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Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornell West Poverty Tour

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Will Redo 2011 Poverty Bus Tour — Going to Meet the Man Poverty Tour

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia—Veteran broadcaster Tavis Smiley and prominent pro-black activist Cornel West will finally give President Donald J. Trump a dose of their 2011 Barack Obama treatment. Earlier this week, the two longtime civil rights activists announced plans for a 20-city, 18-state, anti-poverty bus tour—Going to Meet the Man Poverty Tour 2, an effort to resuscitate their 18-city, 11-state, anti-Obama 2011 … [Continue Reading] about Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Will Redo 2011 Poverty Bus Tour — Going to Meet the Man Poverty Tour

White Babies Registration Card

Mixed-Race Couple Files Complaint Against Kansas Hospitals — Denied “Free White Baby” Maternity Benefits

WICHITA, Kansas—A mixed-race Kansas couple expecting their third child has filed a complaint with the Kansas Health Commissioner in order to be included in a so-called “free white baby” maternity promotion taking place in some Kansas hospitals. … [Continue Reading] about Mixed-Race Couple Files Complaint Against Kansas Hospitals — Denied “Free White Baby” Maternity Benefits

2017 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting

Southern Baptist Convention Refused To Vote On Resolution “Will Negroes Be In Heaven”

SELMA, Alabama—Amid the public barrage of contempt and ridicule heaved at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) during its Annual Meeting in Phoenix in June for the reluctant approval of a resolution that condemned the sudden widespread resurgence of … [Continue Reading] about Southern Baptist Convention Refused To Vote On Resolution “Will Negroes Be In Heaven”

African Union 29th Summit

The African Union Complains Trump is Racist — Doesn’t Recognize African Dictators

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—At the opening session of the 29th African Union Summit yesterday, the Executive Council of the African Union unanimously approved a resolution condemning American President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with the Gulf Cooperation C … [Continue Reading] about The African Union Complains Trump is Racist — Doesn’t Recognize African Dictators

23andMe and Baltimore Black Lives Matter Logos

Black Lives Matter Sues DNA Testing Company 23andMe, Claims Scientific Racism

BALTIMORE—Terrified by their genetic ancestry test results, the members of a Baltimore Black Lives Matter chapter have filed a lawsuit against the consumer genetic testing company 23andMe. In the lawsuit, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore … [Continue Reading] about Black Lives Matter Sues DNA Testing Company 23andMe, Claims Scientific Racism

Jeff Session Attorney General on RT America

AG Jeff Sessions Will Go After Liberals Who Host Shows on Russian Cable TV

SELMA, Alabama—Although Attorney General Jeff Session reluctantly recused himself from any Department of Justice investigation into matters related to the possible Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election campaign, on Sunday he told a hometown … [Continue Reading] about AG Jeff Sessions Will Go After Liberals Who Host Shows on Russian Cable TV

SBA Administrator Linda McMahon testimony

Trump Administration Female Staffers Not Allowed To Self-Identify As Ms.

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia—Unmarried women serving in the Donald J. Trump Administration are forbidden from using the long-standing, marriage-agnostic honorific Ms. in official government communications and correspondences, according to a … [Continue Reading] about Trump Administration Female Staffers Not Allowed To Self-Identify As Ms.

Criminal steal new Gita robot

Technology Crime: Johns Hopkins Students Robbed of Personal Assistant Robots in Baltimore

BALTIMORE—Baltimore City Police are searching for three men who robbed two Johns Hopkins University computer engineering students of their personal assistant robots yesterday. At 7 a.m., police officers were called to the 3200 block of St. Paul … [Continue Reading] about Technology Crime: Johns Hopkins Students Robbed of Personal Assistant Robots in Baltimore