—or have…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

May 24, 2017
#WalterScott: Black Attorneys Group, New Black Panther Party Demand Life Sentence for Killer Cop Michael Slager

A Washington, D.C.-based black attorneys group is demanding that former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager be given a life sentence in his federal case for the 2015 shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott. Malik Shabazz, president of Black Lawyers for Justice, is concerned that Slager will get a light sentence, Live…

By

Monique Judge

Published

May 23, 2017
Politics

After Betty Shelby Verdict, People Gather in Oklahoma City to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’

The weekend after Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby was found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher, people gathered for rallies in Oklahoma City on two separate days to say “Black lives matter.” One group marched through downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday, and another gathered outside Oklahoma…

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Monique Judge

Published

May 23, 2017
#Flint: Science Series Nova to Air Episode on City’s Lead-Contaminated-Water Crisis

The Public Broadcasting Service program Nova, the most-watched science series on American television, will air an episode looking at the chemistry and engineering behind the 3-year-old lead-contaminated-water crisis in Flint, Mich. According to MLive, PBS issued a news release announcing the program, which will premiere May 31 at 9 p.m. “In a money-saving maneuver, the…

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Monique Judge

Published

May 23, 2017
Bill Enforcing Texas Law Enforcement Requirement to Report Shootings Heading to Governor’s Desk

Updated Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 9:40 p.m. EDT: House Bill 245 passed the Texas Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 28-3. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott to be signed into law. Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas), who wrote the bill, told The Root that he was proud of his…

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Monique Judge

Published

May 23, 2017
UK Prime Minister Says Another Attack ‘May Be Imminent,’ Raises Nation’s Threat Level

Prime Minister Theresa May raised the United Kingdom’s threat level Tuesday night, saying that another attack “may be imminent,” just one night after a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, left 22 people dead. May raised the U.K.’s alert level from “severe” to its highest rating, “critical,” and deployed the military to…

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Monique Judge

Published

May 23, 2017
Radical Extremist Discovered Working in Police Department After Praising Terrorist on Facebook

According to the Capital Gazette, a civilian employee of the Anne Arundel County, Md., Police Department has been suspended after making an insensitive comment on Facebook about the slaying of Richard Collins III. Now let’s run this story through the media-bias algorithm and translate this story as if the offender were black: After an extremist…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 23, 2017
Politics

Mark Adkins Identified as Man Tased to Death by San Diego Sheriff’s Deputies

A Lemon Grove, Calif., man who died Saturday morning after two deputies tased him multiple times has been identified by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department as Mark Roshawn Adkins, 54. According to NBC San Diego, authorities were responding to calls that a black man was jumping fences and attempting to enter townhouses. “The callers…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

May 23, 2017
Day 2: Melania Trump Still Hates Her Husband and Doesn’t Want to Hold His Tiny Hand

Melania Trump thought she was signing up to marry a wealthy old man, and in turn, she was willing to act as if she at least liked him. But Donald Trump’s ego got the best of him and he decided to run for president, and since Russia’s given him the White House, Melania now finds…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

May 23, 2017