Jul 3 2018
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Last year, it was announced that Jay-Z was producing (along with a pre-disgraced Weinstein Company) a docuseries…
Mar 24 2017
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Jay Z and the Weinstein Company plan to turn the life and death of Trayvon Martin into a six-part docuseries, reports…
Feb 8 2017
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“How can I show you the hole in my heart? How do I write about the death of my son?” Sybrina Fulton opens her book, R…
Aug 4 2016
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George Zimmerman, the man who was acquitted of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012, was punched in a…
Jul 26 2016
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On Tuesday evening, the Mothers of the Movement—mothers of black Americans whose deaths have sparked nationwide…
Mar 22 2016
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In 2014, in San Francisco, Alex Nieto, carrying a Taser for his shift as a bouncer, was shot repeatedly by four…
Feb 5 2016
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Tidal, the music streaming service owned by Jay Z and a bunch of his friends, announced that they will be donating…
Aug 13 2015
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Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin, spoke to New York magazine about her son’s legacy as the spark…
Jul 14 2015
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The City of New York has reached a $5.9 million settlement with Eric Garner’s family in a wrongful death claim…
May 11 2015
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George Zimmerman—possibly the slipperiest, dumbest motherfucker on the planet—was involved in yet another shooting…
Feb 1 2015
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Panties creaming all over America after D'Angelo performed two tracks off his new album The Black Messiah on last…
Jan 10 2015
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George Zimmerman, the former security guard who shot and killed 17-year old Trayvon Martin in 2012, and was later…
Jan 6 2015
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Just when we thought it was safe to wear sweatpants in the club, along comes the patriarchy to fuck it up for…
Dec 13 2014
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The mothers of four slain black men and boys, three of whom were killed by police sat down with CNN's Anderson…
Dec 3 2014
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On Wednesday, a Staten Island grand jury decided against indicting the Officer Daniel Pantaleo who choked Eric…
Oct 1 2014
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On Wednesday, Michael Dunn was found guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Jordan Davis last year. This is Dunn's second trial. In February he was found guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of shooting into a car but a mistrial was declared regarding his murder charge. Read more
Sep 3 2014
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Theodore Wafer, the man who was found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Renisha McBride last…
Aug 19 2014
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There is a prevailing notion in this country that when an unarmed black person is shot by the police, there must…
Aug 11 2014
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18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down on Saturday by a Ferguson police officer in St. Louis. Witnesses say Brown…
Aug 7 2014
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Theodore Wafer, the man who fatally shot Renisha McBride in the face on his porch last fall, has been found guilty…