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Is Trump Really Columbusing Juneteenth?
Erin Corbett
Jun 18, 2020
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Who Are The Boogaloo Bois? These Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing, Gun-Toting Americans ...
Sarah Midkiff
Jun 18, 2020
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Police Shot & Killed The Brother Of Robert Fuller, Who Was Found Dead Hanging In...
Erin Corbett
Jun 18, 2020
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Atlanta Police Are Protesting Murder Charges Of The Officer Who S...
Less than a week after the fatal shooting for Rayshard Brooks, Garrett Rolfe, the officer who pulled the trigger, was charged with felony murder. The secon
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Britni de la Cretaz
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Meet Jennifer McClellan, Who Is Running To Be The First Black Wom...
Today, state Sen. Jennifer McClellan announced her run for governor of Virginia in the 2021 election. Citing her family’s history of civil rights act
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Natalie Gontcharova
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All The Police Food Conspiracy Theories Are Putting Workers Of Co...
Earlier this week, two police unions were caught pushing the story that three officers had been poisoned by Shake Shack employees. After the NYPD investiga
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Britni de la Cretaz
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Why Do Boogaloo Bois Wear Hawaiian Shirts To Protests? Racism.
In the past week or so, there’s been a resurgence of “boogaloos” on our radars. The Boogaloo bois movement is a group of mostly white, he
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Britni de la Cretaz
Entertainment
Is
Love, Victor
The Anti-
Euphoria
? This Is What Sta...
“I know — don’t tell my bosses,” Love, Victor star Michael Cimino joked over the phone to Refinery29 as he chatted about his new Hulu teen romance
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Ariana Romero
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The Officer Charged With Rayshard Brooks’ Murder Has A Dist...
Update: On Wednesday afternoon, Garrett Rolfe was charged with felony murder in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks. The second officer involved, Devin B
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Sarah Midkiff
News
Police Issue Arrest Warrant After Mass Outcry Over The Murder Of ...
On Tuesday afternoon, local Philadelphia news channels reported that an arrest warrant has been issued for a man named Akhenaton Jones in the brutal murder
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Britni de la Cretaz
2020 Election
Why You Need To Register For Your Absentee Ballot, ASAP
Vote-by-mail is part of our new 2020 reality, but not everyone is used to the process — especially if it requires requesting your absentee ballot and the
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Erin Corbett
Best of Netflix
These Are The 5 Twists You Need To Remember Before
The Order
Netflix’s The Order is a show that asks, “What would happen if Teen Wolf had a lot more in common with The Magicians?” The answer, as we learn watchi
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Ariana Romero
News
Yes, The Minnesota Freedom Fund Got $35 Million In Donations — He...
In the weeks of protests and demonstrations following multiple police killings of unarmed Black men, many bail funds and similar justice funds have seen an
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Elly Belle
News
The Hypocrisy Of Donald Trump’s Police Reform Order Is Obvi...
Just two weeks after the Trump administration forcibly cleared peaceful protestors from the path Donald Trump intended to walk from the White House to St.
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Sarah Midkiff
Work & Money
How To Unionize Your Workplace — & Why You Should Do It Now
In recent years, a new generation has discovered the many benefits that come with unionized workplaces. Thanks to unions, workers are able to collectively
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Erin Corbett
News
Two Black Men Were Found Dead & Hanging From Trees. Their Familie...
In a press conference on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and California Attorney General’s office announced they will takeover investigations
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Sarah Midkiff
News
NYPD Eliminated Their Plainclothes Officer Unit — But This Disgui...
Following weeks of protests around the country, and non-stop protests in all boroughs of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday that the New Yo
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Elly Belle
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How Neil Gorsuch’s LGBTQ+ Rights Decision Goes Against Conservati...
In a striking victory for LGBTQ+ rights, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the sex-discrimination provision enshrined in Title VII of the Civil Rights
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Brianna Provenzano
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Culture
Please Stop Calling What Jessica Mulroney Did To Sasha Exeter A “...
White privilege manifests in many different ways — in an undeserved promotion, preferential treatment at a fancy store, not fearing for your life in inte
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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This Rally To Protect Black Trans Lives Was Better Than Any Corpo...
At the rally for Black transgender lives, protesters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a sea of white. They listened, and the air in front of Brooklyn Museum ?
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Brianna Provenzano
News
Tag Yourself In Trump’s New Poll: Are You A “Radical ...
The campaign to reelect Donald J. Trump seems to have taken a page from BuzzFeed’s quiz section. Except instead of “Which Fictional Food Are You?” or
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Natalie Gontcharova
News
Justice For Toyin: What We Know About Oluwatoyin Salau’s Al...
One week after being reported missing by loved ones, the body of 19-year-old activist Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau was discovered in Tallahassee, Florida a
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Asia Ewart
LGBTQ+
The Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of LGBTQ+ Worker Rights
In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ+ workers from discrimination. The opinion, which was r
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Molly Longman
News
Layleen Polanco’s Treatment By Prison Guards Shows How Tran...
An estimated 15,000 protesters turned out to march down Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway in solidarity with Black transgender lives on Sunday, more than three
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Brianna Provenzano
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Video Footage Shows Rayshard Brooks’ Final Moments Before P...
Another wave of protests condemning police brutality against Black men and women occurred over the weekend following the Friday night death of 27-year-old
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Asia Ewart
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One Officer Who Killed Breonna Taylor Had Been Accused Of Sexual ...
Breonna Taylor was killed in her home by police officers serving a “no-knock warrant,” allowing them to enter her home without announcing themselves. T
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Britni de la Cretaz
Unbothered
I Was In Lafayette Square Before President Trump’s Bible Photo-Op...
On the late afternoon of June 1, Toni Sanders headed to Lafayette Square, near the White House, with her wife and nine-year-old stepson. For days, Sanders
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Molly Longman
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I’m A Comedian, DSA Member & I Have Anxiety. I’m Runn...
On June 23, Democratic socialist Lauren Ashcraft will challenge longtime Rep. Carolyn Maloney in NY-12. This is what her days look like.
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Lauren Ashcraft
Pride 2020
Four Years Later, The LGBTQ+ Community Still Fights For The Lives...
Four years ago, 49 people were killed and 58 people were injured in the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in American history at Pulse Nightclub in
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Elly Belle
News
A Letter From Our Co-Founders and Former Co-CEOs
Dear R29’ers, former and present, We’ve read and heard the accounts by many of you about your experience of working at Refinery29. Even though we’re
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Justin Stefano
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