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#NoDAPL Protests Continue as the Movement Gains Nationwide Momentum
It began earlier this year in North Dakota when members of the Standing Rock, Rosebud and Lower Brule Lakota tribes blocked construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, but the #NoDAPL movement has grown in force and picked up supporters in states across the nation. Nearly 300 other tribal groups and celebrities such as Rosario Dawson, Susan Sarandon, Ben…
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Chris Long of the New England Patriots Shares His Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick
New England Patriots defensive end Chris Long was a guest on ESPN Radio’s Russillo & Kanell program Tuesday, and like many of his peers recently, he was asked to share his thoughts on Colin Kaepernick and the national anthem, a heated topic of debate lately. Long said that he’s had many thoughts about it but…
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Colin Powell Confirms Brother Status as Leaked Emails Show He Hates Donald Trump
Turns out that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is just like the rest of us black folks and believes that Donald J. Trump is a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah,” according to emails reportedly hacked and leaked online Tuesday. According to BuzzFeed News, emails from Powell’s account read that the GOP presidential…
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19-Year-Old Texas Mom Killed in Drive-by Shooting
A 19-year-old Houston mother was killed in a drive-by shooting Tuesday, the International Business Times reports. According to the report, a black Camaro drove through the parking lot of Kendra Childs’ apartment complex, with five shots fired from the car into a second-floor apartment. Childs was killed. Her boyfriend discovering her body the day of…
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Is Fox Sports Commentator Skip Bayless Woke?
I know that the often controversial Skip Bayless generally doesn’t have enough decent, compassionate, thoughtful sports sound clips to fill a thimble. He’s often wrong about sports and often is just wrong in general. Who can forget the time Richard Sherman called him out and the time Jalen Rose blasted him for being, well, Skip…
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86-Year-Old Woman on Alleged Thief: 'I Hope They Beat Her Ass'
Bernice Starnes is not to be messed with. The 86-year-old woman, who uses a wheelchair, was the victim of a purse snatching right outside her Bronx, N.Y., home. Starnes, a former high school track star, told PIX11 that she tried to give chase but just couldn’t. “I couldn’t catch her,” Starnes said. “I wanted to catch…
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FSU Volleyball Player Takes Knee During National Anthem
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s movement to take a stand against the over-policing of black communities by taking a knee may be spreading; Mara Green, a redshirt senior middle blocker on Florida State’s volleyball team, did just that before a match Friday. Green told her coach that she planned to stage the silent protest…
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Gazebo Where Tamir Rice Was Fatally Shot Headed to Chicago Museum
The gazebo in Cleveland under which 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer is expected to be dismantled at the beginning of this week and sent to a Chicago museum to be displayed, the Associated Press reports. As the newswire notes, the gazebo became a makeshift memorial to the boy, whose…
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Student Killed Herself After University Failed to Fully Investigate Rape Claims: Lawsuit
A mother has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s William Paterson University in which she blames the school for her daughter’s suicide, alleging that the school failed to fully investigate her claims of rape, NJ.com reports. Cherelle Jovanna Locklear, 21, was found dead by her roommates inside a dorm bathroom on Nov. 22, 2015, about…
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Ore. Man Accused of Intentionally Running Over Black Teen Faces Hate Crime Charges
An Oregon man and his girlfriend are now facing new hate crime charges after they allegedly intentionally ran over a black teen, killing him, following an altercation in a convenience store parking lot, the Associated Press reports. Russell Courtier, 38, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of first- and second-degree intimidation in the death of…