Standing up for Hong Kong

Mavs Seek Racial Healing With “Courageous Conversations”

Former NBA star Sam Perkins recently said what every black person in America has thought or said numerous times in the past two weeks since unarmed black man George Floyd was killed by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who held his knee to Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46

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Missing Black Girls Found After Cops Don’t Issue Amber Alert Amid Sex Trafficking Suspicions: Report

A pair of Black girls missing for days from Milwaukee was found by a search party of residents who banded together after police decided against issuing child abduction emergency alerts for them, according to reports across social media reports and from local

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On Juneteenth, we honored victims of racial violence –

Contrary to recent claims by President Trump, the holiday of Juneteenth was quite well known before this

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This Day in History — June 26

1998: US President Bill Clinton opens a State visit to China in Tiananmen Square, where a protest movement for democracy was brutally suppressed nine years

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Open letter on George Floyd tragedy from DeKalb Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

His death signifies a tipping-point for many Americans and African Americans alike, as his death paints a familiar portrait of unfair treatment towards African American men in

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BET founder Robert Johnson says Dems taking black voters 'for granted,' calls for BLM to form party

BET founder Robert Johnson says the Democratic Party has taken black voters in America for granted, and he urges the ascendant Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to form a new third party to fight for their

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Gen. Mark Milley Says Accompanying Trump To Church Photo-Op Was A Mistake

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Eric Trump Calls Black Lives Matter Protesters 'Animals' At Tulsa Rally

Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, spoke at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saturday, calling Black Lives Matter protesters

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Editors Barred A Black Reporter From Covering Protests. Then Her Newsroom Rebelled

And at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, rank-and-file journalists are fighting back after editors banned a black reporter from covering local

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Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

(AP): President Donald Trump today tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power," a racist slogan associated with white

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Black Tulsans are not amused by rally plans | Dallas Weekly

(AP Photo/Greenwood Cultural Center via Tulsa

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Colin Kaepernick: Timeline of a Gesture and its Echoes | Afro

Aug. 30, 2016: Former NFL player and ex-Green Beret Nate Boyer suggests to Kaepernick to kneel rather than sit during the

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Anti-racism protesters rally around world, topple statue

LONDON, England (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets of European cities yesterday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, with protesters in the English port of Bristol venting their anger at the country's colonial history by toppling a statue of a 17th-century slave

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Biden Opposes Defunding Police, Campaign Says

As protests against police brutality have unfolded across the country, calls to defund or abolish police departments are picking up traction among activists and even sparked a pledge by the Minneapolis City Council to "dismantle" the police force

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Security Perimeter Around White House Expanded By Several Blocks

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A Golden Opportunity For Either Donald Trump Or Joe Biden, But Not Both.

For President Trump, he’s tweeted a good game about the mob, but tweeting

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Silence Is NOT An Option | Afro

The police officer who put his knee on George Floyd’s neck and the police officers who stood by and watched didn’t just murder George Floyd, they stole

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President Donald Trump Reschedules Tulsa Campaign Rally ‘Out of Respect’ for Juneteenth

President Donald Trump has decided to reschedule his first rally since the coronavirus emerged from the original date of June 19th to the next day, June 20th, “out of respect” for the Juneteenth holiday according to

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As Greens Reckon With Racism, Staff At A Major Group Challenge Pro-Trump Board Member | HuffPost

“In light of President Trump’s disturbing actions and words, we have deep, ongoing concerns over Mr. Ross’s failure to renounce his support for the President,” the letter

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HBCUs: They Have Overcome And Will Do So Again

I have every confidence that, like Harvard, flagship HBCUs such as Hampton and Howard Universities will adapt and continue to provide excellence in education and opportunities for the next generation to learn and develop the skills needed to compete in the domestic and global

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The 1898 Wilmington Massacre Is an Essential Lesson in How State Violence Has Targeted Black Americans

One of the most terrifying examples erupted more than a century ago, when white supremacist soldiers and police helped hunt down and kill at least 60 Black men in Wilmington in

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News Brief: Policing Order, U.S. Troops In Germany, Hanging Deaths Probed

KING: NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez has been talking with senior administration

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Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From New York Museum Entrance

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Juneteenth was a time to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives to racial violence

– General Order No. 3 as read by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865

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Uber signals recovery in rides as lockdown restrictions ease

Uber Technologies said on Wednesday trip requests were gradually picking up, but still remained significantly below prior year levels, as several countries start to lift coronavirus-led

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A call for change, a call for justice

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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Hong Kong police squash dissent in display of China’s muscle | Afro

You can’t use Telegram in mainland China, but the messaging app allows Hong Kong users to mask their phone numbers so police can’t find

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Lawyers' Committee Helps Groups Sue Trump and Barr for Tear-Gassing Peaceful Protesters Outside White House

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Protesters who were attacked by federal troops in front of the White House Monday night as they were demonstrating nonviolently against police brutality sued President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and numerous other federal

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NFL Commissioner: "We, The NFL Admit, We Were Wrong for Not Listening to NFL Players Earlier"

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell released a video clip condemning racing and admitting that the NFL was wrong to not listen to the players who were protesting against racial injustice and police brutality against blacks according to the

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Black Progressive Candidates Win Support In Primary Elections

President Trump retweeted and then deleted a video that shows a supporter yelling "white power" at a protester in a retirement community in Florida.

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