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YouTube Star Etika Is Found Dead in NYC, Leaving Thousands of Fans in Mourning
YouTube gaming star Etika was pulled lifeless from New York City’s East River days following his disappearance after he posted video that had fans and loved ones concerned for his safety. New York City police on Tuesday announced the death of the 29-year-old Etika, born Desmond Amofah, after having put out a missing persons alert…
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In the Donald Trump Era, People Ages 18-34 Are Less Accepting of LGBTQ Community, GLAAD Finds
Conventional wisdom goes: The young will lead when it comes to matters of tolerance and acceptance regardless of race, color, creed—or sexual orientation. But according to GLAAD, that conventional wisdom has been turned on its head, and Donald Trump is to blame. GLAAD’s fifth annual Accelerating Acceptance Index, conducted by the Harris polling firm, found…
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Black Women Are More Likely to Be Sexually Harassed on the Job, a Study Finds
Reports of sexual harassment in the workplace are down among women overall, but the decline is far less steep among black women, signaling they are at greater risk. That’s according to a study published in the journal Gender, Work and Organization and written by New Jersey researchers Dan Cassino of Fairleigh Dickinson University and Yasemin…
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Missouri’s Last-Remaining Abortion Clinic Can Stay Open for Now—but the State Has Yanked Its License
Planned Parenthood of St. Louis, which happens to be the only abortion provider left in the state of Missouri, can keep providing the service for now, but Missouri officially yanked its license Friday, endangering the clinic’s operation long-term. If Planned Parenthood ends up closing its doors, Missouri will become the only state in the nation…
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ICE Raids to Deport Migrant Families Set to Begin Sunday in 10 US Cities
Despite reported misgivings by the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE agents are prepared to start rounding up migrant families with existing deportation orders Sunday in 10 major cities around the country. According to reports by the Washington Post and CNN, both citing confidential sources, the raids are to begin before dawn Sunday…
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The Saga Continues: Chicago Judge Orders Special Prosecutor Be Appointed in the Jussie Smollett Case [Corrected]
Will the Jussie Smollett case ever end? A Chicago judge Friday ordered that a special prosecutor be appointed to look into how Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office decided to drop all 16 felony disorderly conduct charges against the actor over allegations he staged a homophobic and racist attack against himself in…
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Lil Nas X Drops New Single, ‘Panini,’ in Advance of New Album Release, 7
Lil Nas X apparently has no plans to ride off into the sunset anytime soon. Fresh off the chart-topping, if controversial success of “Old Town Road,” the viral sensation on Thursday released a new single, “Panini.”: “Panini” is from Lil Nas X’s new album, 7, set to drop Friday, and no, as one can see…
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He’s Baack: Trump Appointee Who Quit Consumer Watchdog Agency After Racial Backlash Gets New Government Job at HUD
Apparently, when it comes to the Trump administration, a racially charged past is no bar to being able to stay employed from one post to another. Such seems to be the case with Donald Trump appointee Eric Blankenstein, Politico reports. Just weeks following his quitting his job enforcing fair lending practices for the Consumer Financial…
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Federal Appeals Court OKs Trump’s Abortion Gag Rules
In a decision Planned Parenthood called “devastating,” a federal appeals court Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s family planning gag rule intended to prevent health providers from making abortion referrals or discussing where a patient might have one. Thursday’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows the rule to take…
