The legal team for the family of a man shot to death by a Cobb County police officer during a traffic stop in 2021 is going after the county’s district attorney for failing to prosecute the cop behind the shooting. Attorneys for Devontae Brown’s family issued a statement accusing Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D....
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The University of Pennsylvania Buried Bones of 19 Black People Used In Racist Research. Their Descendants Say They Had No Input.
After the University of Pennsylvania announced the reburial of the 19 Black people whose bones were used for racist scientific research, the community criticized officials at the Philadelphia school for their lack of involvement in the decision. Spearheaded by physician Samuel George Morton in the 1830s, The Associated Press reported that the remains linked his study to...
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Georgia Doctor Could Face Criminal Charges After Medical Examiner Rules Death of Baby Decapitated During Complicated Childbirth a Homicide
The manner of death of a Georgia couple’s baby boy, who was decapitated during delivery at a hospital last July, has been ruled a homicide, according to the Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office. The death of Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr., who died at Southern Regional Medical Center in Clayton County, Georgia, on July 10, 2023,...
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‘A Deliberate Lie’: Oklahoma Schools’ Superintendent Lashes Out at Media After Department Is Sued for Demanding Teachers Pay Back Five-Figure Bonuses
A special education teacher in Oklahoma sued the state Department of Education and the superintendent of public schools after she and multiple other educators were ordered to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses that the state claims were sent out by mistake. The plaintiff, Kay Bojorquez, an employee with Epic Charter Schools, was...
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‘Uncancel Woodrow Wilson’: Opinion Piece Supporting Racist Former President Sparks Controversy on Social
A provocatively titled opinion piece about a former United States president known to have racist views has triggered a backlash from social media users after The Atlantic published a story titled “Uncancel Woodrow Wilson” as Black History Month gets underway. David Frum, an author and writer for The Atlantic, starts off his Feb. 2 article...