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'Civility' Is for White People
We should not speak ill of the dead. Even if the truth is unsavory, the dead deserve our condolences and respect. We must be civil. Especially if they are white. Last night, just before I dozed off, I caught the first few minutes of SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt (who actually hosts the best version…
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In Whitest Tweet Ever, PETA Compares ‘Anti-Animal’ Language to Racism
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants you to know that if you say things like “Don’t beat a dead horse,” it’s the exact same thing as calling a black person the n-word. In the whitest, dumbest, most clueless and socially irresponsible tweet ever, PETA likened what they call “speciesism” or “anti-animal” language to…
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Korryn Gaines, Color of Change and How We Know Facebook Doesn’t Care About Black People
She said the “devil” was at her door. When the Baltimore County Police Department officers arrived at the home of Korryn Gaines on Aug. 1, 2017, she knew she might be killed. Holding her phone in one hand and a shotgun in the other, Gaines figured that her only defense against being killed in front…
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Ferguson Activist Bassem Masri Dies: ‘His Commitment Was Unwavering’
Activists and members of the media are posting tributes to Bassem Masri, a Muslim Palestinian-American civil rights advocate and Ferguson, Missouri, activist whose death was announced on Tuesday. Masri, who live-streamed the 2014 protests in Ferguson following the death of teenager Michael Brown, was remembered as a passionate, committed soldier in the fight for social…
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I'm an Intersex Black Woman. My Voice Matters. Listen
Editor’s note: Intersex Awareness Day is October 26. I was born intersex. It is a condition in which a child is born with male and female genitalia. I came to America seeking asylum because the condition made me a target in my country, where being associated with the LGBTQ community is illegal and could get…
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Placing a Price Tag on Freedom: The Evils of the Money-Bail System [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Ben Jealous Reminds Us to ‘Agitate!’ on Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday
A few weeks before his death, 77-year-old Frederick Douglass was asked what advice he would give to a young black American. “Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!” was his reply. This pioneer of civil rights lived long enough to die of a heart attack in his old age, a heroic feat in and of itself for a former…
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Jury Awards Mom $57,000,000 After Daughter Tests Positive for High Levels of Lead; Housing Authority Found Responsible: Report
Eight years after learning that her daughter had tested positive for dangerous levels of lead—the result of living for years in lead-tainted public housing—Tiesha Jones has finally received some measure of justice. On Friday, a Bronx, N.Y., jury awarded Jones a $57 million verdict against the New York City Housing Authority for failing to do…
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Black Women’s Lives Matter: A Discussion With BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Author Asha Bandele [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Erica Garner, Daughter of Eric Garner, Still Fighting for Life After Sustaining Brain Damage: Report
Updated Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, 4:55 p.m. EST: Erica Garner is still fighting for her life after suffering brain damage, following a heart attack over the holiday weekend. The activist remains in grave condition on life support, and the family is holding on and clinging to “a glimpse of hope,” the New York Daily News…
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