‘I Need That Pardon’: Ronnie Long, free after 44 years, demands justice for his wrongful conviction
“It’s a blessing within itself for me to even be sitting here right now,” says Ronnie Long, free after 44…
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A new flag, legal marijuana, and $15 minimum wage — the other stuff that happened election night
The big ticket on Election Day was obviously the presidential race, but Americans were voting for more than the chance…
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‘Monsters are real:’ Twitter rages after cop sues Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend
Louisville Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly, one of the three police officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, decided to sue…
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Twitter rails at Kushner after he sticks both feet in his mouth
Not everyone can be born into money and power. But White House senior advisor Jared Kushner seems to think that…
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Wood pellet production in American South echoes racist, extractive legacy of slavery
Wood pellet manufacturing facilities, built to meet European demand for purportedly low-carbon fuel, raise parallels to the slave trade for…
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Greensboro Massacre: City apologizes 41 years after cops allowed Klan, Nazis to kill 5 antiracists
Nearly 41 years after Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis shot dead five antiracist activists in the town of Greensboro,…
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Environmental racism on display as COVID compounds air pollution in NYC neighborhoods
Neighborhoods with the worst COVID-19 death rates and respiratory hazards from air pollution in Bronx, NY – itself the worst county…
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Data leak reveals Trump campaign involved in ‘historic scandal’ — Twitter calls it an ‘act of war’
Donald Trump’s campaign targeted TV and Facebook ads at 3.5 million Black American voters in key states in an attempt…
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‘These officers are now above the law’: Cops who killed Breonna Taylor will not be charged
A grand jury yesterday indicted one of the three officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor in her apartment…
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