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Trump Just Removed White Supremacist Groups From Terror Watch Program
In his most shocking move since becoming president two weeks ago, Donald Trump’s regime is making changes to America’s domestic terrorism programs. He’s officially legalizing religious profiling of Muslims and is removing dangerous white supremacist extremist groups from the watch lists; although they are responsible for most of the domestic terrorism that occurs in America. […]
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Sudanese Stanford Ph.D. Student Talks About Being Detained at JFK Under Trump Muslim Ban
Nisrin Elamin is a Ph.D. student in anthropology at Stanford University and a Sudanese citizen. Last week, she was attempting to make it back to the United States before Donald Trump signed an executive order barring immigrants from Sudan and six other nations. She missed a connecting flight. By the time her plane landed at […]
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U.S. Secret Service Settles $24 Million Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
The Secret Service Department, the agency known mostly for protecting the U.S. President, has settled a class-action lawsuit over their practice of racial discrimination. The settlement that was reached will pay the plaintiffs in the case a whooping $24 million. All together, there were 100 Black agents who took part in the lawsuit alleging they […]
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Department of Justice Issues Report on Chicago Police Use of Excessive Force
In a recent interview just prior to leaving office, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, talked about her time leading the Department of Justice. Ms. Lynch holds the highest law enforcement job in America and with that responsibility, has made it a priority to hold police departments accused of abuse accountable for their actions. The most […]
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Hate Crimes Skyrocket Since Donald Trump’s Election
With the election of Donald Trump just over a week ago, the incidents of hate crimes have drastically increased according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Since it became official early on the morning of November 9th that Trump will become the 45th President of the US, over 315 hate crimes have been reported to […]
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Kanye West says, if he had voted, he would have voted for Trump
After he declared his intention to run for President in 2020 earlier this year, Kanye West has once again made another outrageous comment. Speaking to an audience in California, Kanye said he didn’t vote in this year’s presidential election a few weeks ago, but if he had voted, he “would have voted for Trump.” Advertise Here
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David Banner Wants Black Community To Focus On Itself And Not On Donald Trump
As many Americans agonize over the election of Donald J. Trump as president-elect and have taken to the streets to protest his election, David Banner has a different take on him being elected. The outspoken rapper and activist says, “This may be the best thing to ever happen to Black people.” Not being elated about Trump […]
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Donald Trump Says He Has A “New Deal For Black America”
At a presidential rally on Wednesday, Donald Trump laid out his plan to help the Black community – in front of his usual mostly white audience. In his usual snarky demeanor, Trump painted an unrealistic picture of the entire Black community being in dire poverty and himself as the person to fix all the problems. Trump’s plan […]
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Candidate For New York State Senate Plans To Hand-Out Kool-Aid, KFC and Watermelon At Campaign Event in Harlem
Jon Girodes, a Republican candidate running for a New York State Senate seat representing the 30th District in the November election, said in an email to NBC New York reporter, Sarah Wallace, that he would be handing out Kool-Aid, KFC, and watermelon at a campaign event in Harlem. The 39-year-old Girodes said he saw nothing wrong […]
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Blacks Targeted By Voter ID Laws
Many states are starting to pass strict voter identification laws, which primarily affect Black voters and young voters. So far, 33 states have made it mandatory for voters to have either a driver’s license or a state-issued identification card in order to cast a ballot. According to a study by the General Accounting Office (GAO), Blacks […]
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President Obama Declares June 2016 African-American Music Appreciation Month
At the beginning of the month, President Barack H. Obama, declared June 2016 African-American Music Appreciation Month! The President praised Black music as “among the most innovative and powerful art the world has ever known.” He said, “it accompanies us in our daily lives, and it has rung out at turning points in our history and demonstrated […]
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47 GOP Senators Tried To Block Relief Funding For Poisoned Flint Children
A large contingent of 47 Republican senators and 1 Democratic senator have blocked legislation to provide aid to Flint, MI for the city’s ongoing water crisis. Their efforts to block the bill was defeated by the narrowest of margins, ONE vote. The veto of the Energy and Water Agencies Appropriations Act […]
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5 Months Later And Flint Still Needs Help
It’s been about five months since the state of Michigan switched the drinking water of the city of Flint back to the Great Lakes. Five months later and the residents of Flint, MI still aren’t able to drink the water that comes out of their taps. Five months later and not a single lead service […]
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30 Black Students Kicked Out Of Trump Rally Held At School Where They Pay Tuition
30 Black students were escorted out of a Donald Trump rally by Secret Service agents Monday night. The students were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at the rally, which was held in the school they pay tuition to attend. The agents who removed the students, said the presidential candidate requested they be [...] -
Civil Rights Activist DeRay Mckesson Files To Run In Baltimore Mayoral Race
Well known civil rights activist DeRay McKesson submitted his paperwork to run in the upcoming Baltimore mayoral race just minutes before Wednesday's 9 p.m. deadline. A 30 year old native of Baltimore, McKesson quit his job as a public school administrator to become a "full-time protester." He's also known for his work with an organization called [...]
