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Name of Dallas cop who killed Black man after claiming she mistook his home for hers revealed

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

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

29 Ohio inmates and prison staff rushed to hospital after opioid exposure

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

Louisiana State Police accused of circulating white supremacist propaganda in lawsuit

Cop sentenced to 15 years in killing Black teen does not prove body cameras are working

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

Cop who killed Terence Crutcher teaching class on “Surviving the Aftermath” to Tulsa officers

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

After assault on Black patrons by Asian workers at Flatbush nail salon, protesters call for boycotts

Verizon throttled data while firefighters responded to wildfire, highlighting danger of Net Neutrality repeal

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

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

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

Asia Argento, one of Harvey Weinstein’s first accusers, cut a secret deal when accused of sexual assault

PA Supreme Court publishes bombshell report on clergy abuse, 300 priests named over 30 years

Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people is at a crisis point, according to the Prison Policy Initiative

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, passed way Thursday morning

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

Hulu documentary ‘Minding the Gap’ powerfully explores the effect of toxic masculinity on boys

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”

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