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By Law Ware It should have worked. In theory, a film about a city on edge that erupts into violence because of police brutality should inspire conversations and think pieces about how little things have changed in the 50 years since the incident being represented. We could be discussing how the film shows the historical […]

Here we are again. Examining how the President of the United States is on the verge of sparking international conflict with the tapping of his thumbs on a smart phone. In President Trump’s latest newsworthy tweets, he called out North Korea’s leadership for their latest threat of nuclear assault. In other words, he’s calling their […]

Fox News is being attacked from all sides as former employees file multiple lawsuits against the news giant. Multiple on-air personalities have cut their ties with the network – not all by choice – while behind the scenes employees have come out with claims of sexual and racial harassment.

**Trigger warning: this article makes mention of death by suicide** Gabriel Taye, 8, hanged himself in his home after being bullied by students. His parents are now suing the Cincinnati school district for not acting on the bullying that led to his suicide. Security footage shows Gabriel falling unconscious in a school bathroom after talking […]

Many of the Trump administration’s values directly contradict those of the country’s largest cities. While Trump is strongly against the immigration of undocumented citizens, cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and even Atlanta have taken on the approach of being “welcoming” to them. This separation has now led to legal action. Chicago has become the […]

The views on same-sex marriage and support of the LGBTQ community may change drastically depending on where you go. Many countries are moving towards a progressive future where people are allowed to openly love who they want. But many others are standing firm in their beliefs rooted in homophobia, like Haiti. NewNowNext reports that Haitian […]

Colin Kaepernick did nothing wrong. I’ll repeat that as many times as I have to until people get it. Despite that fact, the former [and hopefully soon-to-be current] NFL player is being crucified after his protests of the National Anthem last season. NFL teams are avoiding him as if he has something contagious and are electing […]

The city of Baltimore is still trying to sort out what to do after a video showed an officer planting drugs for an arrest. Before they can get to that, they need to figure out what to do about another video of a cop doing the exact same thing to someone else. 

The Department of Justice is squaring up to take on a major policy – affirmative action. 

For the first time, the NAACP has issued a state-wide travel advisory due to unsafe conditions for minorities. Missouri – where reports found Black drivers are stopped 75% more than white drivers – has just passed a bill that the NAACP feels will lead to open discrimination similar to Jim Crow. 

Amazon has announced that it’s currently developing an alt-history series entitled “Black America,” where reparations was a reality. 

We’re in a weird political moment. In the past two weeks, three senior Trump administrative officials have left their posts and Anthony Scaramucci, the newly appointed (and swiftly fired) White House communications director went on a profane rant about his White House colleagues.