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Peaceful Protests and Funeral for Freddie Gray Eclipsed by Violence
The funeral of Freddie Gray and the mass peaceful protests that followed his death were eclipsed Monday night by widespread uprisings and standoffs between young people and police in Baltimore. It started on Saturday in Camden Yards, where kids busted police windows, broke glass at a mall and had standoffs with Orioles fans, some of…
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#BlackLifeMatters: Just Ask the Director of the Museum of African American History and Culture
Sometimes it’s hard to know which events today might have historical relevance tomorrow. It’s easier in some cases than in others. Loretta Lynch’s appointment as the first black woman to serve as attorney general? That’s something worth noting. An essay written by one seemingly scorned African-American intellectual about the alleged hypocrisy of another seemingly scorned…
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Photos: Baltimore in Chaos
On Monday, soon after an emotional funeral for Freddie Gray—the 25-year-old man who died a week after being taken into police custody April 12—portions of Baltimore erupted into chaos as rioters clashed with police, threw objects at passing law-enforcement vehicles and looted local businesses. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake issued a citywide curfew from 10 p.m.…
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Watch: Protesters Speak Out on Freddie Gray: ‘I Miss Him So Much’
“All I have to say is, black lives matter,” said young Briana Briscoe in a video of protests that erupted on Saturday, April 25, in response to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who died under suspicious circumstances from injuries he sustained while in police custody. In the video, Briana described Gray…
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5 Awkward Realities Millennials Face
Being 20-something today means getting through a phase of awkwardness our parents didn’t have to face. Whether it’s technology or general societal shifts, we’re constantly navigating the phase of life when we’re too young for a midlife crisis, yet too old for a Keg Stand. Though unique to our generation, millennial growing pains, like the ones listed below, are all too real;…
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Mom’s House or Flophouse? Where to Live After College
The thing I, as a shorty, looked forward to the most about transitioning from jailbait-hood to manhood was the right to move out of my parents’ house and “be grown” somewhere, anywhere, on my own. “Give [me] free!” my autonomy-hungry heart cried out as I signed the lease to my first apartment two days after…
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How Not to Go Broke
“Adulting” in this cold, crazy world as a newly graduated grown-up is hard. Seriously. It may be the first time you’re contending with bills and scheduling payments, making sure you have your finances in order and enough money to put on your bus pass (or put gas in the car), and eating enough so that…
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Yes, Social Media Can Cost You Your Job
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get into with just 140 characters. Just ask the Texas teen who goes by the Twitter handle @Cellla. Back in February, the teenager was supposed to start her new job at Jet’s Pizza in Mansfield, Texas, when she sent out a tweet the day before that read, “Ew,…
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Dear 20-Somethings, Stop Chasing Perfection!
Work-life balance? What’s that in your 20s? I didn’t think I needed it. I didn’t even consider it. Not when I was willing to ditch the States to “make it or break it” overseas. Emphasis on “break it.” In June 2011 I sold “Tima,” my beloved 2001 Nissan Altima, shipped most of my belongings home…
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It Gets Better: Jobs 8 Celebrities Worked Before Fame
So you’re stuck in a job you hate, staring at the lights above your cubicle and playing a rousing game of left eye-right eye while you wait to clock out. This is not what you imagined doing in your 20s. After all, if your calculations are correct, you should be preparing to release your second…