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California May Make Ethnic-Studies Course a High School Graduation Requirement
Many moons ago, when I was a student at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, the Black Student Union organized a protest and sit-in in the principal’s office because they weren’t going to allow us to put on a talent show for the whole school, and they took away a black-history class that was taught…
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#NetNeutrality: Doomsday Is Here—It’s the End of the Internet as We Know It
We knew it was coming, and the day is finally here. The Federal Communications Commission published its ironically named new rules, the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, in the Federal Register on Thursday. It’s the end of the Internet as we know it. OK, maybe not right this minute. The effective date for most of the…
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Oprah Cares, Even if Republicans in Florida Don’t
Even if Republican Party politicians in the state of Florida don’t care about the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Oprah Winfrey does. The media mogul announced Tuesday evening that she would be joining Amal Clooney and her actor husband, George, in donating $500,000 to the student organizers of…
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Charges Dropped Against All Durham, NC, Confederate-Statue Protesters
There were 12 defendants charged in connection with the Aug. 14, 2017, toppling of a Confederate statue in Durham, N.C., and by Tuesday afternoon, the charges had been dropped against all of them, ending what one local attorney described as “a waste of taxpayer money in the name of the Confederacy, of all things.” The…
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#MuteRKelly: Activists Plan a Protest at Singer’s Detroit Show
As the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements wage on, the time when any accused sexual predator could get a pass is long gone. Any and everyone is being called out, including those who may have once been allowed to slide because of the love people have for their music. You know, like R. Kelly. The Detroit…
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5 Things I Learned After Signing Up for a Tinder Account
I will admit that I am late to the game when it comes to Tinder. I heard about it when it first popped on the scene, and I have friends who have had some success using the dating app, but I was still hesitant to use it for myself. Some people had told me that…
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ICE Raids Continue: Agents Target Southern California Businesses
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are continuing the business of cracking down on undocumented immigrant workers and the employers that hire them. The latest targets of federal immigration audits are businesses in the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles Times reports that after a five-day operation that ended Thursday, ICE issued audit notices to more…
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Mueller Grand Jury Indicts Russians Accused of Interfering With 2016 Election
A federal grand jury impaneled by special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and three Russian entities Friday for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 presidential election. A statement from the special counsel’s office said that the defendants are “accused of violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and…
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Vindication: Jury Awards the Family of Korryn Gaines More Than $37,000,000 in Damages
A Maryland jury has awarded the family of Korryn Gaines more than $37 million in damages in their civil lawsuit against Baltimore County for the death of Gaines, who was shot to death by a police officer in August 2016. The six-woman jury found that both Gaines and her son, Kodi—who was injured during the…
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Jeff Sessions vs. Marijuana: the Federal Court Battle Begins
Jeff Sessions has made no secret of the fact that he cares more about punishing people who use and sell marijuana than he does about finding a resolution for the country’s opioid crisis. Even with multiple states legalizing the use of medicinal and/or recreational marijuana, the U.S. attorney general has made it his personal mission…
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