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Nykhor Paul—a South Sudanese model who has graced the campaigns of Calvin Klein, Balenciaga, Diane von Furstenburg and the like—took to Instagram Monday to give the fashion industry a piece of her mind about the “ratchet” ways in which dark-brown models are treated in the industry.  Paul made it very clear to whom she was directing her…

Disturbing video of a Philadelphia man whose family says he was violently beaten, kicked and tased by at least a dozen officers has gone viral and prompted internal affairs to open an investigation.  According to the Philadelphia Daily News, police stopped Tyree Carroll, 22, on April 4, and the encounter was captured by Los Angeles-based…

In the trailer for the documentary Rosenwald, civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) describes the type of school he went to as a child. “It was a little school a short distance from my home—walking distance. Beautiful little building. It was a Rosenwald school. It was the only school we had,” Lewis said.…

On Wednesday, Baltimore’s Fraternal Order of Police released its “after action” review regarding the Baltimore uprisings in April in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. The report’s overview states that “the rioting resulted in millions of dollars in property damages and injuries to citizens,” and that reportedly more than…

An autistic teen’s family has filed a lawsuit against New York City alleging that police beat and arrested the then-17-year-old for no reason and then, without explanation, released him. According to the New York Post, two cops drove up and asked Troy Canales, now 18, what was he doing as he stood in front of…

Not only did Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump say that he had “nothing to apologize for” in characterizing Mexican immigrants as rapists who are bringing their crime to the U.S., but the real estate tycoon predicts that his jobs program will lure Hispanics back to his corner come Election Day.  “I’ll win the Latino vote…

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has fired Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts after a recent rise in the city’s homicide rate. Baltimore officials had largely ignored an ongoing call for Batts’ resignation after the April death of Freddie Gray in police custody and the subsequent demonstrations to protest police violence against African Americans.  According to…

Rodney Cotton, a former inmate at New York City’s Manhattan Detention Center, was awarded $750,000 after suing the city for failing to provide him with adequate medical care when he complained that his penis was erect for six days after he took medication, the New York Daily News reports.  In his lawsuit, Cotton says that his…