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Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Addresses Missing DC Teens
Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The caucus, created by Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), was the first of its kind, with the main goal of creating public policy that “eliminates significant barriers and disparities…
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6th-Grader Threatened With Suspension Because of Haircut
A 12-year-old in Baytown, Texas, received a hair-raising ultimatum from his school after being told that his haircut was unacceptable. Xavier Davis, a sixth-grade student at Cedar Bayou Junior High School, was told to either cut his hair or face in-school suspension. According to Click2Houston, Xavier said that he was stopped in the hallway on…
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La. District Attorney’s Office Sends Fake Subpoenas to Coerce Witnesses to Talk in Criminal Cases
Prosecutors in the Office of Orleans Parish (La.) District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. have been engaging in the unethical and possibly illegal practice of sending fake subpoenas as a means of pressuring witnesses in criminal cases to come speak with them. Tiffany Lacroix received one such notice in November, ordering her to meet with a…
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Republican Health Care Proposal Would Exempt Congress and Staff From Pre-Existing Condition Clause
House Republicans introduced a health care amendment Tuesday night that would allow individual states to opt out of Obamacare’s provision prohibiting insurers from charging higher rates for those with pre-existing conditions, with one catch: Members of Congress and their staff would be exempt from the higher premiums. As Vox notes, in its current iteration, Obamacare…
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Bill Cosby’s Daughter Says Her Father Is Not a Rapist
Bill Cosby’s youngest daughter, Evin Cosby, says that her father isn’t a rapist and “loves and respects” women. Evin, one of the first family members to speak out about the embattled comedian, says that he’s being judged unfairly. “I am his fourth daughter. He raised me to go to college, start my own business, and…
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Meet the New Military Division of White Nationalism
On March 8, Donald Trump loyalist Kyle Chapman was released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed dirk or dagger when violence broke out between Trump supporters and anti-fascists in Berkeley, Calif., on March 4. Since then, Chapman has become an instant celebrity, thanks…
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NC Mother Threw Lighter Fluid on Son’s Kindergarten Teacher: Report
A mother of a kindergartner in Durham, N.C., was arrested Monday after reportedly throwing lighter fluid on her son’s teacher and threatening to burn the school down. Shequelia Sheala Leonard was set to meet with her son’s teacher, Megan Jones, at Eno Valley Elementary School. But Leonard became angry at the accusations Jones made about…
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Serena Williams Didn’t Mean to Tell the World She Was Pregnant
Serena Williams had every intention of sharing her pregnancy with the public—just not as soon as she did. The story goes like this: Williams had been chronicling her pregnancy with personal photos when she accidentally pressed the wrong button and sent one of those photos out on Snapchat. It was a photo of Williams with…
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Massive Layoffs at ESPN; 100 on-Air Employees to Get Axe
ESPN has announced that it is expecting to cut more than 100 on-air employees. It had been widely reported that cuts were looming for the sports giant. Initial news reports had speculated that only some 40-50 folks would be searching for new jobs, but the actual news is much more grim. All of the 100…