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Starbucks on Friday reversed its policy on employees wearing clothing supporting “Black Lives Matter” after a company memo prohibiting such apparel sparked backlash and a campaign to boycott the coffee company. “You’ve told us you need a way to express yourself at work, asking: ‘Do you understand how I feel!?’ ‘Do you understand the black community …
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A socialist Seattle city council member will introduce a bill to keep a downtown area seized by protesters in “community control.” Kshama Sawant, of the Socialist Alternative party, announced that her office was currently working on legislation to protect the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ. Protesters claimed control over a six-block area in Seattle’s …
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Lady Antebellum’s heart was in the right place. But where was the band’s head? In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the country-pop trio behind the Grammy-winning smash “Need You Now” announced on Twitter Thursday that they were renouncing their name because of the racist history of the “Southern ‘Antebellum’ style.” Hence forward, they …
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Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Jay Pharoah says he was stopped by police while jogging in Los Angeles recently, that one of the officers kneeled on his neck and that video footage, apparently from a nearby security camera, recorded the incident. Pharoah shared the video on Instagram today, saying “I could have easily been …
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The name George Floyd will undoubtedly live on well after protests have gone — and some random dude is trying to cash in on that. A person named Munemo Mushonga filed a trademark application on June 5 for the name “George Floyd” to be used for “production and distribution of television shows and movies,” according …
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Dave Chappelle does not hold back in a new Netflix special titled “8:46,” which the streaming platform surprise debuted for free on its YouTube comedy channel late Thursday. In a set rife with his signature searing social commentary (warning: the language is raw), the comedian touches on everything from George Floyd’s death to being unable …
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An estimated 450 Big Apple businesses were looted or damaged during recent protests over the police custody death of George Floyd, city officials estimate. Those merchants saw looting and other “storefront damage” from May 29 to June 9 as mostly peaceful but sometimes violent demonstrations swept the five boroughs, according to the Department of Small …
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Organisers of the anti-racist protests due to go ahead at 1pm on Saturday said it must be postponed because “many hate groups” are threatening the safety of the thousands planning to rally. It comes after former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson endorsed plans by far-right groups to host counter protests on the same …
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A Minneapolis manufacturing company whose plant was set on fire by rioters plans to leave the city, saying that city officials afforded them no assistance in handling the destruction. “They don’t care about my business,” 7-Sigma Inc.’s president and owner, Kris Wyrobek, told The Star Tribune about Minneapolis public officials. “They didn’t protect our people. We …
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Roughly 200 looters stole over $100,000 worth of products from a Tampa, Florida, Walmart on the evening of May 30, according to local law enforcement. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in identifying the looters, who raided the Walmart Supercenter on East Fletcher Avenue shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time. DO YOU KNOW …
Starbucks on Friday reversed its policy on employees wearing clothing supporting “Black Lives Matter” after a company memo prohibiting such apparel sparked backlash and a campaign to boycott the coffee company. “You’ve told us you need a way to express yourself at work, asking: ‘Do you understand how I feel!?’ ‘Do you understand the black community …
