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#Flint: 1,342 Days Into the Water Crisis, City Accused of Violating Terms of Agreement to Replace Lead Pipes
Thursday marks 1,343 days since the people of Flint, Mich., had clean water running through their taps. Although studies continue to claim that the lead levels are much lower, residents are still advised to rely on bottled water and water filters as opposed to using water directly from the tap. As the people wait for…
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Recy Taylor, Catalyst for Anti-Rape Activism in the Jim Crow South, Dead at 97
Recy Taylor, whose story of sexual assault at the hands of six white men in 1944 is featured in the book At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—A New History of the Civil Rights Movement From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power, died at a nursing home in…
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After the Breakup: How to Win the Petty Olympics on Social Media
Breakups are a fact of life. All things both good and bad come to an end, leaving us feeling some type of way afterward. When things end on a good note, we go our separate ways and let each other exist in peace. When things end on a less-than-stellar note, we think of ways to…
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Ohio Teens Charged With Murder After Sandbag Thrown From Freeway Overpass Kills a Man
Four young teens in Toledo, Ohio, have been charged with murder after they allegedly threw a construction sandbag from a freeway overpass and killed a passenger in a car. The three 14-year-olds and one 13-year-old threw multiple sandbags and other objects onto the southbound lane of Interstate 75 on Dec. 19, according to CNN. One…
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Neo-Nazi Teen Mowed a Swastika Into a Field 2 Months Before Allegedly Killing Girlfriend’s Parents: Report
Roughly two months before a 17-year-old Virginia teen allegedly shot his girlfriend’s parents to death, neighbors say a giant swastika was mowed into the grass of a community lot. Instead of notifying the police, they told the teen’s family. Some now regret making that decision. The mowed swastika was roughly 40 feet across, and tire…
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Officers Who Handcuffed 11-Year-Old Girl at Gunpoint Won’t Be Disciplined: Report
The Grand Rapids, Mich., police officers who handcuffed a terrified 11-year-old girl at gunpoint in a case of what they described as “mistaken identity” will not face disciplinary action, the department says. Bodycam footage showed the officers accosting Honestie Hodges on Dec. 6 while they were conducting a search for her aunt Carrie Manning—who is…
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#NetNeutrality: United Nations Expert Concerned About US Repeal of Open-Internet Rules
On the heels of the Federal Communications Commission voting to repeal the net neutrality rules that keep the internet free and open for everyone, the United Nations’ expert on freedom of speech expressed concern Wednesday that the ramifications of that decision could lead to small and independent voices being silenced on the web. David Kaye,…
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Royal Family Member Apologizes for Wearing Racist Brooch at Dinner With Meghan Markle
Want an example of white privilege? White privilege is wearing an expensive piece of racist jewelry to a dinner attended by your black soon-to-be relative and, when called out on it, “apologizing” by saying you have worn it many times before and no one has ever said anything, Princess Michael of Kent came under fire…
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Talking Dirty to My Mom
The other night, I was having a phone conversation with my mother, catching her up on everything that had been going on with me this week. I got to a part in the story where I made a mention of dickfishing, and it occurred to me that she might not know what it meant. So…
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Straight Into Compton: The City With the Gangsta Rap Is L.A.’s ‘Newest Housing Hotspot’
When you hear the city of Compton mentioned, you might think about gangsta rappers like Dr. Dre, N.W.A, Eazy-E and DJ Quik. You may even think of gangbangers and drive-by shootings, but the hometown of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams is being touted as something else: the newest place to buy up lower-priced homes.…
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