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Mike Ditka again tells NFL players to ‘get the hell out’ of country after protests

[USA TODAY] Mike Ditka spent five-plus decades around pro football. He’s a Hall of Famer and a Super Bowl champion. But when it comes to NFL players protesting police brutality and racial injustice during the national anthem, Ditka sounds like a broken record … of the stubbornly misinformed variety. Back when Colin […]

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A noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall, NASCAR says

[CNN] A noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall Sunday, according to a statement from NASCAR.Wallace, who is the only Black driver in NASCAR’s top circuit, has been very outspoken in the last few weeks about the Black Lives Matter movement and the corresponding protests. He even called on NASCAR to ban […]

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Meet Opal Lee, the 93-year-old Texan who has spent her life trying to make Juneteenth a holiday

[CBS] For a fiesty 93-year-old Texan named Opal Lee, the coronavirus pandemic is just another obstacle on the long road to equality. She’s been traveling that road for more than nine decades, and those following in her footsteps will have her to thank if or when Juneteenth becomes a national holiday. During the pandemic, Lee […]

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Family of Another Black Man Found Hanging From a Tree in California Is Waiting for Answers

[Newsweek] After the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced its probe into the hanging death of Robert Fuller, authorities in the nearby San Bernardino County confirmed they were investigating the recent hanging death of another Black man. In a statement to Newsweek, San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Jodi Miller confirmed that […]

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