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Elected Prosecutors Need to Defend Black People—or Get Out
In the last two weeks, my criminal justice campaigns team at Color Of Change has helped more than 6.5 million people take action to demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others killed and brutalized by police in our country. On Breonna Taylor’s birthday today, June 5, we honor their lives and recommit ourselves…
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Social Studies: The Conspiracy Theories Are True
If you’re protesting, the feds are watching. While that may sound like a harebrained conspiracy theory, it is also an incontrovertible fact. In cities across America, police departments, federal agencies and even private companies are using state-of-the-art technology to monitor and surveil black protesters. While we have written about this many times before, it is…
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Amanda Seales Calls Out White Celebrities Who Support Black Causes but Turn Off Instagram Comments
Comedian and actress Amanda Seales often says what a lot of us are thinking. Recently, the actress and comedian went on Instagram to call out white celebrities who are supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and Ahmaud Arbery through social media posts, but turn off their comments sections on these specific posts. Her observation and…
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Stop Me If You've Heard This Before, But Jason Whitlock Is a Special Kind of Stupid
After a lengthy stint at ESPN, former NFL Pro Bowler-turned-sports commentator Marcellus Wiley expressed his desire to pursue greener pastures at Fox Sports in 2018. I was a big fan of his previous show, SportsNation, and looked forward to him expanding upon his unique skill set of league experience, eloquence—though not of the over-the-top Stephen…
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Cyntoia Brown-Long Makes It Clear That She Had Nothing to Do With a Netflix Documentary on Her Life
Imagine channel surfing or scrolling through social media and coming across an advertisement for a documentary on your life story—one that you had no idea was happening and had no involvement in putting together. Cyntoia Brown-Long, who served 15 years of a life sentence for murder before being released last year, said in a tweet…
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Will Considering a Cough an Act of Terrorism Make Us Any Safer During a Pandemic?
If you spend any time on the internet, chances are you’ve come across a video of some idiot, responding to widespread fear and anxiety about the coronavirus, acting a damn fool: licking food or drinking from containers on grocery store shelves, coughing on essential workers, or loudly proclaiming they have the deadly and highly contagious…
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Netflix's Malcolm X Documentary Forces Manhattan District Attorney's Office to Reexamine Murder Convictions
In what serves as the latest example of a popular documentary forcing authorities into action, the Manhattan district attorney’s office will reexamine the circumstances surrounding the 1965 murder of civil rights icon Malcolm X. The ABA Journal reports that a preliminary review of the convictions in the case will be conducted in order to determine…
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On What Would've Been Trayvon Martin's 25th Birthday, Black Twitter Celebrates His Life and Legacy
Today is Trayvon Martin’s 25th birthday. But instead of rallying his boys to grab a drink after work, or scrolling through birthday text after birthday text on his iPhone, the Miami-born, would-be pilot is dead—his life cut short by a murderous coward who spends his evenings roaming the same Earth that his 17-year-old victim was…
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Former Cheerleader Reaches $145,000 Settlement With Kennesaw State University for National Anthem Protest
A former Kennesaw State University cheerleader who took a knee during the national anthem at a KSU football game has reached an out-of-court settlement with the school. From the Marietta Daily Journal: Former KSU cheerleader Tommia Dean filed a lawsuit in 2018 after receiving backlash to her public protest with four other cheerleaders during the…
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Library of Congress Announces New Exhibit, Book Telling Rosa Parks’ Story In Her Own Words
For decades, we’ve been told of the courage and fortitude of Rosa Parks. Now, for the first time ever, the story of the woman who invigorated the Civil Rights Movement will be shared in her own words. On Dec. 5, the Library of Congress will debut the first exhibit of the Rosa Parks Collection: “Rosa…
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