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$5,000,000,000 Worth of Student Loan Debt Could Be Wiped Out Because of Missing Paperwork
Have you taken out a private student loan to fund your education? Do you know who owns the debt? The issue of who owns the debt on $5 billion worth of student loans is at the center of a legal battle that is resulting in tens of thousands of people having their debt wiped away.…
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What Really Happened to 16-Year-Old Anthony Garrett?
Imagine you are 16 years old and you and your friends get yourselves involved in a petty burglary and thievery ring in your neighborhood. The neighbors know the identity of at least one of you, and fed up with your shenanigans, they call the police to get intervention. One of your friends gets caught, and…
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The WNBA’s Seattle Storm Publicly Partners With Planned Parenthood
Given that the team is owned by three women, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the WNBA’s Seattle Storm has partnered with Planned Parenthood, the first such partnership between the embattled reproductive health care organization and a professional sports team. “I personally got my first birth control with Planned Parenthood,” said Storm…
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Who Wasn’t at This Russian Hoedown? 8th Person Attended Trump Jr.’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer
Remember the good ole days when that June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., aka Not-Ivanka, was just him, Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and a Russian lawyer? Well, those days are long gone; it turns out that not only was there a fifth, sixth and seventh attendee, but an eighth person was also…
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In Addition to Killing Weed, Jeff Sessions Wants Police to Take All Your Shit, Too
What is the world coming to? U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is steadily trying to take us back to the ’80s (I wouldn’t fault you if you thought I was talking about the 1880s, but slavery was over then, so … ). Less than a week after saying that he wants the country to go…
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New Judge Appointed in Laquan McDonald Cover-Up Case
A new judge will hear the case involving three Chicago police officers who allegedly covered up for Officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Chief Criminal Court Judge Leroy Martin Jr. has stated that Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson will manage the case against Officers…
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Ebony’s Linda Johnson Rice Joins Board of Tesla
Elon Musk appears to be heeding the call of a group of disgruntled investors by bringing two new members onto Tesla’s board. One of them happens to be a black woman. In an announcement Monday, the Tesla CEO named Johnson Publishing Co. CEO Linda Johnson Rice as an independent director on Tesla’s board. Johnson Rice…
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DeQuince Brown Raises Money for Defense After Police Kill Her Boyfriend
DeQuince Erin Brown is launching a crowdfunding campaign to help with legal fees after an Evangeline Parish, La., sheriff’s officer killed her boyfriend and charged her with attempted murder. Brown, 21, was out with DeJuan Guillory, frog hunting on an ATV, when they were stopped by Deputy Paul Holden LaFleur. After a brief argument, LaFleur…
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Notorious 86-Year-Old International Thief Doris Payne Arrested Again
Old habits truly do die hard, and notorious international jewel thief Doris Payne is back at it again. She was arrested Monday night at a Walmart in DeKalb County, Ga., and charged with theft by shoplifting. According to WSB-TV, police were called to the store around 5 p.m. after receiving a report about a woman…
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The President’s Love for Big Trucks Feels Racist
I don’t know if big trucks breed racism. Like, I don’t know if you aren’t a racist but then happen to want a truck so big that you need a ladder to climb into it and you automatically become racist, but it feels as if racists love big trucks. Not just pickup trucks, but all…