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Black graduate student records racist rant in New York City

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Sunny Hostin goes viral explaining George Washington’s history as a slave owner

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Documents offer new details about police shooting of unarmed Black couple near Yale

A man who was shot by officers while sitting in a car with a woman near Yale University, told police that he was simply trying to comply with orders
/ April 26, 2019
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Black Lives Matters protesters demand answers after Black woman shot by Yale police officer

TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police […]
/ April 19, 2019
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Officers wound Black woman sitting in car near Yale with boyfriend, but accounts conflict

Police officers from the area near Yale University in New Haven, Conn., opened fire on two people and maintain they did not obey commands, but witnesses say different
/ April 18, 2019
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Ex-Yale coach caught in college admissions sting to plead guilty to taking nearly $1 million in bribes

More fallout from the college admissions scandal surfaces as the former Yale women’s soccer coach is caught up in it. Police say Rudolph “Rudy” Meredith is cooperating with authorities
/ March 28, 2019
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Yale commits to initiatives addressing racial profiling after white woman called police on Black grad student napping in dorm

  Yale has committed to new initiatives and outlined its next steps to make the university more inclusive and to […]
/ May 16, 2018

The Download | May 15th: Protests turn deadly in Israel + Black Yale student speaks out + Donald Trump finally calls Waffle House Hero

Here is #thedownload for May 15th. If you haven’t been paying attention to what’s happening in Israel, it’s time to […]
/ May 15, 2018
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Black Yale student questioned by police for napping in dorm says she feared for her life: ‘I posted the video just for my safety’

  Lolade Siyonbola, the woman at the center of the #YaleWhileBlack incident, is speaking out after she had the police […]
/ May 15, 2018