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5-Year-Old Asks: ‘Where Did Barack Obama Go?’
A little girl is having a hard time grasping two concepts: 1) why Barack Obama isn’t in the White House anymore and 2) why Hillary Clinton didn’t win the election. Little Taylor had so many questions for her mother: “Why do we have another president?” Taylor asked. “So, why did he go? Where did he…
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Ala. Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Felony Convictions
In a move that’s sure to get people’s underwear in a bunch among those who are already against granting people the right to vote, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill restoring thousands of Alabama felons’ right to vote. Voting rights were granted to some felons after the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act was…
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Racist Sprint Customer Says She Has ‘Mixed’ Kids and She’s Not Racist
Last year a white student at my son’s high school called a black kid a slave. When my son came home to tell me what happened, I decided to look the kid’s mother up on my community’s Facebook page to inform her about her son. After I told the woman that her son goes around…
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NYC Neighborhood Wins Right to Preserve Underground Railroad Stop
A community preservation organization in the Chelsea section of Manhattan in New York City has done its part to make sure the city’s last Underground Railroad site remains standing and is restored to its original design. The obscure townhouse is on the block of West 29th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues and once belonged…
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Grits: Sugared or Nah?
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the site on May 25, 2016, but since this conversation never gets old, let’s talk grits. I grew up in northern New Jersey, and during my childhood, grits were a common breakfast staple. As my grandmother, who spent the majority of her life in places like Alabama and…
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Home Depot Co-Founder Thinks People Use Food Stamps to Buy Marijuana and Cocaine
Imagine going up to a drug dealer and asking him to swipe your EBT card so you can buy some edibles. That’s exactly what Home Depot’s co-founder, Ken Langone, thinks is happening when it comes to how food stamp recipients use their benefits. During an appearance on Fox News’ Your World With Neil Cavuto on Wednesday,…
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How a Local DC News Station Normalized Hate and Murder With a Single Tweet
While many families across the country are celebrating this year’s graduating class of 2017, Richard Collins III’s family is in the midst of planning his funeral after he was killed, authorities say, by Sean Urbanski, a man who loved killing deer and loved the Baltimore Ravens. Collins was set to graduate this week from Bowie…
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NYC Correctional Officer Accidentally Shoots Himself, Woman at Bar
Some people in this world really shouldn’t have access to guns. And an off-duty New York City correctional officer, who shot himself and a woman he was showing off to at a bar, just might be one of those people. Correction Officer Mario Carrillo was arrested Tuesday night at a bar in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen…
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Family of Man Who Died in Texas Jail Cell After Complaining About Breathing Issues Files Suit
On July 22, 2015, Michael Sabbie, 35, was found dead in a jail cell at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana, Texas. And two years later, his family is still looking for answers. Sabbie was arrested after getting into an argument with his wife, Teresa Sabbie, and allegedly threatening her. Within 48 hours of his arrest,…
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4th-Grade Teacher Pleads Guilty to Kissing 10-Year-Old Boy in Exchange for Gummy Bears
An elementary school teacher in Boca Raton, Fla., was caught on camera kissing a 10-year-old male student in exchange for gummy bears, authorities say. Brian Kornbluth, 28, a teacher at Somerset Academy, was arrested in February after being reported by another teacher for making unusual requests to have male students in the classroom. The student…
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