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Rep. Maxine Waters Just Did It for the Culture
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is not here for Donald Trump, his racist comments, his sexist comments, all his comments or his inauguration. She doesn’t want any part of this president, and she couldn’t hide her disgust during a recent appearance on MSNBC Live With Tamron Hall. Waters, the representative for California’s 43rd Congressional District, didn’t…
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Trump’s Pick Is a Habitual Plagiarizer
Monica Crowley, the author and television personality touted for a senior communications position in Trump’s administration, is bowing out of the running for that role amid reports that she is a habitual plagiarizer. According to CNN, Crowley’s 2012 book, What the Bleep Just Happened, is full of unattributed-writer fouls. At last count, there were more…
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8 Shot at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in Miami During MLK Day Celebration
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Miami went awry after a shooting left eight people injured, WSVN reports. According to the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, three juveniles and three adults were shot during the celebration at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. Two other juveniles were grazed by bullets and were treated on…
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Search for Suspect in Killing of Orlando, Fla., Officer Enters 2nd Week
The search for Markeith Loyd, 41, is entering its second week as authorities filter through tips that continue to come in, WOFL reports. Loyd is wanted for the killing of Orlando, Fla., Police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton outside a Wal-Mart on Jan. 9. He is also wanted in connection with the slaying of his pregnant…
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Audio Allegedly Captures Mich. Mayor Comparing Black People to ‘Chimps,’ Degrading Women
Warren, Mich., Mayor James Fouts is amid a scandal after leaked audio recordings allegedly capture him comparing black people to chimps and calling older women “dried-up cunts,” WXYZ reports. The recordings were originally obtained by Motor City Muckracker, an independent news organization, and were published on the site Monday morning. “Blacks do look like chimpanzees;…
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Ariz. Trying to Ban Social-Justice Courses in State Schools. Guess Who This Targets?
Let’s start this off by reminding folks that Arizona was one of the last states in the nation to recognize the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday (and lest we forget, Republican Sen. John McCain voted against its recognition, too). Living up to that lovely legacy, Republican lawmakers in the state are now advocating legislation…
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Harlem’s Schomburg Center Designated a National Historic Landmark
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was designated a national historic landmark this week. The site in central Harlem was among 24 places the U.S. Department of the Interior gave the honor to on Wednesday. The 91-year-old research library is named after black Puerto Rican Arturo Schomburg, a leading voice of the Harlem…
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Donald Trump to Mark MLK Day With Martin Luther King III Meeting
President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by meeting with the namesake son of America’s most brilliant civil rights icon. As per usual, the meeting is to take place at New York City’s Trump Tower on Monday afternoon, where the incoming POTUS can control the narrative. A Trump spokesperson confirmed…
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Wells Fargo Rejects Baltimore Teacher’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Debit Card
Like many others who bank at Wells Fargo, a Baltimore schoolteacher wanted to design her bank card with something she felt was important. But when that “thing” turned out to be Black Lives Matter, the bank balked. Rachel Nash, 29, sought to take her bank up on its offer to personalize her debit card and…
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Kamiyah Mobley Reunites With Birth Parents, Says She Still Loves the Woman Who Kidnapped Her
A young woman kidnapped in 1998 from a Florida hospital was reunited with her biological parents Saturday in South Carolina. Kamiyah Mobley, 18, spent 45 minutes with her birth parents, Craig Aiken and Shanara Mobley, at the Walterboro Police Department, where the woman who kidnapped her is being held. “I told her I was glad…