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Ex-NFL Player Darren Sharper Sentenced to 20 Years in Los Angeles Rape Case
Convicted rapist and former NFL star Darren Sharper was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for drugging and raping two women in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reports. Multiple women across the country have accused Sharper of sexual assault, and Tuesday’s sentence is part of a plea deal he reached last year to…
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Report: Open and Unabashed Harassment and Intimidation After Trump's Election
The United States is no stranger to hate crimes and racial or ethnic harassment; after all, this is a country that was built on the genocide of indigenous people, the enslavement of black people, and the systemic and institutionalized oppression that keeps one group ahead of all the rest. For the most part, bigots and…
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Texas to Require Hospitals and Clinics to Bury or Cremate All Aborted Fetal Tissue
In a stunning decision, Texas has banned health care facilities such as hospitals and women’s clinics from disposing of aborted fetuses and is requiring that the fetal remains be buried or cremated, despite fierce opposition from medical professionals and activists. According to the Texas Tribune, the new rules will take effect Dec. 19. What’s proving…
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NYC Man Fatally Shot After Argument With Gunman
Desmond Muller, a 24-year-old Bronx, N.Y., man, was fatally shot after getting into an argument outside a deli, the New York Daily News reports. At 2:55 p.m. Monday, Muller got into an argument with a group of men across the street from his apartment, authorities say. The deli was located on Union Avenue near East 163rd…
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Trump Believes Flag Burners Should Lose Citizenship or Spend a Year in Jail
President-elect Donald Trump is destroying freedoms on Twitter again. Despite two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that burning the U.S. flag is a right protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution, Trump tweeted Tuesday that burning the American flag should result in a penalty that could include jail time or loss of citizenship. “Nobody should…
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'I Voted for Trump': White Woman Has Epic Meltdown After Workers Ask Her to Pay for Bag
In the new Trump World, a shopper can rage and claim anti-white discrimination after being asked to purchase a $1 reusable bag at a Chicago-area arts and crafts store. “I voted for Trump—so there,” the woman shouted, according to Raw Story. “You want to kick me out for that? And look who won.” Several shoppers…
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This Homeless Man's Swanked-Out Digs Include a Bed and Living Room
Ceola Waddell Jr. is homeless. Ceola Waddell Jr. refuses to believe that, just because he doesn’t have a home, he shouldn’t have all the amenities that someone with a home would have. So with a lot of gumption and a bit of imagination and ingenuity, Waddell’s humble abode has made him something of an internet…
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Calif. Teen Overcomes Abuse and Homelessness to Earn 4.1 GPA
Elexis Webster is a 17-year-old junior with a 4.1 GPA. She’s been on the honor roll throughout high school and has plans to go to college. “As a 17-year-old junior with a 4.1 GPA, many wouldn’t expect me to have such a rough life,” Elexis, of Oakland, Calif., began her application essay to Students Rising…
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White Supremacist Doesn't Understand What the 'N' in NAACP Means; Gets Dragged on Twitter
White supremacist leader Preston Wiginton is a genius racist, but that’s where his genius ends. On Wednesday the Texas A&M University student newspaper, The Battalion, reported comments made by Wiginton in which the racist says he wants to create a WAACP. “If we want to have a white state, or a white community or a…
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#NoDAPL: ND Governor Issues Executive Order for Evacuation of Resistance Camp
Just days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told water protectors that they had to vacate the #NoDAPL campsite by Dec. 5 or risk being arrested for trespassing, the governor of North Dakota issued an executive order Monday calling for the emergency evacuation of the area. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican, signed Executive Order…