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Colin Kaepernick is a featured athlete on Nike’s new slate of “Just Do It” advertisements, which commemorate the 30th anniversary of the iconic slogan’s 1988 debut, ESPN reported Monday. “We believe Colin is one of the most inspirational athletes of…

Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-51) was canvassing a Clackamas, Oregon, neighborhood she represents Tuesday when a Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputy pulled up and asked if she was “selling something,” OregonLive reported. “I don’t believe this,”…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Hampton Smith had just fired up his after-dinner tobacco pipe when four gunshots sounded outside his house. Two bullets burrowed into the bedroom wall behind him. A third struck his shoulder, spinning him around. The fourth…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — My mother is 68 years old but looks two decades younger. This is key for understanding how recent all of this was. Her age alone marks Jim Crow as a recent tragedy. But her face plants it squarely in the realm of farce. “Lordy be,”…

Marvel Studios released the first poster for its upcoming Black Panther film on June 9, 50 years after the infamous photograph it seems modeled after was taken. The original image features Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for…

The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl on Sunday, but at least three of the team’s players have said they will skip the customary White House visit as an act of protest against President Donald Trump. Wide receiver Torrey Smith and safety…

It’s been 152 years since the U.S. Civil War ended, and Americans have yet to honestly confront its legacy. Scores of white supremacists marched on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert…

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has emerged as a surprise Oscar frontrunner after winning four Golden Globe awards, three Screen Actors Guild awards and notched seven Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, including for best picture and…

Eric Trump on Wednesday visited the Fox and Friends talk show to defend his father, President Donald Trump, against accusations of racism. “My father sees one color: green,” Trump told hosts Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy. “That’s…

Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday came and went in 2018 as most days have since President Donald Trump took office: with Republican members of Congress navigating the fallout from the president’s racist conduct, denying his bigotry and absolving…

President Donald Trump expressed his frustration Thursday with a bipartisan immigration deal in the works in Congress. Some lawmakers insisted on protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of the agreement. Trump…

Daytime TV host-turned-media mogul Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. The statuette honored Oprah’s innumerable contributions to show business. But her acceptance speech eschewed entertainment for a…

Erica Garner died in Brooklyn on Saturday after an asthma episode caused a heart attack. Doctors placed her in a medically-induced coma in an effort to save her life, but declared her braindead days later. She was 27. Garner fell into activism by…

Many Americans heaved a sigh of relief Tuesday when Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore to become Alabama’s next United States senator. The unlikely victory — the first for a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in the state since 1992…

ATLANTA — The signs were hard to miss while driving around the city these past two months: “Mary Norwood,” they read. “A mayor for all Atlanta.” They adorned front lawns and busy street corners from the 65-year-old city councilwoman’s native…

The New York Times published a widely panned article on Saturday profiling white supremacist Tony Hovater. The author, Richard Fausset, declined to challenge Hovater’s beliefs in any meaningful way in the course of his reporting, and failed to place…

Details are still murky in the case of LiAngelo Ball, the 18-year-old University of California, Los Angeles, basketball player who was arrested in China earlier this month for shoplifting. Along with two of his other black teammates — Cody Riley and…

Peter Beinart probably means well. His latest for the Atlantic — “‘Republican’ is not a synonym for ‘racist’” — is fueled by a clear desire to see bipartisan reconciliation amid the most polarized political climate in recent memory. His impulse to…

Marvel’s Thor franchise has long been considered its worst Avengers tributary. The second film in the series, The Dark World, is regularly panned in critical rankings of the 17 Marvel cinematic universe films — typically landing in or near last…