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Is This the 1st Victim of COINTELPRO 2.0? Jailed ‘Black Identity Extremist’ Speaks Out
Last year, just nine days before white supremacists stormed Charlottesville, Va., the FBI released a report citing “black identity extremists” as a growing threat to law enforcement. In the report, first obtained by Foreign Policy, the FBI claimed that police attacks on black Americans could spur “premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence” against the police. Now The Guardian…
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Trump Knew Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Was an Alleged Sexual Abuser in 2013: Report
President Donald Trump reportedly knew that Eric Schneiderman, the former New York attorney general, was accused of sexually abusing two women back in 2013. It was news that was kept under wraps until recently, when four women came forward to claim in a New Yorker report that they were the victims of sexual assault during…
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Pulitzer Prize Board Will Review Junot Díaz Sexual-Misconduct Claims
Author Junot Díaz is stepping down from his role as chairman of the Pulitzer Prize board following allegations of sexual misconduct. The board says that it will investigate allegations of harassment against Díaz, who remains on the board. As The Guardian reports, the 49-year-old writer, himself a Pulitzer Prize winner, was elected Pulitzer Prize board…
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Manager Loudly Reads Store’s Theft Policy to Black Customers, Calls Security When Asked Why [Updated]
Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018, 12:15 p.m. EDT: The Root received the following statement from Christi Graybill, vice president of e-commerce operations with Fuego: We are deeply sorry for the event that occurred in our Tacoma, WA store on May the 7th. When the two customers confronted our employees and were understandably upset, our manager asked…
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Happy Mother’s Day: Chris Bosh’s Mom Sues the Former NBA Player for Cutting Her Off
Chris Bosh, 34, and his mother, Frieda, have a complicated relationship. In October 2017, Bosh reportedly tried to have his mother evicted from the DeSoto, Texas, house that she claims they built together. In December of that same year, Frieda was arrested for allowing a drug ring to be run out of the house where…
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Toronto Raptors Head Coach, and Front-Runner for NBA Coach of the Year, Dwane Casey Has Been Fired: Report
After compiling the best record in the NBA Eastern Division, the Toronto Raptors have fired head coach Dwane Casey. Casey was informed Friday morning that the team, which suffered a disappointing second-round-playoff sweep by the Cleveland Cavaliers, was moving in another direction. According to ESPN, Casey was the winningest coach in the franchise’s history and…
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#RentingWhileBlack: Mother of 3 Loses Apartment Because She Didn’t Provide Her Landlord With an Ultrasound Photo
A single working mother of three is taking on a Florida housing complex after a property manager refused to renew her lease because she hadn’t given her landlord an ultrasound of the child she was carrying. As the Miami Herald reports, Tiesha Davis signed a rental agreement with Sorrento Rental Community in Miramar in September…
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North Carolina Dentists Apologize After Cosplaying in Native American, Japanese Clothing for ‘Whitening’ Service
Here’s the good news: This is a story involving white women that has nothing to do with calling the police on black people for horrendously trivial reasons! Here’s the not-so-good news: They’re still on their bullshit. As the Raleigh News and Observer reports, a team of three white North Carolina dentists had to apologize this…
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South Carolina Mom Disputes Cops’ Claim That 3-Year-Old Accidentally Shot Himself in the Head
The father of a 3-year-old boy who died last weekend under his care says that his son accidentally shot himself in the head with a loaded gun; the boy’s mother, however, believes differently. Arika Williams of Walterboro, S.C., is calling for an investigation into the death of her son, Aiden Martin. According to Live 5…