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As we await the Derek Chauvin verdict, let today be the day you stop saying "of color" when you're talking specifically about Black people. Say "Black." So, don't report how many officers of color are in the department. Say how many Black officers are in the department.

Reporting on the Israeli bombing of Gaza shouldn't be hard, but for U.S. media, it's a game of verbal gymnastics. @sanasaeed gives her critique on the way U.S. media fails to cover Israeli occupation.

Al Jazeera is 25 today. I am endlessly proud and hugely grateful to work at a network that changed the face of international news when it launched and that continues to produce vital journalism on underreported topics. Long may it prosper!

Don't let the NFL's very Black Super Bowl halftime show obscure the fact it's being sued by Black coach Brian Flores who said, "the NFL remains rife with racism." Remember the NFL blackballed Colin Kaepernick & Jay'Z's social justice initiative for the NFL has produced ZILCH.

"She was fearless, but she was also human.” Shireen Abu Akleh’s colleague and close friend Dalia Hatuqa🪬🤌 remembers the impact she had on the Arab world, and how she inspired a generation of women to become journalists. Read more: aje.io/ajzs9h

S. African police in '87 attacking the coffin of Ashley Kriel to seize the ANC flag that draped it; Israeli police attacked the coffin of #ShireenAbuAkleh today, trying to seize Palestinian flags. Apartheid regimes waging war on their victims, even after death

Sorry, but no. The U.S. is culpable for Israel's state violence, because the U.S. guarantees the impunity with which Israel acts. U.S. has the means to restrain Israel; it never uses them. So, this violence is on you, President Biden, spare us the handwringing

Someone killed 14 children and 1 teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. I’m wholly devastated. We live in a society where power absolutely refuses to protect our children. How many more kids have to die before power makes radical changes to these horrific conditions?

BREAKING: The Supreme Court voted to overturn #RoeVWade — a widely expected ruling that could quickly block over 50% of pregnant people from safe access to abortion. A draft decision to overturn the 1973 ruling that affirmed the right to abortion was leaked in early May.

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Pretty honest response to CNN reporter after Queen Elizabeth’s death

No tears, Morocco won this World Cup by repeatedly defying gravity. No matter who wins Sunday, when people remember the ‘22 World Cup, they will think not of Messi or Mbappe, but of the Atlas Lions who showed us all that a different world is possible

If the Zuckerberg/Musk fight isn’t going to happen, can @mtv bring back “Celebrity Deathmatch” one more time? 🙏

The Onion, ladies and gentlemen.

If you believe whatever the Israelis tell you, you're not a journalist, just a hasbara volunteer. As Dena Takruri says, the IDF literally has a playbook that recommends lying as the first response to news that makes them look bad -- explained here time.com/6176045/israel…

Genocide is all about intent. Here's the evidence (cc: ICJ):

You can always rely on the U.S. news media to do one thing and do it well: protect Israel. Sana Saeed explains. Full episode: ajplus.co/8rf153

Israeli shelling in occupied Gaza has just killed the wife, son and daughter of Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Wael Al Dahdouh. Al Dahdouh’s family members were killed in an attack that hit their home in the central Gaza Strip.