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White Supremacists Take Responsibility for Racist Fliers at UMass Boston
It’s a day ending in “y,” so of course there’s some racist incident happening at one American school or another. This time, a white supremacist group has claimed responsibility for a bunch of racist fliers that were put up across the University of Massachusetts Boston campus, sending officials and students on alert. According to the…
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Are We About to Get Jeff Sessions Up Outta Here?
Contrary to the testimony he gave during his confirmation hearing, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, while a U.S. senator representing the state of Alabama, had two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign last year, and that contact is likely to result in calls for his recusal from a…
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BLM Protester Hit With Restraining Order by L.A. Police Commission President
A Los Angeles Black Lives Matter activist was hit with a civil restraining order Wednesday after being accused of threatening the president of the Los Angeles Police Commission. The Los Angeles Times reports that the city sought the restraining order against activist Trevor Ferguson (also known as Trevor Gerard), who, according to court documents, allegedly…
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White Ohio Sheriff’s Deputies Shown on Video Using Taser on 12-Year-Old Black Girl
Two white sheriff’s deputies in Colerain Township, Ohio, were caught on video using a Taser on a 12-year-old black girl at a skating rink Saturday night after she reportedly attacked them and refused to leave the skating rink when asked. Brian Liette, an employee of the Skatin’ Place, told Fox19 that the girl was asked…
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Flint, Mich., Residents to Start Paying Full Price for Water They Can’t Drink Without a Filter
I’m pretty sure if you look up “adding insult to injury,” you’ll find the qualifier “forcing Flint, Mich., residents to pay full price for water that they cannot safely drink without a filter.” According to the Washington Post, on Wednesday, state officials are scheduled to end a program that helped pay residents’ bills since it…
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NC School Board Rejects Call to Ban Confederate Flags From School Properties
A North Carolina school board has decided to continue ignoring pleas from a local NAACP to ban Confederate flags from all school properties. According to the News & Observer, the Orange County Schools Board of Education rejected the ban at a meeting Monday, saying that it would instead establish an equity committee of the school…
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Van Jones’ Invite to the Cookout Is Looking Suspect After Recent Trump Comments
Van Jones will always be welcome at the cookout, but he might not always be entitled to a big red Solo cup of adult beverages if he keeps talking like this. On Tuesday the CNN pundit spouted some very anti-Van Jones commentary after Donald Trump’s faux State of the Union address. To be fair, Jones…
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Kellyanne Conway Apologizes to Black America for Her Lack of Home Training
A photo showing White House adviser Kellyanne Conway with her damn feet up on the couch in the Oval Office during a meeting Donald Trump had with HBCU leaders went viral Monday, and now Conway is offering an apology to those she may have offended. “I was very busy today and didn’t follow a lot…