Media Mogul and comedian Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks sued Comcast Corporation for refusing to carry any of the networks his company owns. Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the Comcast Corporation. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Allen’s favor, but Comcast (No. 6…
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Two White UConn Students Arrested for Yelling N-Word on Campus
Two white University of Connecticut students were caught on video, yelling the N-word outside of on-campus apartments. After student-led protests calling out the issue of race at the predominantly white institution, the men have been arrested. Students protested the incident on campus Monday morning, saying the men’s behavior called attention…
Trump Compares Impeachment Inquiry to ‘Lynching’ in Swiftly Rebuked Tweet
President Donald Trump compared the House impeachment inquiry to a “lynching,” a term most associated with the mob hanging of Black men in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in a tweet Tuesday morning, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle but also getting support from Republican lawmakers…
Hamilton County Tennessee District Attorney Sets Up Hotline to Report Police Brutality
Recent allegations of police brutality in Hamilton County, Tennessee have prompted the county’s District Attorney’s Office to set up a hotline for residents to make reports. The DA’s office said they’ve received a number of videos that have prompted them to investigate. One of these videos includes dashcam footage of…
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins Repeals Saggy Pants Ban
In the mid-2000s, cities in the South went on a spree criminalizing “saggy pants” and instituting bans. Ultraconservatives have made up the false narrative that the practice of “sagging” is linked to gangs. In February, Shreveport Police in Louisiana tried to stop Anthony Childs because of his saggy pants. As…
Georgetown Students Vote Yes to Pay Reparations
The future of the United States recognizes policy as the way to combat racism. While many of the country’s institutions still benefit from the work of enslaved men and women and uphold the policies that continue to create wealth, health, education, and housing deficits for Blacks, Georgetown University students voted,…
Fraternity Suspended, Four Members Expelled After Racist Video Goes Viral
Four white University of Georgia Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members have been expelled from the organization after a racist video surfaced. In the grainy video, the four students are shown mocking slavery and using racist slurs. The first part shows a student jokingly hitting a person under a blanket and saying…
Rev. William Barber Condemns Evangelicals Who Support Trump’s Policies
The NAACP and Rev. Dr. William Barber called out evangelical Christians who back President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, and called the policy racist. “We see this happening,” Barber said, “and this attack on children we know it’s brown children, it wouldn’t be happening if it wasn’t brown children at…
Cincinnati Cop on Desk Duty After Calling a Black Woman the N-Word
Dennis Barnette, a white Cincinnati police officer, called a Black woman the “N-word” as he tried to take her into custody at a nightclub. It was recorded on the body camera of another officer at the scene. Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac wrote in an email to his supervisor, City…
Police Investigate Teen's Threats to Lynch N*****s in Racist Snapchat Video
A white teen, social media identified as a student at Southington High School in Connecticut, made a racist video that included threats of lynching Black people and claims that he “hung 12 Black men from a tree just this night.” The teen refers to people in the group chat as…