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Ole Miss Faculty Backs Students’ Vote to Remove State Flag From Campus
In a nearly unanimous decision, the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate voted to remove the state’s flag from campus, according to WMC-TV. The 41-1 vote late Thursday supports an earlier decision by the Student Body Senate also to take down the state flag, whose design includes the controversial Confederate battle flag. In the more…
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1st Black Police Chief Takes Charge in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas, swore in its first black police chief Tuesday at a ceremony packed with the city’s top leaders, WFAA reports. He takes over at a challenging time. Fitzgerald replaces Jeff Halstead, who retired in January amid federal discrimination lawsuits filed by several black police officers. Black Lives Matter called for a rally in…
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Feds Probe Russell Simmons’ RushCard After Glitch Blocks User Access
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating Russell Simmons’ prepaid debit card after a glitch blocked user access for nearly two weeks, according to Rolling Stone. Richard Cordray, director of the agency, said Friday that he spoke to RushCard CEO Rick Savard to explain that the bureau “is prepared to use all appropriate tools at our…
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Mom Says Jahi McMath ‘Is Still Alive and Beautiful as Ever’
An Oakland, Calif., teen who was declared brain-dead by doctors in December 2013 “is still alive and just as beautiful as ever,” her mother wrote in a recent Facebook post. The mom, Nailah Winkfield, gave an update about her daughter, Jahi McMath, on Wednesday, saying that she was moving more on her mother’s command. “Hello…
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‘Sorry, Malia Obama’: Brown University Newspaper Apologizes After Students Post Photos of Visit
Noting that the college application process is stressful enough without the whole world watching, the Brown Daily Herald apologized this week on behalf of students who posted images of the first daughter’s recent campus tour at Brown University, creating a social media frenzy. ” ‘Brown University had no chill when Malia Obama came to visit,’…
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Black Mich. Cop Says He Was Demoted Because of Race
A black former Michigan State Police officer believes that race is the reason he was demoted after he reportedly left work early, while a white colleague who had two dogs from his K-9 unit die in his care got a second chance, Click on Detroit reports. The now-retired trooper, who was not identified, is reportedly…
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Va. Mom From Viral Pregnancy Announcement Did ‘the Most Selfless Thing,’ Risking Her Life to Give Birth to Son
By now we know the Virginia couple whose adorable “bun in the oven” pregnancy announcement welcomed their son 16 weeks early after mom Dana Griffin-Graves’ condition became critical. It turns out, however, that the new mom took a calculated risk, ignoring doctors’ concerns about her own health and safety in order to give her son,…
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Corey Jones Was Standing on a Fla. Highway Waiting for a Tow Truck, so How Did He End Up Dead? Here Is Everything We Know
Around 3 a.m. Sunday, a white van with tinted windows rolled up next to Corey Jones’ broken-down car on a Florida highway, and a man dressed in jeans, T-shirt and a baseball cap hopped out. Moments later, Jones was dead. We now know that Jones was a drummer who grew up in the church. We…
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Calif. Cop Who Threatened Activists Online No Longer on Force
The San Jose, Calif., police officer who posted threatening comments on social media no longer works with the police force. According to the Associated Press, a spokesman confirmed that Phillip White no longer works for the San Jose Police Department, but would not confirm whether White had been fired or had resigned. White gained national…
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Obama Breaks Down ‘Black Lives Matter’ During Panel on Criminal-Justice Reform
To President Barack Obama, the Black Lives Matter creed-turned-movement makes sense. Speaking on a panel on criminal justice, held in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday, the president attempted to explain the difference between and relevancy of the BLM mantra versus the counter chants of “All lives matter.” “I think everybody understands all lives matter,”…