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#ForTheDChallenge: Celebrities and People Across the Internet Rap About It
We have all gone to extremes or acted a fool for “the D” before. Don’t bother denying it. Somewhere in your past, or maybe even in your present, there has been a D you just couldn’t get enough of. One you would be willing to do anything for. Don’t bother lying in the comments, and…
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‘We Still Have No Clue of What Being Born White Means’: San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Goes In on White Privilege
Media day for the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs at one point turned into an instance of coach Gregg Popovich delivering a speech that condemned Donald Trump’s recent comments about players protesting, called the United States an embarrassment to the world and called out white privilege for what it is. Popovich told the gathered reporters that…
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Jordin Sparks Delivers Powerful, Silent Protest While Loudly Singing the National Anthem Before Monday Night’s Football Game
Monday night’s meeting between the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals began with both teams taking a knee prior to the singing of the national anthem. As the anthem began, both teams stood, arms linked in unity as Jordin Sparks began to sing. SB Nation reports that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and team coach Jason…
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Serena Williams, Emotional About Motherhood and in Love With Her Baby Girl, Pens a Heartfelt Open Letter to Her Mother
Tennis great Serena Williams is just 18 days into her new status as a mother, and she’s loving it. It must be amazing to look at someone so beautiful and know that you had a hand in her creation. Serena looked at baby Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. and saw herself reflected in everything about her…
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Youth Football Team in Ill. Takes a Knee During the National Anthem Before Game Sunday
Children understand things that are happening around them more than we think and more than we give them credit for. A great example of this is the Cahokia Quarterback Club, which decided as a group to take a knee during the national anthem before the team’s football game Sunday in Belleville, Ill. The team consists…
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Heinz Family Foundation Honors Pediatrician Who Brought National Attention to Flint, Mich.’s Lead-Contaminated Water Crisis
On Thursday, the Heinz Family Foundation honored pediatrician and public health advocate Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha by making her the recipient of the 22nd Heinz Award in the public policy category. The accolade includes an unrestricted cash award of $250,000. Hanna-Attisha is being recognized for stepping forward to expose the elevated lead levels in children in…
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Family of Md. Man Who Died Days After a Violent Encounter With Police Files Lawsuit
Tawon Boyd called 911 for help on Sept. 18, 2016. After ending up in a physical struggle with the Baltimore County police officers who answered that call, he died in a hospital three days later. Now his family has filed a lawsuit against the police officers, a paramedic and an EMT who responded to that…
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Kobe Bryant’s 11-Year-Old Daughter Is Already Better at Basketball Than You
When your grandfather is Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant and your father is Kobe Bryant, it’s only natural that basketball skills would be in your blood. It’s simple genetics, and greatness at the sport is the only possibility. In videos posted to his personal Instagram account Sunday night, Kobe showed us that his middle child is…
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Michael Bennett Says He Plans to Sue Las Vegas Metro Police Department Over August Incident on the Strip
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett says that he was terrified during his encounter with Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers on Aug. 27, and he plans to sue the department for what he considers to be an incident that started because of the color of his skin. “It felt like a movie almost because everything…
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Like Father, Like Son: Jeffrey Sandusky Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Child Sex Abuse
In what is likely the most sickening case of “like father, like son” ever, Jeffrey Sandusky, son of former Penn State football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, pleaded guilty Friday to all 14 counts of child sexual abuse against him. The younger Sandusky, 41, entered his guilty pleas a week before his trial…
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