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Woman seeks $1.5M in damages from neo-Nazi website founder | The Baltimore Sun

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Michael Kunzelman, The Baltimore Sun [dropcap]The[/dropcap] first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president is seeking more than $1.5 million in court-ordered damages against a neo-Nazi website operator who orchestrated an online harassment campaign against her. In a court filing Monday, Taylor Dumpson’s attorneys asked a federal judge in Washington for a […]

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Rory Doyle: Challenging the Cowboy Culture with the Delta Hill Riders | The Phoblographer

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The Phoblographer Staff, The Phoblographer [dropcap]Among[/dropcap] the challenges for today’s documentary photographers is to tell the story of those who challenge the norms, and shed light on their everyday life. This year, the ZEISS Photography Award asked participants for their creative take on the brief of “The Unexpected” and produce a body of work with […]

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[WATCH] Angela Davis & Barbara Ransby: We Stand with Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Courageous, Bold Black Woman | Democracy Now

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Angela Davis &, Barbara Ransby, Democracy Now Ilhan Omar campaigning for state representative in Minnesota. (Chris Newberry), Featured Image [dropcap]Two[/dropcap] of the founders of Black Lives Matter, as well as professor Angela Davis and scores of other black women, are holding a rally today on Capitol Hill to defend Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and […]

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Pharrell Made Only $2,700 In Songwriter Royalties From 43 Million Plays Of ‘Happy’ On Pandora | Business Insider

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This past year was great for singer Pharrell Williams. His song “Happy” secured him Grammy nominations for Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Despite Pharrell’s ubiquity, “Happy” made $2,700 in publisher and songwriter royalties from 43 million Pandora streams in the first quarter of 2014, according to an email from music […]

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Discrimination against natural hair motivates Atlanta stylist to create hair care brand | Black Press USA

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Sierra Porter, Black Press USA [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Atlanta natural hair stylist Chimere Faulk heard about Chasity Jones’ discrimination case, and similar stories, it moved her to create her natural hair care brand Dr. Locs. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] African American hairstyles have been a huge topic of debate in corporate America for a long time. Not only have […]

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MGM Is Making a Film About History’s First Black Samurai | Highsnobiety

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Opinion | Race, Highsnobiety [dropcap]Black[/dropcap] burial sites are struggling for survival. Such struggles should be interpreted as elemental battles over the meaning, matter, and worth of black life, history, and memory. Take the Boyd Carter cemetery in Jefferson county, West Virginia, a historic African American burial ground that’s been active since 1902. In early April […]

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Americans are totally fine with reparations, just not for slavery | Quartz

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Annalisa Merelli, Quartz [dropcap]Since[/dropcap] the second half of last century, countries like Germany, Austria, France, South Africa, and Canada have amended past wrongs by paying reparations to their victims. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The US, too, has supported reparations as a form of restorative justice. After World War II, it supported Jewish victims of the Holocaust in […]

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