One of the nation’s foremost civil rights pioneers Bob Moses has died. He was 86 years old.
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The fallout from distance learning
‘There were so many moving parts. It’s hard to say I successfully adapted—more so like I survived.’
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Racism, patriarchy taint Japan Olympics
Several Black female athletes have experienced issues ahead of the 2021 Olympics that has raised concerns of racism and patriarchy.
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St. Paul postal worker begged for stronger COVID-19 protections before six-week hospital stay
A mail handler in St. Paul warned about unsafe COVID-19 public safety policies before getting sick with the virus.
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Child tax credit payments begin this week
Starting July 15, nearly all working families will start seeing $250-$300 per child automatically deposited in their bank accounts or sent to their mailboxes on the 15th of each month.
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Haiti in turmoil after president’s assassination
‘The only ones who stand to gain from this are the same people who always have. My people are angry and we should be.’
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TruSo, a Black-owned social networking app set to launch
‘We are introducing a social community that is built and funded by Blacks for Blacks and has monetization built-in so that everyone wins.’
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Bans on critical race theory could have a chilling effect on how educators teach about racism
‘How can a teacher in Iowa or Tennessee explain that the U.S. was not ‘fundamentally racist,’ yet at the time of its founding, race-based slavery was legal and stayed that way until after the Civil War?’
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14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde becomes first African American to win Scripps National Spelling Bee
Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Slain Haitian president faced calls for resignation, sustained mass protests before killing
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in the early Tuesday morning in a brazen attack on his private home outside Port-au-Prince, the capital.
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Chauvin sentence points to all that remains undone
‘We must stay diligent out here in these streets, because no one is going to give us anything.’
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Bill Cosby released from prison as sexual assault conviction is overturned
The state Supreme Court ruled that Cosby’s deal with former prosecutor Bruce Castor should have been honored.
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Chauvin’s sentencing not surprising, but there were unexpected, troubling moments
Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Derek Chauvin to 270 months in prison for the murder of George Floyd, citing aggravating factors of abuse of position of trust and infliction of particular cruelty.
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AG Ellison: ‘We must end the cycle of inaction and act for accountability and justice’
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison delivered a statement urging lawmakers, law enforcement, prosecutors, and community to act in order to ensure accountability and justice in the case of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the death of George Floyd.
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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to serve 22.5 years in prison for the murder and manslaughter of George Perry Floyd, Jr.
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MSR exclusive: an interview with Jerry Blackwell
The MSR recently had the opportunity to chat with attorney Jerry Blackwell, a key member of the State’s prosecution team against Derek Chauvin.
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U.S. mayors pledge restitution for slavery
Eleven U.S. mayors, from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma, have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to small groups of Black residents in their cities…
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Chauvin likely to do significant prison time
In my opinion, Cahill’s memo on the aggravating factors is a clear signal that the judge will depart upward.
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Police reform still in limbo one year after Floyd murder
Many cities across the country are working to introduce reforms on the state and local level to effect change in policing, but much progress is yet to be made in the city that sparked the idea of dismantling police.
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President Biden signs Juneteenth holiday into law
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a signing ceremony, officially marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday—the first since MLK Day in 1983.