memorial day
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Ask Agatha: Reckless Flirting, Fronting On Black Twitter, And Wiping While Sitting
Before we dive into this week’s questions, I want to apologize to my constant reader[s] for my absence (hey Kas). You see what had happened was, I haven’t been getting any good questions and Damon never put out the call like I so sweetly asked because apparently he has a popular site to run and…
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Woman’s Body Found Tied to Cinder Block in Popular Pa. Swimming and Fishing Pond
Authorities are trying to identify the body that was found tied to a cinder block in a popular swimming and fishing hole near Philadelphia, WTXF reports. They have released photos of the woman’s clothes, jewelry and an image of a tattoo in hopes that someone will be able to help with the identification. Jason Rutter,…
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69 Shot in Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend
The long Memorial Day weekend in Chicago was a bloody one, with a total of 69 people shot between Friday afternoon and early Tuesday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, of the 69 people, 27 were shot in or near the Harrison District, one of the city’s most violent and heavily patrolled…
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Will I Attend Your Memorial Day Cookout, Or Nah? (A Flowchart)
Because I can’t let bad cookout decisions happen to good people.
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Sister, Soldier, Voter: Tapping Into the Hidden Vote of the Black Military Woman
America should rethink the “American soldier” mythology during this year’s presidential election. The conventional wisdom, from politics to pop culture, that the military voter is white, male and Republican runs deep and false. A recent episode of HBO’s Veep showed a presidential election tipping Republican because of absentee ballots from a military town. Republican and…