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Rev. Al Sharpton Blasts Mike Bloomberg Over Stop-and-Frisk Comments
Rev. Al Sharpton demanded an apology from New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg during a press conference on Saturday, according to the Daily News. On his weekly radio show, the mayor recently defended the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices, saying, “I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little.” “The tone that has been set…
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Kamala Harris Officiates Wedding for 2 Prop 8 Plaintiffs
Celebrations have begun for many in the gay community as couples head to their local courthouses in cities like Los Angeles. The two women who were the plaintiffs in California’s Prop 8 case married on Friday in San Francisco, in a ceremony officiated by Kamala Harris, reports the Associated Press. Attorney General Kamala Harris presided…
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Anti-Obama Protests in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg, anti-Obama protesters who had gathered in front of the University of Johannesburg, where the U.S. president is slated to receive an honorary degree today, were greeted with rubber bullets, reports USA Today. Protests have been planned at the university over Obama’s visit and the news that he is expected to receive an honorary doctorate…
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Are Single Women Working Harder Than Married Co-Workers?
In the office, some single women find themselves fighting their married-with-kids co-workers for a decent time to clock-out. In a Marie Claire article, one woman says that when she began her job at a law firm, she had plenty of free time after work, but just several weeks later her schedule drastically changed. Instead, she’s…
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Obama Visits Mandela Family, Focuses on Icon's Legacy
President Obama was expected to visit the ailing Nelson Mandela during his trip to South Africa, but instead will meet with Madiba’s family, according to the New York Times. The presidential limousine slipped past a gate at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Saturday afternoon, leaving the media behind as Mr. Obama met for about…
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Obamacare Begins in 100 Days; Is the Government Ready?
On Oct. 1, President Obama’s Affordable Care Act for Americans finally begins. According to the Washington Post, the question now is whether the federal government is ready. There are, arguably, two big things that need to happen between now and October. The first is technical: The federal government needs to finish building the infrastructure…
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Maria Sharapova: Let's Talk About Serena's Married Boyfriend
While tennis star Serena Williams is busy apologizing for her comments around the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case, it seems she also targeted her old rival Maria Sharapova during a recent Rolling Stone interview. In response to Williams calling her boring, Sharapova released a few jabs of her own during a pre-Wimbledon press conference on Saturday, according to the…
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Rena Price, Whose Arrest Sparked Watts Riots, Dies
Rena Price, a South Los Angeles woman whose arrest with her son, Marquette Frye, ignited the Watts Riots, has died. She was 97, according the Los Angeles Times. On August 11, 1965, Price went to check on Frye, who’d been pulled over by police on Avalon Boulevard in South Los Angeles, and a fight between…
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What Really Killed Amy Winehouse?
Preparing for an upcoming exhibit at London’s Jewish Museum entitled Amy Winehouse: a Family Portrait, the late singer’s brother, Alex Winehouse, spoke to the Observer about what he feels ended his sister’s life. Alex has had time to reflect on what triggered Amy’s spiral into drink and drugs, but hasn’t come to any clear conclusion other…
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