Social Justice
Social Justice
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Protest Is Not Supposed to Make You Feel Comfortable
Over the weekend, activists allied with Black Lives Matter Sacramento showed up at a wedding event for Officer Terrence Mercadal, one of the two officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark as he stood in the backyard of his grandparents home, holding a cellphone. The Sacramento Police Department has not released the identity of…
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Woman Shot and Killed Abusive Husband In Driveway, Now Faces Murder Charges Even Though Alabama is a 'Stand Your Ground' State
We all know who “stand your ground” laws protect, so perhaps it is not surprising that a 38-year-old black Selma, Ala., woman is behind bars and facing murder charges despite the fact that she insists she shot and killed her estranged husband in self-defense. Jacqueline Dixon fired the fatal shot at her husband, 44-year-old Carl…
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Florida Man Who Accused Home Depot of Firing Him Because of Upcoming Surgery Speaks Out
Roy Hall loved Home Depot. He was employed at the home improvement retail company for about five years and thought that was where he would earn his retirement. That all changed on June 22nd, when he was suddenly fired from his job at a St. Petersburg, Fla. location. His employers, Hall said, claimed he was…
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NYC Releases Thousands of Documents on the Central Park Five Case, Prosecutor In Case Says the Five Weren't 'Deserving' of Settlement
On Thursday night New York City released several thousand documents, recordings and other materials detailing the notorious Central Park Five case. The story of the Central Park Five should be a stranger to no one. It was only decades after their initial conviction that defendants Kharey Wise, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Yusef…
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Is This a Youth Diversion Program or School-to-Prison Pipeline Feeder System?
Prior to a few years ago, I had never heard of a preschool student being suspended from school. The idea made no sense to me. How could a 3-, 4-, or 5-year-old child who is still learning the basics of sitting still for more than five minutes at a time possibly learn anything from such…
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‘I Believe If My Daughter Was a White Girl, They Would Have Taken All My Leads Seriously’: Mother of Missing 16-Year-Old
A 16-year-old Wisconsin girl who was missing for over a month has finally been tracked down. After a Facebook video surfaced of Armoni Chambers of Milwaukee being sexually assaulted, local activists were able to track her down. On May 17, Armoni went missing and her mother, Bonnie Bruno, had been searching for her ever since.…
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Woman Arrested on 4th of July After Climbing the Base of the Statue of Liberty in Protest of Migrant Family Separations
A protester was arrested on the 4th of July following a standoff with police after she scaled up the base of the Statue of Liberty in protest of migrant children being separated from their guardians and/or parents. The woman, identified by CNN as Therese Patricia Okoumou, stayed there for almost three hours as she walked…
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Watch: 1st Trailer for Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story Released
Paramount just dropped the first trailer for Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, the six-part documentary centered around the life and death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin that is being produced by Jay-Z. The docuseries, which is based off the book Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, written by Trayvon’s parents, premieres…
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Tessa Thompson Loves Janelle Monáe, Came Out as Bisexual in Latest Interview
Tessa Thompson’s sexual identity is no longer a secret. Thompson, known for her roles in Thor: Regnarok and Creed, has come out as bisexual in a cover feature for Net-a-Porter. The 34-year-old actress addressed the rumors regarding whether or not she was with singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe. Thompson was in the Pynk music video…
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3 Black Trans Women Fatally Shot in Florida; Work of a Serial Killer Feared: Report
Three transgender women have been killed in Jacksonville, Fla., since the beginning of the year, and local activists fear that the slayings may be linked. “The transgender community in Jacksonville is frightened,” Gina Duncan, a transgender-rights advocate with Equality Florida, said in a statement Tuesday. “They fear this could be a serial killer or orchestrated…