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Moira Smith, a lawyer from Alaska, said that she was groped by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during a Truman Foundation dinner 17 years ago.

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  After years of disappointments in the quest for justice for Eric Garner, the unarmed Black man who died after being placed in an illegal chokehold by the NYPD in 2104, the U.S. Justice Department just took a step in the right direction by replacing the entire team investigating the case. According to a report […]

Longtime activist and former chairwoman of the Black Panther Party Elaine Brown didn’t mince words when it came to characterizing the Black Lives Matter movement. She says the movement’s slogan “hands up, don’t shoot” is grounded in a “plantation mentality.” The harsh criticism of the movement came in an interview with the U.K. site Spiked-online. When […]

Adam Silver discourages players from all 30 teams from kneeling at games

Plus, petition launched to get Clarence Thomas included into the National Museum of African-American History and thousands of Seattle teachers wear Black Lives Matter t-shirts.

https://twitter.com/UDCLaw/status/655133994065989632 Jason Goolsby is suing the city of D.C. for assault, battery and failing to prevent false imprisonment by Metropolitan Police Department officers. After footage surfaced of the black college student being forcibly detained by D.C. police in Eastern Market went viral last year, many flooded the streets to protest the injustice. According to reports, the […]

Hundreds of Seattle public school teachers plan to wear Black Lives Matter T-shirts to school for a week. They want to spark a dialogue in the school district about racial injustice.

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A Detroit woman is proving that real-life is scarier than anything fictional this Halloween, as she has decided to use her decorations as a means to make a powerful statement about the recent tragedies around the country. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/785933109174931456 Larethia Haddon expected that she would draw a lot attention, surprised eyes and even controversy for her […]

The 83-year-old judge said Kaepernick and others who refuse to salute the flag are "dumb and disrespectful" during an interview with Yahoo!.

I asked Ben since he's rather socially conscious, does he have any ideas about how Brady could help support Kaepernick's Black Lives Matter protest?

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https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/784062366577225728 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream just announced their support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in an essay on their website. “Black lives matter. They matter because they are children, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. They matter because the injustices they face steal from all of us — white people and people of color alike. They steal our […]

After Ben & Jerry’s on Friday announced support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Black Twitter lit up the internet with, well, names for flavors of color, and some of the suggestions will have you bursting out in laughter. https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/784062366577225728 And then came an avalanche of names for flavors, including a call for the return […]