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  • ICYMI: Oprah Wants Us All to Remember Recy Taylor

    Recy Taylor should never be forgotten; Oprah says so. Unless you have been hiding under a rock or a pile of work for the last two days, you may have already heard Oprah deliver what some are saying may have been a speech hinting at her candidacy for presidency in 2020. There are mixed opinions on…

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  • Blues and R&B Legend Denise LaSalle Dead at 78

    R&B legend Denise LaSalle, known for her hit songs “Trapped by a Thing Called Love” and “Now Run and Tell That,” died Tuesday in Jackson, Tenn. She was 78. Family spokesman Howard Rambsy confirmed LaSalle’s death via email with the Jackson Sun. Born Ora Denise Allen in 1939, according to the Clarion Ledger, LaSalle rose…

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  • New York Department of Corrections Puts Severe Restrictions on Books Prisoners Can Receive

    The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision recently began operating on a directive issued last month that severely restricts the books people in prison can receive. Directive 4911 is currently in effect at three prisons in the state but could be expanded to all facilities in the state, according to ThinkProgress. The initiative…

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  • #NetNeutrality: Senate Democrats Use Congressional Review Act to Force Vote on Overturning FCC Repeal

    Senate Democrats on Monday secured enough co-sponsors to force a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the repeal of net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission last week. The CRA resolution (pdf) was introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) shortly after the FCC first voted to repeal net neutrality last month.…

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  • #NetNeutrality: FCC Reveals Details of ‘Restoring Internet Freedom’ Order

    Just three weeks after it voted to repeal the rules of net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission finally released the details of its “Restoring Internet Freedom” order Thursday. As expected, the 539-page order removes a lot of protections that President Barack Obama’s administration put in place—the biggest being the end of public utility regulation of…

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  • #NetNeutrality: California Lawmakers Introduce Open-Internet Legislation in Their State

    Now that the Federal Communications Commission has voted to overturn net neutrality rules, California lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to make sure the internet remains open and free for users in their state. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, introduced S.B. 822, a bill that would require telecommunication companies that…

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  • Bridging the Wage Gap: Ban Employers From Asking for Salary Histories

    While everyone was celebrating the ushering in of recreational weed in California on New Year’s Day, another largely overlooked law went into effect that will make a huge difference in wage disparities for women and people of color. On Jan. 1, Assembly Bill 168—which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 12,…

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  • Stop Dissing Me: Trump Lawyer Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Steve Bannon

    Previously on White House Apprentice, Steve Bannon—who got kicked out of the house in August—was going around trash-talking Donald Trump, his administration, his family and the way he runs 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Trump came out on Wednesday denouncing Bannon and saying that he had “lost his mind” in an attempt to discredit his former chief…

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  • Trump Dissolves His Controversial Voter-Fraud Commission

    On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively dissolved the controversial commission on voter fraud he created in May 2017, citing states’ refusal to provide the commission with “basic information.” The White House said in a statement: “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission…

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  • ‘Alt-Right’ Altercation: Trump Says Steve Bannon Has ‘Lost His Mind’

    You know how, when you break up with someone, you start thinking about the little things about them that always irritated you but you never said anything? Then, in conversations with other people, you bring those things up and spill all kinds of tea because, since y’all aren’t cool anymore, you may as well? That…

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