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Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff Office In Missouri, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man who called a Black woman the n-word multiple times before pistol-whipping and shooting her. April Brown, the victim, was visiting a friend in Arnold, Mo., on Aug. 6 when the incident occurred, according …
Read More »Why India’s Pandemic Response Is Tipping Towards Pseudoscience
Bachchan’s diagnosis is markedly different from Hanks’s (though perhaps not so much Charles’s) in one significant respect, however: In the months leading up to his infection, including during India’s draconian lockdown, the Bollywood star promoted homeopathic and pseudoscientific remedies for the coronavirus. His comments on the subject attracted the ire …
Read More »America’s Oldest Person Celebrates Her 116th Birthday
Hester Ford, reportedly the oldest living person in the U.S., has celebrated her 116th (or, perhaps, 115th) birthday while in quarantine. Data gathered by the U.S. Census Bureau documents that Hester was born in 1905, but another set of Census Bureau documents reports that she was born in 1904, either …
Read More »Kentucky Police Union Predictably Mad Over 'Breonna's Law,' a Bill That Would Ban No-Knock Warrants Statewide
Photo: Jon Cherry (Getty Images) Police unions are the fucking worst. Any request for cops to do their job even slightly more responsibly is met with what can only be described as pouting and temper tantrums. Take, for instance, the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police, who are big mad over …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: The Real Threat to Mail-In Voting
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. (GETTY / PAUL SPELLA / THE ATLANTIC) Over the weekend, fears that President Donald Trump might …
Read More »Pro-Trump Hate Group Gets In Fight With BLM Protesters
A pro-Trump hate group found themselves in a heated physical altercation with Black Lives Matter protesters in Michigan over the weekend that resulted in hundreds of people being involved. Established in 2016, the “Proud Boys” group is listed as a hate group according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, got …
Read More »Polls Show Kamala Harris Is Viewed Favorably Among Republicans And Younger Voters
0 Sen. Kamala Harris at the 2019 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit (Black Enterprise) Ever since presumed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced that Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris would be his running mate, there has been a lot of talk around whether or not Harris was the right …
Read More »3 Mississippi Police Officers Charged With Murder in Death of Elderly Black Man
Local families met Tuesday to speak about the injustices and harm they say their family members faced at the hands of Jackson police officers. Those family members include 61-year-old George Robinson pictured here.Screenshot: The Clarion-Ledger In Jackson, Miss., three police officers accused of causing the death of a 61-year-old Black …
Read More »‘The Fate of the Free World Is Hanging in the Balance’
Twenty years ago this fall, the United States was plunged into 36 days of turmoil as lawyers, judges, political operatives, and election workers grappled with the uncertain result of the presidential contest in Florida. Whoever won the state would win the presidency. In the end, after start-and-stop recounts and the …
Read More »Sheriff Faces Felony Charges For Arresting His Mistress
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted no time replacing a Black sheriff who was arrested on Friday (Aug. 14) over a sex sandal in which he ordered his deputies to arrest his mistress. On Saturday (Aug. 15), DeSantis appointed Matthew Walsh as interim Clay County Sheriff one day after suspending Sheriff …
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