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Lori Vallow’s Husband Faces Charges After The Remains Of Two Children Were...
Sarah Midkiff
Jun 10, 2020
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Why Have Pro-Lifers Been So Quiet About Tear Gas Causing Miscarriages? Because ...
Erin Corbett
Jun 10, 2020
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Ariana Romero
Jun 10, 2020
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The Myth Of “Outside Agitators” Is Everywhere — And I...
The narrative changed as soon as it became clear that the protests in Minneapolis would not be quelled, and that they would instead spread to other U.S. ci
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Britni de la Cretaz
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Why Advocates In New York Are Working To Repeal The 50-A Law
Update: On Monday, New York lawmakers announced plans to repeal 50-A this week, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreeing to sign it. “Their records will be availa
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Elly Belle
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An Update In Layleen Polanco’s Case Demands An Immediate Ne...
Nearly a year after Layleen Polanco, a 27-year-old transgender woman, was found dead in her cell at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, an invest
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Brianna Provenzano
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Watch Kamala Harris Give Meghan McCain A Lesson On Defunding The ...
On Monday, Meghan McCain made herself the subject, once again, of internet ridicule — this time in the face of massive cries for police abolition. During
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Asia Ewart
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What It’s Like To Run A Progressive Challenger’s Camp...
On June 23, progressive Mel Gagarin will face Rep. Grace Meng in NY-6. Aleda Gagarin is his campaign manager (oh, and they're married).
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Aleda Gagarin
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J.K. Rowling’s Transphobic Tweets Shouldn’t Be A Surp...
On Saturday — while people across the U.S. and globally marched in protest of systemic racism and police violence against Black people and people of colo
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Britni de la Cretaz
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It’s Not Enough To Reform The Police — Defunding Is The Onl...
No modern grassroots uprising is complete without a robust social media component, and the racial insurgency that has followed George Floyd’s death at th
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Brianna Provenzano
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What Minneapolis Will Look Like After They Abolish Their Police D...
After a week and a half of national and global demonstrations protesting George Floyd’s death and uplifting the Black Lives Matter movement, nine members
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Asia Ewart
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Who Is Really “Looting” America?
As thousands take to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd and other unarmed Black men and women killed by police and others, demonstrators are
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Sarah Midkiff
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Police Are Beating People To The Ground To Enforce The Racist Curfew
Thousands of people across the country continue to protest racist police killings after ten days of unrest in the streets of U.S. cities. The actions have
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Erin Corbett
Donald Trump
America Is Facing A Third Amendment Crisis
The world is full of surprises — and amidst President Donald Trump declaring martial law and employing the National Guard against protestors, even Jam
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Elly Belle
Unbothered
Breonna Taylor Should Be Turning 27 Today. Here’s How To De...
Breonna Taylor should be turning 27 on Friday. Instead of having a party with her friends and loved ones, her birthday will be marked by people demanding j
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Britni de la Cretaz
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Police Shootings Play A Major Role In National Gun Violence Stati...
Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness day, and this year police gun violence will be in the spotlight. For the last six years, a coalition of organizat
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Erin Corbett
Tech
Police Are Coming For Protestors’ Cell Phones — Here’...
People in all 50 states are taking to the streets, many for the first time, to protest against violent, racist policing. Demands for abolition are gaining
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Erin Corbett
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Tom Cotton’s Op-Ed Puts Black Lives In Danger — & The
Ne...
The New York Times staff could no longer hold their tongues. Over the years, the Times’ opinion section has run questionable — and sometimes downright
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Britni de la Cretaz
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“Kettling” Is One Of The Most Violent Tactics Police ...
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets this week in every state with demands to abolish the police by defunding their departments. While
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Erin Corbett
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Welcome To Hell, Donald & Melania Trump Will Be Your Guides
There are several places rumored to be entrances to the underworld, like the fiery crater that has been burning in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert for over
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Natalie Gontcharova
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The Movement To Defund The Police Is Getting Stronger — Here̵...
Long before a Minneapolis police officer pinned his knee to George Floyd’s neck, slowly cutting off his air supply until he was dead, American cops were
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Brianna Provenzano
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All Four Officers Will Be Charged In George Floyd’s Killing...
Over a week after the police killing of George Floyd and several days after manslaughter charges were brought against former office Derek Chauvin, Minneapo
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Leora Yashari
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Frank Rizzo’s Statue Was An Ode To White Supremacy — & It N...
While the city slept, crews arrived to quietly take down the statue of Frank Rizzo from Philadelphia’s Municipal Services Building. The statue of the for
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Britni de la Cretaz
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Ella Jones Is Now The First Black Mayor Of Ferguson, Missouri — B...
The same Missouri city where the death of a black teenager sparked weeks of nationwide protest has just elected Ella Jones, its first woman and first black
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Sarah Midkiff
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Where Are Our Leaders? How Democrats Are Really Disappointing Pro...
The national protests against police brutality have been going on for over a week now, with cities in California, Minnesota, and New York seeing powerful d
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Elly Belle
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6 Atlanta Officers Were Charged For Pulling Student Protestors Ou...
On Saturday night, a viral video showed authorities in Atlanta using excessive force to pull two people from a car during protests over the death of George
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Sarah Midkiff
Fashion News
This Is A Graduation. No Wonder They Wore Caps & Gowns.
It was a striking image, even if the subject’s pose and attire were familiar: Gorgeously dressed in bright white sneakers and a flowing blue gown, the yo
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Connie Wang
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Why Ivanka Trump Brought Her Purse To A Tear-Gassing
In a head-spinning piece of political propaganda, President Donald Trump delivered a speech in the Rose Garden yesterday, in which he vowed to send the mil
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Natalie Gontcharova
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How You Can Support Black People Today, Tomorrow & Forever
This year has brought more sadness and hardship among the Black community. Not only have Black people been forced to mourn the deaths of family and friends
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Jessica Morgan
Style
What To Wear (& Not Wear) When Protesting
On Monday, President Trump gave an order to utilize tear gas and flash grenades outside of the White House against a group of individuals peacefully protes
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Eliza Huber
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