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No, Brittney Griner has not been kicked off Team USA | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoGriner and other professional athletes demonstrated for racial justice following the police killings of Breonna Taylor
Jamaal Bowman on Fighting the Pro-Israel Lobby — and for ‘Collective Liberation’
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBowman speaks with Rolling Stone about his primary against George Latimer — and his fight against...
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The Root· 6 days agoLouisville Metro Police officer Cory Evans was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for striking a protester in the head with a baton during a May 2020 demonstration over Breonna ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 5 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
Norfolk’s Governor’s School students create music video for Chesapeake native Jake Clemons
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn a cold February afternoon, 20 dancers from The Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk twisted and lunged, performing for a music video on the plaza of the Icon Norfolk Apartments building ...
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The Root· 6 days agoCivil rights attorney Ben Crump is taking his story to Hollywood. Deadline reports that the lawyer is working with Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren (Becoming) ...
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The Root· 6 days agoAccording to WLKY, Joshua Jaynes testified before the Police Merit Board on Thursday in...
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The Root· 6 days agoAuthors Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa told NBC they were invited to speak at an event at Whitehaven High School on Oct. 26, but were blindsided by last-minute restrictions on what they ...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe holiday rose to prominence in 2020 amid the nationwide protests about racial inequality after the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor ...
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The Root· 6 days agoProtesters fighting against police violence were awarded a historic victory this week. On Thursday, the City of New York agreed to pay over $13 million in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf ...