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#BeingADoctorWhileBlack: Man Almost Denied Care After Flight Attendant Refused to Believe Black Woman Is a Doctor
A Houston OB-GYN’s Facebook post is going viral after she recounted the dismissive racism she encountered on a Delta flight, where a flight attendant refused to believe that she was a doctor and refused to let her aid a man who had become unresponsive. “I’m sure many of my fellow young, corporate America working women…
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Trump to a Group of Young Girls: 'I'm Going to Be Dating Her in 10 Years'
This might be the most disturbing video to come out about Donald Trump yet—and that’s saying a lot, considering recently leaked footage that has the Republican presidential nominee making sexually aggressive comments. Recently released footage of a 1992 Entertainment Tonight Christmas segment shows a then-46-year-old Trump talking to a group of girls going up the escalator…
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Trump Sexual Assault Accuser: 'He Was Like an Octopus; His Hands Were Everywhere'
Since the Washington Post leaked 2005 footage of Donald Trump making sexually aggressive comments about women, several reports have emerged saying that Trump physically assaulted women. According to the New York Times, two women—Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks—say that Trump assaulted them. Leeds said she was traveling for business during the 1980s when a stewardess…
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Ky. High School Apologizes After Assignment on the N-Word
A high school in Lexington, Ky., is apologizing after an assignment focused on questions surrounding the use of the n-word, WKYT reports. According to the report, Kiarah Raglin, a freshman at Lafayette High School, was given the assignment in English class last week, prior to fall break. According to school Principal Bryne Jacobs, the assignment…
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Colin Kaepernick on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Comments: ‘It Is Disappointing’
Colin Kaepernick admits that he was disappointed to learn that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg finds his and other NFL players’ protest against over-policing of African-American men, women and children to be “dumb and disrespectful.” During an interview with Katie Couric, RBG noted that she wouldn’t have someone who protested by burning a flag thrown…
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Independent Autopsy Shows Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot in Back and Abdomen
The family of a black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month released details from an independent autopsy showing that the victim suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, attorneys for the family of Keith Lamont Scott said in a…
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Boko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls to the Nigerian Government
Boko Haram militants released 21 of the more than 200 girls the terrorist group originally kidnapped in 2014 in Chibok, Nigeria, the Nigerian government confirmed Thursday, Reuters reports. “The release of the girls … is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss…
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3 Women Accuse Donald Trump of Forcibly Groping or Kissing Them
Three women came forward in two separate news reports Wednesday accusing Donald Trump of groping them or kissing them without their consent. According to the New York Times, one woman alleges that during a flight more than 30 years ago, Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt, and a…
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Ronald McDonald Will Lay Low Until Clown Scare Dies Down
There will be one less clown on the streets. In a statement Tuesday, McDonald’s announced that Ronald McDonald won’t be seen in public for a while, until the clown-related disturbances being reported across the country die down. “McDonald’s and franchisees in local markets are mindful of the current climate around clown sightings in communities and…
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Department of Justice Says San Francisco Police Have 'Institutionalized Bias'
After six months investigating the San Francisco Police Department, the U.S. Department of Justice has found disparities in traffic stops, post-stop searches and use of deadly force against African Americans, as well as implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups. The investigation, prompted by the shooting death of Mario Woods at the hands of San…