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  • Abortion Is Not Just a White Woman’s Issue

    Throughout 2015, reproductive-rights issues have made headlines, and the news has mostly been bad. From deceptive videos intended to discredit Planned Parenthood to more clinic closures and the recent shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, legislators and anti-abortion extremists are unrelenting in their efforts to push abortion out of reach. While there has…

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  • ABC Family Names Cast in New Nicki Minaj Series

    Saying she was “honored and excited,” rapper and songwriter Nicki Minaj announced that a cast has been selected for her new ABC Family series. “I am honored and excited to announce that I’ve literally hand picked the main characters of my scripted series,” Minaj, 33, wrote Friday on Instagram. Ariana Neal will portray Minaj in her…

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  • Obamas Arrive in Hawaii for Annual Christmas Vacation

    Barack Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii Saturday for their annual two-week Christmas holiday and to ring in his final year as president, reports the Associated Press. Before their arrival, first lady Michelle Obama and the president stopped in San Bernardino, Calif., to meet with grieving relatives of victims of gun violence. The Obamas…

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  • Watch: SNL Spoofs Ben Carson in GOP Debate

    Saturday Night Live pulled no punches in its parody of last week’s Republican debate in Las Vegas, mocking everyone from front-runner Donald Trump to ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Carson, who was once close to outpacing Trump in the polls for the top spot earlier this fall, is now teetering at…

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  • Star Wars, a Global Box Office Smash, Rakes in $250,000,000

    Taking in $129 million from box offices abroad, Star Wars: The Force Awakens this weekend closed in on breaking worldwide records set by Jurassic World, reports The Wrap. The latest installment of the space epic, directed by J.J. Abrams, began rolling out in theaters abroad on Wednesday. The film hauled in a record $120 million in…

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  • Should I Choose Amazing Sex Over Marital Security?

    Dear Drs. Lewis and Gail Wyatt:  I am a 31-year-old housewife with a 2-year-old son (from a previous relationship). I married my husband essentially because he was kind, supportive and had the potential to be a good father. He was wise, unselfish and patient. However, I never loved him or enjoyed sex with him. I…

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  • Discovering the Artistic Genius of Painter Norman Lewis

    Toward the end of his life in 1972, African-American artist Norman Lewis wrote an eye-catching pitch to a New York gallerist: “I have read that you have not stopped discovering talent and helping artists. Your valuable assistance is needed—I have talent … ” That Lewis felt the need to be “discovered” so late in his…

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  • Watch: Iman Shumpert Sings to Newborn Daughter After Assisting Fiancee With Delivery

    Calling it “the best assist I’ve ever recorded in my life,” Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert helped fiancee Teyana Taylor deliver their baby girl earlier this week in the bathroom of their home, according to his Instagram account. Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr. was born Wednesday at 6:42 a.m. after Taylor went into labor before her mid-January due…

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  • Parents Protest Charge Against Spring Valley High School Student After Violent Arrest

    Black parents at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., and civil rights leaders have joined together in a call for charges to be removed against a 16-year-old student who was assaulted by a school resource officer who yanked her from her desk and tossed her across the floor in October, according to the Associated Press.…

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  • 250,000 Sign Petition in Call for Emanuel and Alvarez to Resign Amid New Evidence 

    A wide coalition of activists have collected over 250,000 signatures on a petition that calls for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to step down immediately, according to Fox 32. ColorOfChange.org, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America and Credo collected the signatures after the elected officials failed to hold the Chicago Police Department accountable…

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