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Donald Trump on Black Youths: ‘There’s No Spirit’
Updated Thursday, June 25, 2015, 11:01 a.m. EDT: The entertainment division of Univision Communications Inc. has announced that it is severing ties with the Miss Universe Organization, which is part-owned by Donald J. Trump, after recent reports of Trump’s disparaging remarks toward Mexicans. “At Univision, we see first-hand the work ethic, love for family, strong…
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You’re Gonna Learn Today, Obama Tells Heckler: ‘You’re in My House!’
Wednesday evening’s gathering was supposed to be a cordial reception at the White House to honor LGBT Pride Month. But CNN notes that the president was delivering an address about civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans when he was abruptly interrupted. The heckler was a Mexican transgender immigrant who repeatedly kept calling the president’s…
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Jackie Robinson West Is Suing the Little League Over a Stripped Championship Title
The Jackie Robinson West All Stars were the darlings of baseball in 2014 after the Chicago-based team stormed through the Little League World Series to score the U.S. championship title. But earlier this year, Little League International stripped the team of the title, claiming that boundary regulations had been violated because suburban kids were playing on the…
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Hillary Clinton at Black Church in Mo.: ‘All Lives Matter’
Many in the Twitter universe aren’t happy that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declared on Tuesday, “All lives matter” during a speech at a black church near Ferguson, Mo. This was just a few miles from where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed, thereby igniting a national movement to combat police brutality against African Americans. During a campaign stop in Florissant, Mo.,…
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Retired Baltimore Cop Tweets About Atrocities Committed by Police
It’s not every day you get an honest first-person perspective about the kind of corruption that goes on behind the scenes in police departments nationwide. The blue wall of silence is a notorious institution in the United States. However, on Wednesday on Twitter, one former Baltimore police officer cracked the seal of that code, opening…
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Homegrown Extremists Pose a Bigger US Threat Than Foreign Jihadists, Study Finds
Compared with foreign jihadists, non-Muslim extremists pose a greater risk to the United States because they have executed nearly twice as many deadly attacks in the last 14 years, according to a new study described in the New York Times. The research by the New America Foundation of Washington, D.C., found that since the Sept. 11 attacks, almost…
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SC State Rep: Charleston Victims ‘Waited Their Turn to Be Shot’
One South Carolina Republican is against moving the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, maintaining that the compromise reached in 2000 to move the flag from atop the Statehouse itself “settled” the matter. State Rep. William Chumley instead opined that the focus is on “the wrong thing here” before seemingly pointing the finger at the nine…
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Va. Removes an Obstacle to the Restoration of Voting Rights to Felons
Virginia took another step toward restoring voting rights to felons who have been released from prison. Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced on June 23 that the state will no longer require these ex-prisoners to pay outstanding court fees before they can vote again, the Daily Press reports. He explained that they are still required to…
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SC Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Bought the Gun Legally
One of the first issues President Barack Obama referenced when he spoke about the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., is gun control and how easy it is for people to get their hands on a gun. “We don’t have all the facts, but we do know that, once again, innocent people were killed in part…
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Leah Still Released From Hospital After Doctors See Improvement
The prayers for 4-year-old Leah Still have apparently been answered. In May, football player Devon Still had asked his social media following to pray for his daughter’s recovery after a setback in her cancer treatment. Leah’s condition has improved since then, and her doctors have released her from the hospital, CBS News reports. Devon Still shared…