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Oakland, Calif., Police Confirm Identity of Cookout Hater Who Blocked Us [Updated]
Updated: Sunday, May 27, 2018, 8 a.m. EDT: The official Oakland, Calif., police log from the Lake Merritt incident has been released, and it has identified Jennifer Schulte as the woman who called to complain about the people barbecuing. The log shows that Schulte also lied about being pushed by the woman filming the incident,…
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Trump to Naval Academy Grads: ‘Our Ancestors Tamed a Continent’
I don’t know whose “ancestors” Donald Trump was referring to when he said that they “tamed a continent,” but certainly not mine—nor those of the other hundreds of millions of Americans whose ancestry is not European (pdf). On Friday at a Naval Academy commencement address, your president gleefully proclaimed that “our ancestors tamed a continent,” adding…
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Federal Prisons Director Was Caught in Pissing Match Between Jared Kushner and Jeff Sessions, so He Quit
Last week while we were all debating whether it was Laurel or Yanny, watching white people calling the police on black people just because they can, and continuing to marvel at the comedy of errors that is the current presidential administration, the federal prisons director quietly resigned from his position because he couldn’t take another…
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Young, Black and Progressive: Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Randall Woodfin Chop It Up in Birmingham, Ala.
What was billed as an afternoon with two brand-new young, progressive mayors recently elected to serve two of the blackest cities in America quickly turned into a perfect example of how new ideas, radical thinking and a new guard of black leadership are changing the political landscape for African-American voters. We should pitch this movie to…
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Protesters Challenge NFL’s National Anthem Rule in Front of the Master’s House
Tamika Mallory didn’t leave any wiggle room for misinterpretation when she took the mic after Minister Kirsten John Foy asked the crowd gathered in front of the NFL’s New York City headquarters to be respectful and not to use any foul language. Foy, Northwest regional director for the National Action Network, said that he and…
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#BikingWhileBlack: NAACP and Black Motorcyclists Sue Myrtle Beach, SC, for Discrimination During ‘Black Bike Week’
The NAACP has joined with a couple and another man to sue the city of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and its Police Department over what they deem the discriminatory treatment of thousands of black motorcycling enthusiasts who descend on the city for “Black Bike Week” on Memorial Day weekend each year. As it happens, there are…
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Philly Teen Who Used to Be Homeless Earns Full Ride to Harvard
Richard “Tre” Jenkins was always a bookworm. It was a trait that used to get him teased, with bullies calling him “Harvard.” Who knew that bullies could speak life into something? As it turns out, Richard is indeed Harvard, or at least Harvard-bound, earning a full scholarship to the prestigious university. But life hasn’t always…
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The Royal Wedding Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Just Might Happen
The love affair between these two unstable leaders has been the best episode of Catfish yet. First the president of the United States and the leader of North Korea played all volatile on social media; then Kim Jong Un had a change of heart and was finally ready to meet with his long-distance lover, but…
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White Student, Charged in Brutal Beating That Left Black Minneapolis Teaching Aide on Life Support, Released Without Bail
Apparently, in Minneapolis, you can beat a person to within an inch of their life and still walk out of jail without posting bail. At least that’s what happened Thursday when 18-year-old Corey David Burfield was released after District Judge William Koch decided he was not a flight risk. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune,…