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48-Year-Old Black Deputy Killed by Inmate Who Escaped From Custody While Being Transported
Nationwide — Francisco Paul Flattes, a 56-year-old African American detention officer with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office in Murphy, North Carolina,…
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Chicago Mass Shooting At Mello Buckzz’ Mixtape Party: 18 Shot, Including 4 Dead
A mass shooting outside a restaurant and lounge in Chicago’s River North neighborhood left four people dead and more than a dozen…
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Op-Ed: We Have To Keep Sonya Massey’s Name Alive
Last summer, on July 6, we learned of a new reason for the police to kill an unarmed Black person:…
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WTFGO In Politics: Social Security Shake-Ups, Deportation Drama & Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz Disaster
From rising retirement ages to climate disaster and deportation threats, this week’s political headlines serve up a chaotic cocktail of urgency, absurdity,…
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Right-Wing White Women Don’t Care About Iranian Women In Burkas. They Just Want to Control You Here
You’ve seen the routine. Some coiffed white conservative woman goes on cable news, all wide-eyed and sanctimonious, saying: “At least here…
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Chicago Nightclub Shooting Kills Four, 14 Wounded
Independence Day weekend got off to a rough start before it even began in Chicago last night (7/2) when a…
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Trump Administration Cuts Funding For Black Infant Health Research, Labeling It A DEI Initiative
It would surprise absolutely no one that infant mortality rates in America are disproportionately high among Black babies, or that Black…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Says He Was Beaten, Tortured And Terrorized In El Salvadorian Prison
Early last month, we reported that Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to a detention center in El Salvador…
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Department Of Education Halts $7B In Funding For K-12 Schools
The Trump administration has put an abrupt hold on nearly $7 billion in federal funding intended for K-12 schools. Effective July…
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Maggots Seen on 24-Year-Old’s Body at His Wake, Family Sues Funeral Home
Nationwide — The family of Torreon Williams, 24, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against a funeral home in Chesapeake, Virginia,…
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Depression Is Under-Diagnosed In The Black Community – Here’s Why And What To Do About It
Depression is a serious mental health condition that affects millions of people every year. But in the Black community, it often…
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Al Sharpton Says Prominent Black Figures Like Diddy and Tyler Perry Are Targets for Federal Scrutiny
*Rev. Al Sharpton is weighing in on the scrutiny facing high-profile Black men, saying there’s a historical pattern of wealthy, famous…
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19-Year-Old Black Teen Dies of Cancer Just 4 Years After Losing Her Mom to Breast Cancer
Nationwide — An African American family from Atlanta, Georgia, is mourning the devastating loss of 19-year-old Kiera Shakoor, who died of…
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Op-Ed: Bigoted MAGA Republican Wants To Deport NYC Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani, Calling Him ‘Little Muhamaad’
White conservatives have often claimed they’re fine with immigrants so long as they come to the U.S. “the right way,”…
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Jazz Master Branford Marsalis Is Wake Forest University’s 2025 Artist-In-Residence
On June 25, Wake Forest University announced that Grammy-winning jazz musician Branford Marsalis will serve as the university’s 2025 Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence.…
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Trump Terminates Legal Status for 500,000 Haitians in the U.S., Wants to Deport Them Back to Haiti
Nationwide — The Trump administration has officially announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, impacting more than 500,000…
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Jail Escapee Antoine Massey Captured After Tip Leads Police to Airbnb in New Orleans | WATCH
Antoine Massey Arrested After 6 Weeks on the Run *New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey has been captured after six weeks on…
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