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A victory for stop-and-frisk protesters
A State Supreme Court Justice has ruled that city police unions cannot block a local law that makes it easier for the public to sue police for racial profiling. Judge Anil Singh upheld the Community Safety Act passed by the City Council last year.
Study: Eviction rates for black women comparable to black male incarceration
A recent study released by the MacArthur Foundation found that while black men face disproportionately high rates of incarceration, black women are disproportionately evicted from their homes. In a given year, approximately 16,000 adults and children are evicted in Milwaukee from approximately, 6,000 housing units.
No more Washington Redskins? patent office cancels team trademark
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration. The decision comes after numerous campaigns forged by Native Americans and their supporters calling for the team to change their name. The trademark office called the football team’s name “disparaging to Native Americans.”
Staci Yandle and Darrin Gayles confirmed as federal judges
We previously reported that President Obama had nominated Staci Yandle to preside over the U.S. District Court in Illinois. Today, it was announced that both Yandle and Darrin Gayles have been confirmed as federal judges. Yandle is now the second black lesbian–and the first in 20 years–to be confirmed; Gayles becomes the first openly gay […]
Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dead at 54
Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn died Monday morning after a long battle with cancer. He was 54.
United Negro College fund accepts $25 million from Koch brothers
Billionaire libertarians the Koch brothers made headlines late last Friday when it was announced that they had donated $25 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). UNCF will use the money to help support HBCU’s and to award merit-based scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students.
No Need to Slutshame
By: Kristen Topp I am a pretty open person, someone that usually has a live and let live attitude, unless my civil liberties are being threatened. So I’m not really understanding all the hate on women and their personal use of their bodies. The most recent example of slut-shaming being Rihanna’s choice of […]
Teacher suspended over blackface lesson, later reinstated
A Michigan teacher was suspended, and later reinstated after teaching a lesson on Blackface. Al Barron teaches at Monroe Middle School, and is set to retire in two weeks. Administrators deemed his lesson to be inappropriate.
Google admits to lack of diversity in staff
On Wednesday, Google publicly released data on the diversity of its workforce, and admitted it was disappointed with its record for hiring African Americans, Latinos and women.
Quantifying hope for black males
The following post was written by Shawn Dove. It originally appeared on Open Society Foundations, under the title, “How Do You Quantify Hope for Black Men and Boys?” By: Shawn Dove How do you quantify hope? I’ve been asking myself this question recently in my role leading the Open Society Campaign for Black Male Achievement. […]
Boko Haram strike again, killing 48 people
Boko Haram extremists responsible for the abduction of more than 300 Nigerian schoolgirls attacked residents in Northern Nigeria on Wednesday. The encounter left 48 people dead, just hours after twin bombings claimed the lives of at least 118 people in the city.
Arsenio Hall has his eyes set on owning the Clippers, will donate to NAACP if short of goal
Late-night television show host Arsenio Hall has expressed his desire to buy the Los Angeles Clippers. Hall has decided to try to reach that goal by crowd-sourcing the funds. Hall has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise a $1 billion in order to purchase the Clippers. If he falls short of his goal, Hall plans to donate the portion […]