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Sixth boy charged in Central Park jogger case is exonerated
A long overlooked co-defendant of the Central Park Five, a group of Black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman jogger in 1989 based on false confessions, was exonerated of a related conviction by a New York judge on Monday.
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School staff called this teacher's photos of 'Black heroes' 'age inappropriate,' so he resigned
An investigation is in progress after an Escambia County, Florida, special education teacher resigned just one day before the school year began. Identified as Michael James, the teacher allegedly resigned over racist behavior towards classroom...
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Beat me to it. Props to this King.
Deed theft in Brooklyn targets the most vulnerable
by Mikhal Weiner This article was originally published at Prism . Brooklyn, New York, real estate is a hot commodity . Prices have risen by leaps and bounds, with the ...
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For-profit coding boot camps prey on BIPOC workers
by Sravya Tadepalli This article was originally published at Prism . Amid the shifting sands of the U.S. economy and ongoing pandemic, tech industry “boot camps” have proliferated and ...
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Rhode Island students sued for the right to civics lessons. Now they will ensure others benefit
by Kio Herrera This article was originally published at Prism . On June 15, 2022, Rhode Island’s Department of ...
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4-year sentence to be reconsidered for pregnant Black activist jailed over remarks made at a protest
Raising questions about free speech and equal justice, Brittany Martin, 34, was found guilty of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner over comments she made to police.
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Aretha Franklin's unsealed FBI file reveals singer's civil rights actions were being tracked
The FBI made attempts to tie Aretha Franklin to "militant black power" groups in the '60s and '70s, documents show
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This country is fucked up, locking that lady up over speech. We are no different than other countries who lock folks up over nothing.4-year sentence to be reconsidered for pregnant Black activist jailed over remarks made at a protest
Raising questions about free speech and equal justice, Brittany Martin, 34, was found guilty of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner over comments she made to police.
'Communities of color have a right to clean air': RISE St. James wins its fight against Formosa
Frontline community leaders are racking up wins against polluters in the heart of what’s known as Cancer Alley in Louisiana. Last Week, South Louisiana Methanol’s planned petrochemical facility to be built in St. James Parish was declared dead thanks...
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You know in your heart how messed up this country is to it's own citizens but to constantly read/watch how bad it is is astonishingly sad.
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A Colorado man was shot and killed after asking 911 for help following a car accident
A national outcry has once again begun to hold police officials responsible for fatal shootings after prosecutors in Colorado announced this week they would be reviewing a case from June. According to officials and family attorneys, the case revolves...
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SMH that goofy person was no where near a threat. Another Colorado police settlement.White dude...
A Colorado man was shot and killed after asking 911 for help following a car accident
A national outcry has once again begun to hold police officials responsible for fatal shootings after prosecutors in Colorado announced this week they would be reviewing a case from June. According to officials and family attorneys, the case revolves...www.dailykos.com
Cop indicted, linked to 'manufactured' evidence, but Texas board won't back pardon for George Floyd
A Texas parole board appointed by the state's Republican governor has apparently changed its mind about granting a posthumous pardon to George Floyd for charges arising from a drug-related arrest orchestrated by an indicted police officer. The Texas...
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Black Music Sunday: Revisiting R&B 'one-hit wonders,' decade by decade
To my surprise, Sept. 25 is apparently� National One-Hit Wonder Day ,�which made me chuckle. A few tunes immediately came to mind, and I jumped onto the Google to see what R&B�tunes land in that ...
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Black people are being falsely convicted of serious crimes at alarming rates, report finds
Black people in the U.S. are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of a serious crime like murder than white people, according to a new report published Tuesday by the National Registry of Exonerations.
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Viral video shows now-fired Georgia bus driver pushing two Black children
Viral video shows a Georgia bus driver pushing a 6-year-old Black boy and then pushing the child's 10-year-old sister in an encounter the children's mother, a Black woman, said the school system would have rather glossed over. James O'Neil was arrested...
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‘I hate a black f**king Democrat,’ white North Carolina sheriff says before firing Black staff
A North Carolina sheriff, in all his caucasity, likely never imagined he’d be at the center of an investigation into a phone call he made to blow off a little steam. He likely thought that calling his colleagues “black bastards” or even threatening to...
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High school football team's 'deeply offensive' mock slave auction ends the school's season early
In a viral video, members of a California high school football team were shown auctioning off their Black teammates in a mock slave auction that on Friday, which put an end to the school's football season. The footage, which was shared on TikTok and...
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