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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…
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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…