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Texas Southern University Cancels Republican Sen. John Cornyn’s Commencement Speech
There’s one HBCU that didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of Bethune-Cookman University by having a Republican give the Class of 2017 commencement speech. After a successful petition, students at Houston’s Texas Southern University won’t have to listen to Texas Sen. John Cornyn speak. The students’ petition referenced Cornyn’s support of stricter voter-ID laws,…
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‘Why Are N–gers Black?’ Final-Exam Question Causes Uproar at NM High School
Normally, final exams cause enough stress and anxiety in and of themselves. However, one biology exam at Roswell (New Mexico) High School reportedly caused an uproar at the school after a screenshot of one offensive question began circulating. “Why are niggers black?” the question read. “When I first saw it, you know, I was just…
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NY Seeks to Make Killing Cops a Hate Crime but Is Still Cool With Cops Killing Black People
The New York State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would increase the penalties for killing first responders by making doing so a hate crime. In New York, whenever anyone commits a crime against another person simply because he or she belongs to another group, the offense is labeled a hate crime, which immediately bumps…
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NC Middle School Teacher Suspended After Saying N-Word, Comparing Student to Slave
An Apex, N.C., middle school teacher has been suspended after video surfaced on social media showing him saying a racial slur and comparing a seventh-grade student to a slave. The incident happened Wednesday in Apex Middle School’s “Cougar Den,” where students finish school work. In the video, the teacher, identified by WRAL as Dick Wesenduck,…
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Jeff ‘Gollum’ Sessions Emerges From Middle Earth to Renew the War on Drugs
In a harsh reversal from the Eric Holder-led Justice Department, civil liberties advocates, science and logic, Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors across the country to charge drug suspects with the most serious charges legally possible. Sessions, the love child of the Travelocity traveling gnome and the yellow Teletubby, issued a two-page memo that outlined…
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US Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into the Fatal Shooting of Jordan Edwards
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the police shooting death of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed black teenager, in Balch Springs, Texas, a spokesperson for the local district attorney’s office confirmed Thursday. Now former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, 37, is facing murder charges in connection with the April 29 shooting…
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#NoDAPL: Dakota Access Pipeline Has Already Had a Leak Before It’s Even Fully Operational
The $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, which was the subject of international protests because of the threat it posed to both the environment and the indigenous people living along the Missouri River, has already had a leak more than a month before it’s scheduled to be fully operational. The April 6 leak spilled 84 gallons…
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Trump Was Planning to Visit FBI Headquarters, but the FBI Was Like, ‘Nah, Stay Home’
President Donald Trump had planned to make a visit to the headquarters of the FBI, but those plans were changed after the White House was told he would not be greeted warmly if he showed up. You know how nervy your president is. Even after firing FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, Trump thought it would…
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FBI Raids GOP and Tea Party Consulting Firm in Md. With Ties to Key Trump Advisers
Wearing plainclothes and bearing a search warrant Thursday morning, FBI agents raided GOP consulting firm Strategic Campaign Group in Annapolis, Md. The firm has close ties to two key Trump advisers: former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone. Dennis Whitfield, a senior adviser at Strategic Campaign Group, is also a…