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Israel claimed that a Palestinian was killed in ‘clashes,’ but video evidence shows Israeli police shooting him in the back

Dollar stores replace grocery stores in low-income Black communities at alarming rates, one town is fighting the surge

Texas facing lawsuit over program that forces poor people to pay fees they can’t afford for traffic violations

American citizen sues ICE following three week attempt to deport him to Jamaica

Private autopsy shows cops shot Emantic Bradford Jr., man mistaken for Black Friday mall shooter, 3 times in the back

Top Obama officials now caught up in lawsuit about Clinton Foundation’s improper practices

Ocasio-Cortez says all Americans should have healthcare like she gets as a congresswoman in latest call for Medicare for All

After shady elections process, a new comprehensive lawsuit seeks to change the Georgia’s elections system

Actress Amber Brenner is suing director/producer Salim Akil for breach of contract & domestic violence

Washington Post reports on how the Khashoggi killing was born out of a deadly royal family feud

Trans woman immigrant who died in ICE custody was abused, family says

“Home is the most dangerous place for women” worldwide, says UN. And in the US, Black women are most likely to killed by partners

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

Border Patrol fires tear gas, chases asylum seekers and closes the border to keep them out of the US

Alabama police kill Black army veteran after mall shooting, then say he may not have been involved

Four years removed from his year-long suspension, Adrian Peterson reveals he still hits his children

Shooting at Alabama mall leaves two injured, one dead during Black Friday shopping

ER doctor killed by ex-fiancé in shooting at Mercy Hospital in Chicago that left three dead

Ahead of upcoming HBO documentary on Sandra Bland, her sisters reveal new details of the case

Founder of notorious private military company Blackwater looking to extract minerals from war-torn Afghanistan

Chickenpox outbreak at North Carolina school where many parents opted out of vaccines is state’s worst in 20 years

Stacey Abrams & Andrew Gillum officially withdraw from historic races shaped by voter suppression, racism

Kanye donates $150K to the family of Black security guard killed by cops after he took down robbery suspect

Beyoncé buys complete control of Ivy Park from mogul Philip Green following claims of sexual harassment

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti arrested on domestic abuse charges in Los Angelos

Trump’s new criminal justice reform bill has notable bipartisan support

Federal judge rules Georgia has to wait to certify state election, protesters calling to ‘count every vote’ arrested

Super-rich Californians are hiring their own private firefighters, and it’s causing problems

ICE and the DEA are paying for hidden streetlight cameras to be watch you all across the country

Brazil’s far-right President wants to mine the Amazon, but one Indigenous tribe is fighting him

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