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There’s No Way a Seat Belt Stop Should End With Cops Using a Taser on a Man
By now you’ve seen the video of police in Hammond, Ind., smashing a car window and using a Taser on Jamal Jones in the car while children were in the backseat, screaming with fear. It was frightening. And there are probably some people out there who looked at that video and thought Jones must have been…
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Nonwhite South Africans Want Land Back Taken During Apartheid
The nonwhite families that were kicked off their land during apartheid say the process to reclaim their land has been too slow, the BBC reports. The policy was called the Group Areas Act, and it reinforced the regional separation of the races. “Among other things, it led to the removal of nonwhites from real estate…
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Obama Plays Young-People Politics Weeks Before the Midterm Elections
In what seems like a last-minute Hail Mary attempt to get young people to the voting booths in November, the Obama White House is shedding light on the facets of his economic policies that have and will help millennials. President Barack Obama gave a speech Thursday to young entrepreneurs in Santa Monica, Calif., reminding them…
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Parents Claim No Choice, No Voice, in Children’s Education
The key to success in any industry is innovation. That is at the heart of the reform movement that has overtaken public education over the last few years and shuttered public schools that were labeled failing or underresourced. Many of the reformers likely had the children’s best interests in mind, like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg,…
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What’s the Best Way to Research Bajan Roots?
I am doing my husband’s genealogy. His grandmother was born Ethel (Etherea) Chantilla Pounder on March 23, 1898, in St. Philip Parish, Barbados, West Indies. Her father was Arthur Pounder and her mother was Avis Jordan. How can I find records on Arthur and Avis? —Patricia L. Blackwell There are plenty of resources available to you!…
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5 US Airports Will Screen Passengers Coming From West Africa for Ebola
Passengers landing at five U.S. airports who come from any of the three West African nations most affected by the Ebola outbreak—Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea—will have their temperatures taken as a way to screen for the virus, the New York Times reports. The screenings, which will begin as early as this weekend, will take place…
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Aunt Jemima’s Relatives Are Suing the Brand’s Owner for Royalties
The images of the African-American women seen on Aunt Jemima pancake boxes through the years go hand in hand with the brand in more ways than one, and that’s why the brand’s current owner is being sued for royalties in a lawsuit filed on behalf of descendants of two Aunt Jemima models, USA Today reports. Descendants…
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10 College Majors Guaranteed to Earn the Biggest Bucks
For many of us, attending college has an express purpose: to major in a field that will lead to a career with the highest starting salary after graduation. There is good news for high student students and undergraduates who live for math and science. The top-paying college majors are disproportionately math and science related. The…
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800-Pound Man Fights for Life and Inspires Social Media
Everyone’s fitness journey has a different starting point. Some people want to lose weight to look good in clothes, some are getting ready for an upcoming event, and others may want to look and feel stronger. Larry Evans, 38, decided to lose weight because he wanted to keep living. As the father of a 16-year-old…
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Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Kristin McCovery says she was about to end a date with a fellow Howard University student on a January night three years ago when things suddenly took a wrong turn. After having consensual sex, the man wasn’t ready for her to leave his dorm room. He pushed her back onto the bed, where she hit…
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