It should surprise no one that Republicans love to push the lie that white Americans are victims of racism. However, new research proves just how mythical that talking point is.Read more…
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Yusef Salaam On Trump Calling For His Death When He Was Fifteen
In 1989, arguably the most powerful man in one of the most powerful city’s in the world wanted 15-year-old Yusef Salaam dead. “Bring Back The Death Penalty” read the advertisement taken out by then-real estate mogul Donald Trump in big,…
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Fewer Black Americans Are Incarcerated Than 20 Years Ago, But The Problem Isn’t Behind Us
Over the last two decades, efforts to stem the tide of mass incarceration appear to have made inroads. A new report from the Sentencing Project found that the imprisonment rate for Black men was nearly cut in half since 2000.Read…
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Andrew Lister Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting of Ralph Yarl
Updated as of 9/20/2023 at 3:30 p.m. ET:Read more…
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Bias Led Baltimore Police To Drop the Ball in Block Party Mass Shooting
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott published a city department-wide performance review in response to criticisms of the Baltimore police department’s response to the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting in July. Turns out, the police didn’t do what they were supposed to in…
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