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Black Americans Made History In Tuesday’s Election
From Yusef Salaam in New York to Gabe Amo in Rhode Island to Cherelle Parker in Philadephia, Black Americans celebrated historic victories last night.
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Oldest Community Bank in the U.S. to Pay Millions Due to Discriminatory Practices Toward Black Neighborhoods
Despite being founded in 1800, the Washington Trust Company in Rhode Island has never opened a branch in a majority-black or Hispanic neighborhood.
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Rhode Island Walmart Fundraiser Makes a Fool of Black Employee
A Walmart in Rhode Island is under scrutiny after hosting a fundraiser displaying a Black employee in a cage asking for “bail money.”
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University Of Rhode Island Finally Removes Shortened Malcolm X Quote That Was Center Of 1992 Protests
The words were taken from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”
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Providence Cop Quits Run For Office After Punching Black Woman On Camera
The incident happened during a protest of Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
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Rhode Island Senator Gives Up Re-election bid, Puts Black Lives Matter Leader in the Race
Harrison Tuttle, 23, will now join the race for Senator in Rhode Island.
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California Police Reform Bill to Get Rid of ‘Bad Apples’ Advances to Governor
California is one of the few U.S. states without a way to strip bad officers of their badges. The Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act will change that.
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Whitehouse, Indeed: Rhode Island Senator Can’t Explain Why He Still Belongs to an All-White Private Beach Club
Sheldon Whitehouse couldn’t explain why he’s still a member of the Newport-based Bailey’s Beach Club, part of the Spouting Rock Beach Association.
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Rhode Island Gives Voters a Chance to Remove ‘Plantation’ From Its Official Name
Say what you will about 2020, but this has been the year that America is confronted with all the racism—blatant and subtle—that it celebrates through monuments, flags, product brands and the very names given to schools, streets and even entire states. It’s gotten to a point where the state of Rhode Island is moving toward…
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Detroit Students Are Making a Federal Case Out of What They Say Was an Education So Poor, It Violated Their Constitutional Rights
An eighth-grader teaching his fellow students math for a month when the teacher quit. Third- and fourth-grade materials in high school classes. Playgrounds covered with broken glass and burst pipes in schoolrooms. These are some of the wretched conditions plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit charge they faced while being educated in Detroit’s public schools. They’re…