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Jussie Smollett attack under new scrutiny after CPD won’t substantiate unnamed sources “staged” claim

House passes resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Yemen along with questionable amendments

Family speaks out after 6 California cops murder 20 year old Willie McCoy in Taco Bell parking lot

‘Incredibly violent’ attack against journalist at Trump’s El Paso rally recalls 2016 campaign

Wear Your Voice campaign aims to correct how the body positivity movement fails women of color

School district investigates teachers after displaying nooses as “back to school” necklaces in class

Dem leaders join smear campaign against Congresswoman Omar for her critiques of AIPAC & Israel

Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express expose decades of abuse by Southern Baptist leaders

Denver teachers on strike today after negotiations over more stable base salary stall out

SCOTUS refuses Muslim inmate’s request for imam instead of Christian chaplain for execution

NYPD asks Google to remove DUI checkpoints from their map application Waze

All 3 of Virginia’s top Democratic leadership face serious sexual assault and racism scandals

Report: Many iPhone apps are recording your screen activity without permission

U.S. weapons sold to Saudi Arabia and the UAE end up in al-Quaeda’s possession

HBCU Bennett College is poised to maintain accreditation status after debt scare

Palestinian Nayib Bukele wins El Salvador’s 2019 presidential election

21 Savage faces deportation after being arrested by ICE, who allege that he is a British National

Brooklyn jail facing protests after freezing temperatures made prisoners sick

Prominent Saudi Arabian women’s activist’s family says she is being tortured after arrest

After Israeli police kill Ethiopian woman, community rallies to protest anti-Blackness & police brutality

Homeland Security uses fake university to lure and entrap undocumented students

Prisons are using voice recognition technology as mass surveillance

Oklahoma City school to be designed specifically for homeless students

“This is MAGA country!”: Actor Jussie Smollett hospitalized after anti-gay, anti-Black attack in Chicago

As measles outbreak grows in non-vaccinated population, Washington declares state of emergency

Houston police union president threatens to track civilian anti-police rhetoric after cops shot

Black man accused of killing 7-year-old after witnesses pointed to white suspect says he’s innocent

New experimental gene therapies offer potential cure for sickle cell, which largely affects Black communities

U.S. backs Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó amid attempted coup of leftist government

White teenagers arrested for plotting to attack Black Muslim community

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