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Smith, Carlos and a Forgotten White Ally

October 16th marked the 49th anniversary of an iconic moment in sports history, a moment which exemplified the unwavering dedication necessary to the conduction of actions of civil disobedience. At the 1968 Olympics Games in Mexico City, two black U.S. medalists—Tommie Smith and John Carlos— had…
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Suspicious Deletion of 100,000 Cruiser Video Files by Columbus Police

The Columbus Police Department has undergone “a significant loss” in dash-camera videos stored from Columbus Police Division traffic stops and call responses, Police Chief Kim Jacobs announced Tuesday. An estimated 100,000 videos recorded in 2017, the entirety of videos recorded in 2015, and an…
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#DeleteUber and corporate accountability

The hashtag #DeleteUber has trended amongst the Twitterverse and in doing so has translated into boycott-oriented action on an impressive scale. Thousands have deleted the transportation app Uber and have shared screenshots of their acts of protest on their timelines. This controversy came to…

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