Politics
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Suicides Among Black Children Are at Crisis Levels. The Congressional Black Caucus Aims to Do Something About It
The rise in the suicide rate for black children ages 5 to 12 is an overlooked national emergency, according to a panel convened by the Congressional Black Caucus on the eve of Mental Health Awareness Month. Chaired by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), the CBC Task Force on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health brought…
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Hot Take: Comey Blasts Barr as Too Weak to Withstand the Corrosive Force That Is Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a corrupt force that corrupts everything and everyone around him. So opines former FBI Director James Comey in an op-ed Wednesday in the New York Times. And Trump’s corrosive nature is so potent, Comey writes, it can eat away at the most “accomplished people,” referencing current Attorney General William “Bill” Barr and…
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Watch Sen. Kamala Harris Dunk on Attorney General William Barr
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is running for president, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have time to hand Attorney General Barr his ass right quick. In fact, she did it all in less than a minute. Here’s how it all went down: Barr—who may or may not subsist on a diet of T-Rex T-Bones and…
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Wait, Hol' Up? How Come No One Told Us That Biden's Son Was Dating His Brother's Widow? Well, They've Broken Up
In what might be the story that follows presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden down the election path, Biden’s son Hunter Biden has reportedly split from Hallie Biden, the widow of his late brother Beau, and we are flabbergasted. Follow me: Beau Biden was married to Hallie. Beau died from brain cancer at…
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History Lesson: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Breaks Down Why Her $50 Billion Plan to Fund HBCUs Is Very Necessary
Last week, 2020 presidential candidate and U.S Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) outlined a radical education plan that addresses the racial and socioeconomic disparities in our higher education system. Her plan includes tuition and non-tuition-related solutions such as a minimum $50 billion federal fund for HBCUs, a $100 million investment in Pell Grants, and prohibiting public…
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Robert Mueller Wrote a 'Bish, What?' Letter to the Attorney General After Barr Remixed the Special Counsel's Report
For those not up on game, shortly after Special counsel Robert Mueller released the findings of his two-year investigation into whether Russia colluded with the Trump administration to steal the 2016 presidential election, Attorney General William Barr condensed this 448-page report down to a four-page memo given to Congress in which Barr claimed that the…
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GOP Women Senators Raise Alarm About Trump’s Possible Fed Pick Stephen Moore
Looks like charges of a sexist past may be the downfall of yet another of Donald Trump’s presumed picks for appointment to the Federal Reserve Board. GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa went on record Tuesday saying that it was “very unlikely” that she would support Stephen Moore’s placement on the board, according to the…