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Richard Spencer, Confederate Apologists March in Charlottesville, Va., With Torches Reminiscent of KKK
Annoyingly, there’s more from whites up in arms that the many Confederate monuments to slavery defenders are being removed all over the country, a small but significant attempt at atonement aimed at the millions of African Americans who were enslaved here. On Saturday, more than a few “protesters,” including punched-in-the-face-twice-moron Richard Spencer, gathered in Lee…
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Texas Senate Unanimously Passes ‘Weakened’ Sandra Bland Act
The Texas Senate unanimously passed a significantly diluted Sandra Bland Act Thursday, and now the bill will go to the Texas House of Representatives, KHOU.com reports. The bill has been stripped of any measure of police accountability, including consent searches and pretext stops. But lawmakers believe it is still a good first step. The legislation…
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NC High School Recalls Yearbooks After Some Genius Wrote ‘Build That Wall’ as Senior Quote
In the latest site of conflict around free—or what some might deem hate— speech, a high school in North Carolina recalled its yearbooks because a student used “Build That Wall” as her senior quote. The News & Observer reports that graduating students at Richmond Early College High School in Hamlet were allowed to share a…
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Disrespected MLB Player Adam Jones to Donate $20,000 to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones recently announced plans to donate $20,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. According to the Bleacher Report, Jones is expected to tour the museum Saturday before the Orioles play the Kansas City Royals. Jones has been in the news of late since speaking out about…
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Reveals Plans for Rare Harriet Tubman Photo
Call her Moses or call her Minty. Just know when you call her, you headed for freedom. We are speaking, of course, of the great Harriet Tubman, fierce conductor of the Underground Railroad, Union spy and American hero, whose life story has had a resurgence in light of her replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20…
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Trump Threatens to End White House Press Briefings Because His Staff Can’t Keep Their Stories Straight
Things got pretty testy Friday morning when President Donald Trump threatened to end all daily White House press briefings because “it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” to the American public. Yes, you read that correctly. The Washington Post reports that Trump made his comments after the reasons he gave…
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#Flint: As Mich. Gov. Snyder Signs $100,000,000 in Aid Into Law, Residents Warned Water Filters Harbor Bacteria
It has been more than three years since the residents of Flint, Mich., have had clean water. The city had to jump through hoops to get the $100 million in federal aid promised to it, and now residents are being told to run the water in their faucets longer to cut down on bacteria growth…
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Michelle Obama to Trump Administration on School Lunch: ‘What Is Wrong With You?’
Michelle Obama had a few words for those in the Trump administration who are trying to undo her work when it comes to making sure children are provided with healthy school lunches. On Friday, while speaking at an annual health conference, the former and forever first lady criticized the current administration for delaying federal rules…
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Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Obstructing Federal Investigation
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in prison Friday, bringing to an end the ongoing corruption scandal that has plagued the county sheriff’s department for the last six years and putting the final nail in the coffin of Baca’s career in law enforcement. Although Baca asked to remain free…
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Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the…