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Columnist Fired After He Calls Michael Brown an Animal That Had to Be Put Down
A Charleston, W.Va., columnist has lost his job after referring to Michael Brown as an animal. According to Mediaite, Don Surber, a 30-year veteran of the Charleston Daily Mail, took to his personal blog to say this: This summer I had an epiphany as I watched packs of racists riot in Ferguson, Missouri, in support…
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40,000 Ga. Voter-Registration Applications Are Still MIA
In the ongoing saga of the estimated 40,000 voter-registration applications that went missing in Georgia, Brian Kemp, the secretary of state, initially said that he processed the missing applications and that the registrants (who are predominantly black and Hispanic) were now on the rolls and would be able to vote on Election Day. However, a new Al-Jazeera report suggests that the issue is…
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Maine Nurse: Stop Ebola Quarantine or I’ll Sue
They say the CIA ain’t got nothin’ on a woman with a plan. The nurse who returned from West Africa and was quarantined by the state of Maine because of concerns that she might have contracted Ebola while treating patients overseas defied her state’s orders to stay inside her home and went for a bike ride…
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Chef Carla Hall Uses Kickstarter to Open Restaurant
Carla Hall has hit her Kickstarter goal to open her new eatery, according to the Associated Press. Hall, of Top Chef fame and currently co-host of ABC’s The Chew, set out to raise funding for her Southern-style restaurant. She used the funding site Kickstarter to raise the $250,000 needed to open Carla Hall’s Southern Kitchen in…
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Who Owned My Mixed-Race Ancestor in Louisiana?
I am trying to trace my great-grandfather Emile Perrilliat, who was born circa 1848-1850. He died in May of 1913. He lived in St. John the Baptist Parish, La. He was married to Claire (Clara) Thomas, also from St. John the Baptist Parish. My problem is I cannot find him or his family before 1880.…
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Leaving a Great Guy to Get Back With a Bad Ex Just Isn’t a Good Move
My boyfriend cheated and abandoned me and my kids. I didn’t even know he was leaving. I came home and his things were gone. I started dating a great guy, but after a year my ex has returned and wants to get married. The new guy has been there for that year, helping me with…
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Street Harassment Is a Problem—No Doubt—but Here’s Why That Video Didn’t Help the Debate
If the instantly notorious street-harassment video was intended to make men more sympathetic to the horrors women deal with on a daily basis, it didn’t succeed. Called simply, “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman,” the video has now been viewed more than 15 million times on its original YouTube page, but it…
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Judge Offers Stunning Reversal of Sentence After Man Recants Double-Murder Confession
A prisoner who was instrumental in a case that led to the abolishment of the death penalty in Illinois was released Thursday after recanting his confession in that case. According to the Associated Press, Alstory Simon’s confession to murder led to the release of Anthony Porter in 1999. Porter, who spent 16 years on death row…
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Halloween ‘Lynching’ Scene Taken Down After Neighbors Complain
Offensive Halloween costumes and displays have begun to rear their ugly heads. A Halloween display depicting a black family hanging from a tree has been removed by military officials from a home located at Fort Campbell, Ky. According to Raw Story, the person responsible for the display agreed to take it down and said that…
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Program Used to Stop Voter Fraud Is Allegedly Flawed
Republican election officials in some states have been cracking down on what they believe is massive voter-fraud activities under way in some districts. The officials are championing the Interstate Crosscheck program—an initiative that allows states to crosscheck their voter-registration files to see which individuals are registered to vote in more than one state and which individuals have, in fact, voted…
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