As Slaveholder Statues Come Down, America’s Birthday Party Gets Weird
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The nation is grappling with a racist past and present — so which monuments to old white men should get to stay?
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‘RS Interview: Special Edition’ With Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Posted in: Politics Features“You believe black lives matter? So legislate like it. Invest like it,” Pressley tells Rolling Stone. “This is the moment. This is the reckoning. I don't see this waning.”
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Hear a Moving Black Lives Matter Song Written by This 10-Year-Old Singer
Posted in: Music News"I’m so proud of her and also deeply saddened that this is the song she is writing when she is 10," Naima Nascimento's mom wrote on social media
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Tom Morello Enlists All-Star Musicians, Activists for Protest Song ‘Stand Up’
Posted in: Music NewsImagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds, the Bloody Beetroots, Shea Diamond contribute to the track in support of racial justice
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Black Exotic Dancers Demand Better Treatment With ‘Stripper Strike’
Posted in: Culture NewsDancers are sick of the industry's racist, outdated practices — now, a nationwide movement has come together to change that
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Seattle Police Reclaim Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Posted in: Culture NewsAt least 31 people arrested as city retakes Capitol Hill following string of four shootings in 10 days in autonomous zone
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Protesters Reject De Blasio’s NYPD Budget, Continue to Occupy City Hall
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA semiautonomous zone has sprung up in downtown Manhattan, just blocks from the site of Occupy Wall Street — but this time, the demands are more concrete
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Why the Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are So Damn Believable
Posted in: Culture FeaturesMany are convinced that the government is handing out fireworks to cause chaos — but the truth behind the recent craze might be more complicated
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Watch Brittany Howard Perform ‘Goat Head’ on ‘The Tonight Show’
Posted in: Music NewsHoward sings of her own family's personal history with racism and prejudice in the midst of ongoing protests for black equality
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On TikTok, Cops Are Still Trying to Be the Good Guys
Posted in: Culture FeaturesPolice on TikTok want to "humanize the badge" — but as the Black Lives Matter movement accelerates, staying apolitical is becoming impossible
