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Bloomberg Really Just Wants to Stop and Frisk Everybody Not White: Democratic Candidate Defends Muslim Surveillance Program
In today’s episode of “nah-but-seriously-y’all-ain’t-really-voting-for-that-guy-right?” former NYC mayor and democratic (although I’m not sure anyone has told him yet) candidate Mike Bloomberg, in a PBS interview that aired on Thursday, adamantly defended a heavily criticized surveillance program that targeted American Muslims allowing for them to be profiled and for their mosques and other social spaces…
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Greyhound Is Saying No to Border Patrol Immigration Checks on Their Buses
According to the Associated Press, Greyhound, the largest bus company in the country, has officially declared that they will no longer be allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to conduct routine immigration checks on their buses. Previously, Greyhound had insisted that they had no choice but to follow federal law in allowing agents to…
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White Supremacist Group Arrested for Murder Plot, Found to Have More Targets in Mind Than Previously Known
“Save Your Race Join the Base” These are the words printed on a recruiting flyer for the Base — a white supremacist group of which three members were arrested earlier this year in connection to a plot to kill a Bartow County couple, overthrow the government and start a race war, according to a report…
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Bloomberg Vows to End Resolving Sexual Harassment Accusations With Nondisclosure Agreements. Warren Responds, 'Boy, I Guess.'
Wednesday night, America watched as Sen. Elizabeth Warren pulled zero punches as she pummeled the hell out of former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg on stage during the last 2020 democratic debate. Warren went all 2pac “Hit Em’ Up” style on Bloomberg attacking him on everything from his notorious “stop and frisk” policy to his treatment…
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Black Man Sues After Hospital Co-worker Calls Him 'Boy' and Another Admits Fear of 'Big Black Men'
For black people working in predominantly white professional environments, it can often feel like having two jobs while only being compensated for one form of labor. Of course, if you’re looking for “microaggression suffrage pay” to be itemized on your check stub, you’re going to find yourself disappointed. So we’re often left to put up…
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A Racist Judge, An Alleged Affair and N-Word Laced Text Messages Put 8 Years of Cases Under Review
Ideally, you really don’t want racists working in any position where they have to interact with the general public regularly. You don’t want them in education because black children just aren’t safe around racist teachers. It’s no good having them in finance or making decisions on who can and can’t buy a home because black…
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Will Somebody Please Take Boosie’s Phone?: Boosie Badazz Has a Message for Dwyane Wade and Zaya, and It’s Exactly as Stupid as You’d Imagine
So… How come it’s so hard to get Boosie to shut the hell up? How long must we endure him popping up in our news feeds every few weeks with homophobic rant after homophobic rant before some honorable PR guy, friend, family member or colleague of the Baton Rouge, La., rapper gets him away from…
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New Ordinance in Oakland Prohibits Landlords From Checking Renters’ Criminal Records
Unfortunately, we live in a world full of people who often believe far more in accountability and punishment than they do in redemption and second chances. Citizens make mistakes, get locked up, serve their time and pay their debt, only to be released into a society where they still don’t feel like citizens anymore. It’s…
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Another Black Man Wrongfully Convicted: New DNA Screening Process Puts Lydell Grant Close to Exoneration
There’s a reason I am, like many people, against the death penalty. Certainly, there are criminals who have done things heinous enough that they deserve to be put down, but the finality of it all makes the decision on whether or not someone should die something I just don’t trust the American justice system with. I…
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'Queen of Katwe' Star Nikita Pearl Waligwa Dies of Brain Tumor at Age 15
Nikita Pearl Waligwa was a young newcomer to the acting world from Uganda. She was bright, gifted and adored by her co-stars in the 2016 Disney film Queen of Katwe, based on the true story of a chess champion’s coming of age. So it’s truly saddening that the young, budding actress has died of a…
