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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Black Michigan Boy Shot in Arm After Retrieving Bike From Neighbor's Yard. Neighbor Arrested and Released 3 Days Later

In Ypsilanti Township, Mich., a 6-year-old Black child was shot in the arm by his neighbor who reportedly was upset that the child’s bicycle was in his front yard. The neighbor, an Asian man, first allegedly threatened the boy with a sledgehammer after he went to retrieve his bike, then the man went inside his home…

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How We Do: Naomi and Rashid's Fated—but Never Faded—Love

“Fate brought us together,” Rashid Saxton says when asked how he met Naomi Abraham 22 years ago, in what he calls “a chance occurrence on the subway.”

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Architect of 'Trickle Down' Economics Says Disenfrenchized Minorities 'Aren't Worth $15 an Hour in Most Cases'

Fox News is racist AF.

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A Student Headed to Harvard Wants Her $40K Scholarship to Go to Others in Need

Shoutout to Verda Tetteh, a recent high school graduate on her way to Harvard University who wants to give a $40,000 scholarship she earned to a community college attendee.

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Tituss Burgess, Lil’ Jon Tapped as Guest Hosts for New Season of Bachelor in Paradise

ABC may have 99 problems, but finding a host to replace Chris Harrison doesn’t seem to be one.

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