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Police killed 1,147 people in 2017. Black people were 25% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population.… [twitter.com]

Diante Yarber: Police kill black father with barrage of bullets in Walmart parking lot [theguardian.com]

The White House Press Room Should Just Be Empty [esquire.com] via @Esquire

[]( "BlackInformant [BlackInformant]") Assassination in Brazil Unmasks the Deadly Racism of a Country That Would Rather Ignore It [latinorebels.com]

Algerian woman denied French citizenship over handshake [bbc.in]

8th-graders at a Texas charter school were asked to list the “positive aspects” of slavery for homework:… [twitter.com]

Still one of the most sublimely surreal days of my whole entire life. I'd been harassed & arrested by… [twitter.com]

Mexico and the European Union reach a trade deal that virtually eliminates tariffs. The deal marks a move by Mexico… [twitter.com]

Uganda Loses Regional Fish Market to Chinese Imports: [allafrica.com] #EastAfrica [twitter.com]

"A new paper from @SandyDarity of @DukeU, @DarrickHamilton of the @TheNewSchool, and a team of researchers seeks t… [twitter.com]

It was such a wonderful surprise to see @staceyabrams sitting in front on me on my flight today. What a pleasure it… [twitter.com]

#FreeSiwatu: Pregnant Black Detroit Activist Jailed for Standing Her Ground & Protecting Her Family [democracynow.org]

Amazon Employee Explains the Poor Working Conditions of An Amazon Warehouse [news.slashdot.org]

LA Times to move into new building in El Segundo [abc7.com] via @abc7 => @JuneCarol_E

The F-35 Is a $1.4 Trillion Dollar National Disaster [nationalinterest.org]

Undoing the Dirty Deed: How ‘Whites Only’ Language from Restrictive Housing Covenants Remain on Deeds Across The Co… [twitter.com]

A Womanist Perspective of the Black Power Movement -- @BabaAk on @DrAshleyFarmer's 'Remaking Black Power'… [twitter.com]

In July of 1963, fifteen girls were jailed for challenging segregation laws. Ages 12 to 15, they were held for 45 d… [twitter.com]

I am halfway through this documentary about feminists in prison and I've yelled and cried (in a good way). It is so… [twitter.com]

“The history of women-led slave revolts was not easy to find. In fact, Dr. Hall spent four years uncovering the his… [twitter.com]

In the U.S., Native religious practices were illegal until 1978. Before then, they had to be done in secret. Medici… [twitter.com]

From the #BlackPanthers to 2Pac to #Ferguson: The History Behind the FBI's Latest Move Against Black Activists… [twitter.com]

[]( "Achmat X [AchmatX]") Here’s what happens when you privatize water. Coca-Cola factory on the edge of town extracts more than 300,000 gall… [twitter.com]

All Blk couples suffer disproportionate rates of IPV: BM & BW, BW & BW, BM & BM, yet we don't hear about this dispr… [twitter.com]

@DrTJC Yo, @DrTJC, the Duboisian horror of your work is that it is/has shown you that too many BW (even "educated"… [twitter.com]

Compton, Willowbrook residents dealing with 'contaminated' water [abc7.com]

LA, Long Beach top list of most polluted cities in country [abc7.com]

Sedentary behavior associated with reduced medial temporal lobe thickness in middle-aged and older adults [journals.plos.org]

Freak Accident or Design Flaw? Diagram Explains Student's Accidental Death Inside His Parked Minivan [core77.com]

PopSugar allegedly stole “millions” of Instagram influencers’ photos for affiliate link profit [theverge.com] via @Verge

"I am by no means a great artist, I'm just a Hard-Working Sista" -- The Carrie Mae Weems Distinguished Lecture a… [twitter.com]

Why I Started an Instagram Account Documenting My Quickly Gentrifying LA Neighborhood [remezcla.com] via @remezcla

‘Mr. Soul!’ Teaser Trailer: Tribeca Docu Spotlights Groundbreaking Ellis Haizlip Talk Show From The ’60s… [twitter.com]

Watch the Trailer for a Stunning New 70-Millimeter Print of Stanley Kubrick’s "2001: A Space Odyssey." Released b… [twitter.com]

Cardinal Richelieu anticipates Twitter: "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men,… [twitter.com]

[]( "KatlehoMK 🇿🇦 [KatlehoMK]") Sankofa is an Akan (Ghana) term expressed in the sentence "se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki" which means that 'i… [twitter.com]

Listen to an Archive of Recordings by Delia Derbyshire, the Electronic Music Pioneer & Composer of the Dr. Who Them… [twitter.com]

Delia Derbyshire - Pot Au Feu (1968) [youtube.com] => @megafunkmega

Download an Archive of 16,000 Sound Effects from the BBC: A Fascinating History of the 20th Century in Sound [openculture.com]

The music legend who drives a taxi - BBC News [youtube.com] => @megafunkmega

Book Reviews: Geoffrey O’Brien on “Space Odyssey” by Michael Benson and “Stanley Kubrick” by Nathan Abrams. [wsj.com] via @WSJ

First Ever Black Vegan Festival Comes to New York [bit.ly] [twitter.com]

How Assata's Daughters Is Helping Chicago Bloom By Empowering Black Urban Farmers [bit.ly] via… [twitter.com]

The Turnip, a new web series that focuses on plant-based living, & features some of the most well-respected African… [twitter.com]

"I haven't had any specific combat training. I just fight my daughter every night, so I can put her to bed," says J… [twitter.com]

[]( "BabyBoomNews [BabyBoomerFeed]") Let’s all blame the #babyboomers for everything. Poll finds that 51% of #millennials (18-to34-year-olds) blame… [twitter.com]

[]( "BlackInformant [BlackInformant]") When you’re black in America, you’re either seen as a problem or not seen at all. [slate.com]

young bruh, she is not Jesus: she cannot stop, sensing that one who touched the hem of her garment while swirling i… [twitter.com]

young bruh, i have failed that song in the Key of Life: it is easy for me to turn my words into truth-- but turning… [twitter.com]

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