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This week, the Carolinas were hit by a category 4 storm, Hurricane Florence. As rivers continue to rise, the total death toll is officially at 32. Among those who died, two women who were mental health patients and detainees, and were shackled inside a Sheriff’s van, drowned as law deputies were rescued.

A group of activists who stopped traffic ahead of the Dallas Cowboys game to protest police violence on Sunday night were arrested and hit with a misdemeanor obstructing traffic charge. The group, dubbed the Dallas 9, was originally part of a larger demonstration against recent episodes of police brutality in the Dallas area.

Wichita, Kansas-based Cargill Meat Solutions agreed to pay a $1.5 million settlement to 138 Somali-American Muslims who were denied prayer breaks and subsequently fired after they protested at its Fort Morgan, Colorado beef processing plant.

A two-week run of terror has finally ended after police apprehended 35-year-old Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the United States Border Patrol and charged him with the murders of 4 women who were all sex workers. Police were tipped off when a fifth would-be victim escaped from Ortiz at a Texas gas station.

Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) may have dropped a bombshell onto the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. As Vox reported, Feinstein sent the FBI new information allegedly referencing a sexual assault allegation against the judge from his high school years on Thursday. In a statement, Feinstein explained the letter she received from a constituent and […]

On Wednesday, Pope Francis summoned bishops to the Vatican City for an emergency meeting to address the worldwide clerical sexual abuse and coverups of the Catholic Church. The meeting comes on the heels of the bombshell Philadelphia investigation uncovering more than 300 clergy members accused by about 1,000 victims.

This past Saturday, the U.S. Open final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka concluded with Osaka’s win, marking it the first grand slam win for 20-year-old Haitian-Japanese player. However, the U.S. Open final ended with the umpire, Carlos Ramos, penalizing Serena Williams for calling him a “thief.” The incident re-ignited conversations on the intersection of […]

North Carolina’s elections board recently voted unanimously to allow the state Attorney General to fight subpoenas of voting records issued by ICE and the Trump administration.

During the AFROPUNK Brooklyn Festivallast week, a Black couple was thrown out of a VIP area for wearing a shirt that stated, “Afropunk sold out for white consumption.” Today, Afropunk’s editor-in-chief, Lou Constant-Desportes, lended credence to the couple’s controversial observation when he resigned over claims the company utilizes “performative activism” and mistreats of employees.

On the heels of Andrew Gillum’s historic Democratic primary win in the Florida governor’s race, an intensely racist in robocall is targeting the Black progressive. Echoing Gillum’s Republican challenger Rob DeSantis, who basically called Gillum a monkey after his win, the robocalls feature an exaggeration of a slave dialect and monkey noises in the background.

13 hours after the jury heard closing arguments, they returned with a guilty verdict for the murderer of Jordan Edwards, former Dallas Police Department officer Roy Oliver. From the very start of this case, film played a large role in ascertaining the guilt of Oliver and the innocence of Edwards, as reported by the Texas Tribune. […]

On Thursday, the Justice Department signaled support to a group of Asian-American students, who are suing Harvard University over its affirmative action policies in a statement of interest filed by the Justice Department on behalf of Students for Fair Admissions. The case will have over-arching impacts in college admissions nationwide if won.