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Jesse Jackson Goes Duck Wild
Jesse Jackson wants a formal sit-down with the executives at A&E over the comments made by Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, the Chicago Tribune reports. Jackson compared Robertson’s recent comments about African Americans, gay people and women to comments made by the driver of Rosa Parks’ bus, in a statement issued Tuesday, the Tribune reports.…
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President Urges Americans to Volunteer This Holiday Season
President Barack Obama gave his annual Christmas message Wednesday and used the opportunity to ask Americans to remember the troops who are serving the country far from their loved ones. “Our extraordinary men and women in uniform are serving so that the rest of us can enjoy the blessings we cherish during the holidays,” the…
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Family Spends Christmas With Brain-Dead Teen
The family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who has been on life support since tonsillectomy surgery earlier this month, spent Christmas next to her in the hospital. They set up a Christmas tree in her room with presents for her and her siblings, ABC 7 reports. On Tuesday, McMath’s family got the news that the girl…
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What Would Jesus Do?
On the eve of the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birthday, the Associated Press has published a story via ABC News on the race of the son of Christ. Was he black, white—or even human? It’s tough to say, but the piece aims to cut through a broad and rather dubious debate that has been going…
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A Mother’s Fight for a Christmas Miracle for Her Brain-Dead Teen
Nailah Winkfield is a mother first. As a mother, she is fighting for her daughter’s life, which doctors believe ended once she was declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery this month. Winkfield isn’t sure what the new court-appointed doctor will determine about her 13-year-old, Jahi McMath, but as her mother she plans to keep fighting. “I’m…
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Obama Enrolls in Obamacare
The president now has health care coverage—times two. In a move that the White House is calling a symbolic show of President Obama’s support for the newly enacted health care system, the president’s aides enrolled him using healthcare.gov, even though the president’s medical needs are met through the military, the Associated Press reports. Obama signed…
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Cory Booker Challenges Rand Paul to ‘Feats of Strength’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) were supposed to have a Festivus “feats of strength” battle on the Senate floor, but Paul decided against it, leaving the two wildly popular men of their respective parties to hashtag it out over Twitter. Paul started it when he jokingly tweeted that he would…
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25-Year-Old DJ to Become 1st Black South African in Space
Mandla Maseko was born and raised in a dusty township in South Africa and never dreamed his life would be as big as it has become. “I’m not trying to make this a race thing but us blacks grew up dreaming to a certain stage. You dreamed of being a policeman or a lawyer but…
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Steve Martin Apologizes for Racist Tweet
Steve Martin has apologized for a tweet he sent out. After one of his 4.5 million followers asked him, “Is this how you spell lasonia?” The actor tweeted back, “It depends. Are you in an African-American neighborhood or at an Italian restaurant?” He removed the tweet—apparently an attempt at a lasagna joke—shortly after it appeared,…
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Cleveland Hero Gets Book Deal
Charles Ramsey, the hero who became a reluctant celebrity after busting open a door that freed several woman from a Cleveland house where they had been imprisoned, is writing a book about the ordeal. The Cleveland native has signed a contract with publisher Gray & Co. for a memoir of his life before, during and…
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