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‘Philando Feeds the Children’ Fundraiser Raises Enough Money to Pay Off School Lunch Debt for All St. Paul, Minn., Public School Students
A fundraising campaign that was started to honor the memory of school-cafeteria supervisor Philando Castile has raised enough money to pay off school lunch debt for all students in the St. Paul, Minn., public school system for at least one year. As of Tuesday morning, the “Philando Feeds the Children” fundraiser had gotten more than…
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#Flint: Conflicting Water-Study Results Have Residents Confused and Unsure of Whom to Trust
Last week the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released a report that suggests Flint, Mich., babies were not adversely affected by the lead-contaminated water flowing through the city’s pipes since 2014, which is in direct contradiction of a report last month that indicated there were higher numbers of fetal deaths during that time.…
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Marijuana Market Projected to Hit $18,000,000,000 by 2021: Report
A new report suggests that even if Donald Trump actively challenges the recreational-marijuana industry, the marijuana industry will hit $18 billion by 2021. If he doesn’t, the industry could reach $30 billion if every state and the District of Columbia has either a medical-only-market or a fully legal market. Greenwave Advisors analyst Matt Karnes notes…
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Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Declares State of Emergency in Advance of White Nationalist’s Speech This Week
Richard Spencer—a white nationalist who participated in the Charlottesville, Va., rally in August that led to deadly violence—is scheduled to give a speech at the University of Florida on Thursday, and in anticipation of the event, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency. In an executive order written Monday, Scott warned that…
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Report: Water From a Hazardous Waste Site Is Being Given to Puerto Rican Hurricane Survivors to Drink
More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, over 35 percent of the American citizens there (and Puerto Ricans are all American citizens, every single one of them) do not have potable drinking water—and a report that came out late Friday night indicates that the residents of Dorado, Puerto Rico, are being given…
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Chance the Rapper Wants Everyone to See the Movie Marshall, so He Bought Out All Showings at 2 Chicago Theaters
Marshall, the new movie about the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall, opens nationwide Friday. Chance the Rapper is eager for everyone to see it, so he bought out all the shows at two Chicago movie theaters, affording fans the opportunity to see the film for free. Chance announced on his Twitter account…
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City of Los Angeles Looks to Fully Decriminalize Street Vending as a Means of Protecting Undocumented Immigrants From Immigration Agents
Walk outside a Hollywood, Calif., nightclub on any given night of the week and you are bound to come across a street vendor selling delicious-smelling hot dogs and sausages smothered in peppers and onions. The familiar tinkling of a bell attached to the end of a cart as it makes its way down your street…
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BIE, Felicia: Fighting for Justice and Our Basic Human Rights Isn’t Extremism
They are trying to turn black people into the bogeyman. They want everyone else in America to see us as a threat so that when we are killed with impunity, no one bats an eyelash. This is already happening anyway. In a country that was founded on the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit…
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FEMA Officials Say It’s Not Their Job to Distribute Food and Water to Hurricane Victims in Puerto Rico: Report
Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria brought devastation to the island of Puerto Rico, people in the town of Aibonito still have not received any food or water from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The reason? FEMA said it’s not their job to distribute food and water to the hurricane victims. Aibonito is located about…
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Plot Twist: Jay-Z Reportedly Looking to Buy Harvey Weinstein’s Interest in the Weinstein Co.
As the ashes continue to fall from the gigantic brushfire that is Harvey Weinstein’s career and alleged history as a sexual predator and serial harasser in Hollywood, some news comes along that provides something of a silver lining to the bullshit: Jay-Z is apparently looking to buy Weinstein’s interest in the company that bears Weinstein’s…
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