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Huge Win for Voting Rights as Appeals Court Strikes Down NC’s ID Law
In a major victory for voting rights, a federal appeals court struck down North Carolina’s stringent requirement that voters show identification before casting ballots, and also reinstated an additional week of early voting, the Washington Post reports. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit came to the decision Friday, vindicating…
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No Charges in Case of Texas Girl Who Was Injured by Rope Around Neck on School Trip
The Blanco County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office has ruled that there is no evidence of a criminal act or intention to harm in the case of a black Waco girl who suffered a severe burn from a rope around her neck during a school field trip earlier this year, KHOU reports. Thus, no charges will be…
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White Judicial Candidate Complains of 'Insensitive' Backlash After He Compares Black Judge to Gorilla
A Muskegon, Mich., lawyer who is running for a judicial position in Muskegon County’s probate court has apologized for recent comments he made comparing a sitting judge to a gorilla, MLive reports. The incident started when lawyer Eric C. Grimm sent out an email July 10 to friends and colleagues asking for votes while criticizing…
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Airbnb Taps Former Attorney General Eric Holder for Anti-Discrimination Team
Airbnb has tapped former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for its anti-discrimination team as part of the company’s response to #AirbnbWhileBlack, Time magazine reports. In a statement released Wednesday, CEO Brian Chesky said that Holder will be helping to “craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy.” “While we have a policy that prohibits discrimination, we want this…
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Ore. Man Accused of Threatening Neighbor: Black People ‘Get Hung in These Parts’
A Lane County, Ore., man is facing a charge of intimidation after allegedly threatening a black Lake County resident at his home and using racial slurs, KEZI reports. According to the local deputies, four men in two vehicles approached the victim at his residence. One of the vehicles allegedly had a Confederate flag secured to…
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White Woman Walks Around Chicago's South Side Bearing Sign: ‘Black America I'm Sorry’
One Illinois woman is capturing attention as she makes her way around the streets of Chicago’s South Side bearing a sign that reads, “Black America I’m Sorry!!!” CBS Chicago reports that Laurella Willis of Blue Island has been walking about 20 miles a day with the sign, saying that she’s sorry about “everything that’s going…
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Ga. TV News Producer Fired After Rant About 'Unevolved, Uncivilized Turds' of Black Lives Matter
A local Georgia TV news-station photographer and producer has landed himself in a heap of trouble, ultimately losing his job, after posting three Facebook rants insulting Black Lives Matter and even wishing death upon members of the movement at least twice, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. CBS46’s Charles Beau Menefee, an Emmy-winning photographer-producer, slammed members of…
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Ohio Police Sgt. Suspended for Facebook Post About 'Monkeys' Swears He's Not Racist
A Shreve, Ohio, police sergeant says he wasn’t being racist after an inflammatory Facebook post landed him in trouble and on indefinite, unpaid suspension, News Net 5 reports. “Been at work for ONE HOUR and the monkeys have already exceeded their limit of snark I’m gonna take for the night. PUMP THE BRAKES, MONKEYS!” Sgt. Robert…
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Black Yale Employee Arrested, Loses Job After Smashing Stained Glass Panel Depicting Slaves Carrying Cotton
An employee at Yale University is out of a job and now has an arrest record after smashing a stained glass panel in the university’s Calhoun residential college dining hall that depicted slaves carrying cotton, the New Haven Independent reports. Corey Menafee said that he was tired of looking at the “racist, very degrading” panel…
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Detroit Police Detective Demoted After Rant Against Black Lives Matter
A Detroit Police Department detective has been demoted and an internal investigation is being launched following a Facebook post that blasted the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit Free Press reports. The detective involved was identified as Nathan Weekley, the brother of Police Officer Joseph Weekley, who shot and killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a…