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  • Prosecutor ‘Manipulated’ Ferguson Grand Jury, Lawmaker Alleges

    A Missouri lawmaker has accused St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch of “manipulating” the grand jury in the explosive Ferguson, Mo., case to clear white Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, the Associated Press reports. State Rep. Karla May (D-St. Louis) called for the…

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  • Sony Hires Scandal Crisis Expert

    After an uproar over information in emails stolen and leaked by hackers allegedly working for North Korea, Sony has hired crisis consultant Judy Smith, according to the Hollywood Reporter, citing a report at TMZ. Smith is the real-life inspiration for Kerry Washington’s popular character Olivia Pope in the ABC TV series Scandal. The report says…

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  • Stop Hating: 3 Reasons Why Standing in Line for Jordans Makes Sense 

    The Air Jordans pictured above are being rereleased Saturday. That may mean nothing to you, but to hordes of young men and women who slept outside for the opportunity to win the golden ticket—à la Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—to purchase them, it means the world. There is a running narrative that lines up…

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  • US Reinterprets Law to Prohibit Workplace Discrimination Against Transgender Workers  

    The U.S. Justice Department has come to a different understanding of a law that governs whether it can penalize workplace discrimination against transgender people. On Thursday it announced that it will now be able to bring legal claims on behalf of transgender employees who say they’ve been discriminated against “by state and local public employers”…

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  • Treasury Department Wants More Contract Bids from Black and Hispanic Business Owners

    The U.S. Department of Treasury does about $7 billion worth of business with outside contractors every year, and they recently released an online publication that encourages and educates African American, Hispanic, small and female business owners on how they can get in on the action and pitch their services to the Treasury Department as well.…

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  • My Boyfriend Hates How Much Time I Spend Doing a Job That I Love

    My boyfriend of four years nags me about the same thing: my work schedule. I work long, sometimes outrageous hours, but I love my job. He can’t get past it and sometimes argues with me via phone when I work late, other times in my office (door closed). Other than this, our relationship is fine.…

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  • How Do I Research My Guyanese Heritage?

    I am a first-generation American, and my family hails from Guyana (and before that, Germany). What resources are best for researching Guyanese roots? —Sharifa Rohlehr There are excellent resources for genealogical research in Guyana, especially if you are willing and able to travel. It is important to know that Guyana was originally colonized by the…

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  • Nonviolent Drug Inmates May Be Eligible for Obama’s Clemency Program

    In addition to announcing a new chapter in the U.S. relationship with Cuba, the president on Wednesday drastically shortened the prison sentences of eight nonviolent drug offenders and pardoned 12 other convicts who were imprisoned for a variety of nonviolent offenses, the Associated Press reports. AP predicts that the initiative is likely a foreshadowing of…

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  • UN: Nearly 1 Million in West Africa at Risk of Going Hungry as Ebola Restrictions Cause Food Shortages

    Approximately 1 million people living in the three West African nations most plagued by the Ebola outbreak—Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone—are at risk of going hungry because of major food shortages due to “border closures, quarantines and crop losses,” Al-Jazeera reports. Two food-monitoring groups, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the U.N. World…

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  • LAPD Buying 7,000 Body Cameras for Police Force

    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday that the city would purchase 7,000 body cameras for police officers, reports the Los Angeles Times. The introduction of body cameras is part of an effort to increase transparency. Body cameras have become a focus since the killing of Michael Brown by now-former Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren…

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