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#MeToo is not just for Hollywood: McDonald’s workers strike in 10 U.S. cities to protest sexual harassment

From Hollywood’s Harvey Weinstein to media giant Les Moonves, the #MeToo movement to hold... more

by Isra Ibrahim

US refugee cap to be reduced to 30,000 in 2019, lowest level in 40 years

Woman who wrote letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault comes forward

Senator drops potential SCOTUS bombshell in rumored sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh

Pope Francis summons bishops to discuss sexual abuse after global pressure builds

South Carolina won’t relocate inmates in Hurricane Florence’s path

NC elections board unanimously votes to allow fight of ICE’s voter records subpoena

Sanders’ Stop BEZOS Act would penalizes companies like Amazon for government benefits, but would it help workers?

New York Times anonymous op-ed by Trump senior official invites fiery criticism on all sides

Nike’s Kaepernick ad campaign causes initial stock tumble, but creates $43 million in buzz

Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel announces he won’t run for reelection as Laquan McDonald shooting trial begins

Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum targeted by racist robocalls after GOP challenger’s monkey comments

California becomes first state to abolish cash bail, but gives judges more discretion to jail defendants

Jemele Hill’s $6 million buyout part of ESPN’s efforts to avoid race and gender in sports

U.S. plans $280 million military base in Niger as critics say growing presence is destabilizing Africa

After NYC makes inmate calls free, Texas reduces charge from 26 cents a minute to 6

‘The Sinner’ and why white killers are imagined as victims easier than the Black & killed

DACA protections for immigrant youth may head to SCOTUS after conservative judge’s ruling

TSA forces Muslim woman to show menstrual pad in private airport screening

Court rules rapper’s lyrics, remake of N.W.A.’s “F– the Police”, is threat against cops on appeal

Inmates in at least 17 states begin massive labor strike, calling conditions modern-day slavery

White farmers raise alarms after South Africa begins redistributing land to Blacks

The US is trying to force Facebook to decrypt messenger files in case with serious privacy implications

Ilhan Omar wins historic win in Minnesota’s Democratic Primary

Keith Ellison wins Democratic nomination for MN attorney general despite abuse allegations

John Legend calls for the end of racist non-unanimous jury convictions in Louisiana

“Unite the Right” white supremacist rally vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters

DA reverses sheriff’s decision not to charge white man who killed Black man over FL parking space

Supplies meant for Puerto Ricans suffering hurricane aftermath found abandoned

“Race is a factor in everything”: Mass. progressive challenger Ayanna Pressley defends against charges of “ID politics”

New study confirms that innocent people are pleading guilty because the system is rigged

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