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#Flint: Michigan Cuts Off Bottled-Water Distribution, Claiming Water Quality Is Restored
One thousand, four hundred and forty-six days. As of Monday, the water crisis in Flint, Mich., has been going on for 1,446 days. There are still areas of the city that are testing high for lead levels, including the city’s public schools, but on Friday, the state decided it no longer needs to provide bottled-water-distribution services…
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NYPD Releases Video, 911 Transcripts Related to Shooting of Saheed Vassell
Video released by the New York City Police Department on Thursday shows 34-year-old Saheed Vassell pointing a metal pipe at several people as if it were a gun on Wednesday before he was shot and killed by police officers in the Crown Heights area of the city’s Brooklyn borough. Police also released the transcripts of…
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Sex Changes Everything
Editor’s note: This is part 5 of a multipart series. Catch up with part 1 , part 2, part 3 and part 4. In my experience, although men say they are OK with a woman being nonmonogamous, in truth they are not. It probably sounds good to them in theory because it means that they…
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Tiffany Haddish Will Executive-Produce a Comedy Series for HBO
Can we talk for a minute about the amazing year actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish is having? The Girls Trip standout is Hollywood’s latest darling, and her glow up is real. She has hosted Saturday Night Live and dazzled on various red carpets, and was the highlight of the Oscars along with fellow comedian and…
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Compton, Calif., Mayor Aja Brown Drops Congressional Bid
Compton, Calif., Mayor Aja Brown announced Thursday that she will no longer be running for the House seat in California’s 44th Congressional District. Brown’s announcement comes just one week after Stacey Dash dropped out of the same race. Both Brown and Dash were attempting to unseat Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-San Pedro), who, according to the Los…
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#StephonClark: Black Lives Matter Protests Will Continue ‘Until We Get Justice’
The Sacramento, Calif., chapter of Black Lives Matter wants the two police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark on March 18 to be fired and criminally charged. To that end, its members have been demonstrating outside the office of Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert. Chapter founder Tanya Faison told Capital Public Radio…
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Dr. Seuss’ There’s a Wocket in My Pocket Recited to the Beat of Migos’ ‘Walk It Like I Talk It’
Let’s end the night on a high note, shall we? I have something you never, ever thought you needed in your life. It is a recording of the Dr. Seuss book There’s a Wocket in My Pocket being turned into a trap song as a rapper recites it over the beat of “Walk It Like I…
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NYPD Officers Kill Mentally Challenged Black Man They Say Aimed a Metal Pipe at Them Like a Gun
New York City police officers in the Crown Heights section of New York’s Brooklyn borough shot and killed a man Wednesday afternoon after mistaking a metal pipe he was wielding for a gun. (The “we feared for our lives” excuse is already past its prime like spoiled milk. Watch how they work this.) According to…
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‘I Hope That Doesn’t Offend Anybody,’ Says White Man Who Repeatedly Uses the N-Word
The city of Griffin, Ga., has a lot going on right now. On March 27, the Atlanta suburb declared the month of April to be Confederate History Month. That same day, the city commission had a meeting to allow the public to voice their concerns, comments and ask questions about the proclamation. One man’s comments…
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#Flint: As 4-Year Anniversary Nears, Water in Schools Still Shows Elevated Lead Levels
One thousand, four hundred and forty days. As of Tuesday, it has been 1,440 days since the residents of Flint, Mich., have had clean, safe water traveling through their pipes. In exactly three weeks, we will hit the four-year mark since the lead-contaminated-water crisis started. As of today, residents are still being told to use…
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