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High school senior Ziad Ahmed was completing an application for Stanford University when he was posed with this question: “What matters to you, and why?” His answer? #BlackLivesMatter written 100 times. Ahmed received an acceptance letter from the school on Friday. The next day, Ahmed tweeted this: https://twitter.com/ziadtheactivist/status/848215642385895425 “I was actually stunned when I opened the […]

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In the days following Brock Turner’s June 2 sentencing, presiding Judge Aaron Persky has been unseated from a rape case.   ACalifornia District Attorney requested the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from a new sexual assault trial after he made headlines for the questionable sentencing of Brock Turner, who received a six-month sentence for a rape at Stanford University. Jeff […]