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#NoDAPL: Indigenous Youths Occupy Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn, NY, Headquarters
Almost simultaneous with the militarized police raid in North Dakota on Thursday, Native American youths took over the campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Brooklyn, N.Y., to demand that she oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.8 billion oil pipeline not far from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. So far,…
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Another Jury Finds Link Between Baby Powder and Cancer
For the third time this month, pharmaceutical conglomerate Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its baby powder causes ovarian cancer. The Associated Press reports that a St. Louis jury awarded $70.1 million to Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, Calif., who was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer…
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Trump Calls Black Supporter a ‘Thug,’ Throws Him Out of NC Rally
An African-American North Carolina man was thrown out of a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night and called a “thug” by the Republican candidate himself. No surprise there, except that Rocky Mount, N.C., resident C.J. Cary is a rabid Trump supporter and has even faced off with his neighbors over his choice in this year’s presidential…
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Supreme Court to Rule on Va. Teen’s Bathroom-Access Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it would decide in in Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. whether a transgender boy may use the boys’ bathroom in a Virginia high school. The high court will decide whether the Obama administration may require public school systems to let transgender students use bathrooms that align with their…
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More Than 140 #NoDAPL Water Protectors Arrested Overnight
Police and National Guard troops arrested more than 140 water protectors near a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site in Cannon Ball, N.D., on Thursday. The Morton County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that authorities had arrested 141 protesters by midnight local time after a more than six-hour standoff, NBC News reports. As previously reported…
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Study: Black Students Feel Less Welcome at Schools With Excessive Suspensions
A new study published by the American Psychological Association finds that black students who attend a high school where they are disproportionately suspended more than their white counterparts feel that their school is less fair and less welcoming. The study, “A Multilevel Examination of Racial Disparities in High School Discipline: Black and White Adolescents’ Perceived…
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FBI Probing New Emails Tied to Hillary Clinton Case, 11 Days Before Presidential Election
In a shocking twist of events, the FBI announced Friday that it will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton’s emails, based on new emails discovered during an investigation into Anthony Weiner, the husband of Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin. According to the New York Times, the emails were uncovered when an FBI investigative team was looking…
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Erica Garner Slams Clinton Campaign Over WikiLeaks Emails About Using Her Father’s Death
The daughter of Eric Garner slammed Hillary Clinton’s campaign Thursday after WikiLeaks released email conversations showing that the campaign discussed using her father’s death to protest gun violence, CNN reports. “I’m troubled by the revelation that you and this campaign actually discussed ‘using’ Eric Garner … Why would you want to ‘use’ my dad?” Erica…
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Rikers Island Guards Convicted in Beating and Cover-Up
Four guards at New York City’s Rikers Island jail have been convicted in connection with the beating of an inmate and a cover-up effort, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, Christopher Huggins, 34, and Michael Dorsainvil, 36, were convicted of filing false records and assault; Ronald Donnelley, 63, and Mark Anglin, 38, were found guilty of…