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Steve Bannon: ‘Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s Power’
Steve Bannon has used his Harvard Business School-honed skills to promote a reality-show entertainer all the way to the presidency, using fear, half-truths, xenophobia and racism. Now that the mask is off, Bannon gave his first official interview to the Hollywood Reporter after being named chief strategist in the Donald Trump administration, and he did…
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Watch: Dave Chappelle’s SNL Monologue Shows Why He Needs to Be Back on TV
Coincidentally (and thankfully), days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, bringing his brand of simple but searing social commentary and unapologetically black hilarity to the famous set. Chappelle opened his monologue by saying, “It’s been a long time, so please be patient.” He continued,…
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Mistrial Declared in Case of Ohio Officer Who Killed Sam Dubose
An Ohio judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Ray Tensing, the ex-University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot and killed Sam Dubose, an unarmed black man who was pulled over for a minor traffic violation last year, according to the New York Times. The jury of 10 whites and two blacks…
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Protests Against Trump Go for 3rd Day Across Nation
Thousands across the country continue to take to the streets to protest Donald Trump’s election Tuesday. The New York Times reports that cities such as Miami, New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta; Portland, Ore.; Tempe, Ariz.; Raleigh, N.C.; Olympia, Wash.; and Madison, Wis., all experienced protests ranging from a few hundred participants to thousands. With…
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#JoshuaBeal Shot and Killed by Chicago Police
A 25-year-old Indianapolis man, who was in Chicago for his cousin’s funeral, was killed Saturday afternoon by an off-duty police officer in the city’s predominantly Irish-Catholic Mount Greenwood neighborhood, according to reports. Joshua Beal’s name was trending on social media Sunday morning with a ubiquitous hashtag in front of it. Police say that the officer…
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More Than 800,000 Haitians Face Starvation After Hurricane Matthew
A month after Hurricane Matthew tore through the island nation of Haiti, the United Nations confirms that nearly 800,000 Haitians are facing severe food shortages, with rioting and children begging for food a daily occurrence. On Oct. 4, Hurricane Matthew decimated fishing villages and shredded mountain hamlets, destroying for already poor Haitians their sources of…
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Trump Supporter Arrested for Voter Fraud in Iowa
A Des Moines, Iowa, woman has been arrested for voting twice this month for Donald Trump in the general election, reports USA Today. Some may find this ironic, given that the Republican candidate has repeatedly said that his supporters should be on the “watch” during the election for potential voter fraud. Terri Lynn Rote, 55,…
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Another Jury Finds Link Between Baby Powder and Cancer
For the third time this month, pharmaceutical conglomerate Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its baby powder causes ovarian cancer. The Associated Press reports that a St. Louis jury awarded $70.1 million to Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, Calif., who was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer…
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Sprinter Tyson Gay’s Teen Daughter Killed in Ky. Crossfire
The teen daughter of Olympian Tyson Gay was tragically killed early Sunday morning after a shooting outside a Lexington, Ky., restaurant, according to USA Today High School Sports. Trinity Gay, 15, a talented sprinter in her own right, was taken to a University of Kentucky hospital with a gunshot wound to her neck around 3:30 am.…
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Mich. Woman Who Lied, Saying 4 Black Men Kidnapped, Raped Her, Gets Year in Jail
A Michigan woman who said that four black men kidnapped, raped and beat her for two days will spend a year behind bars for making the incident up, MLive.com reports. Leiha Ann-Sue Artman, 25, pleaded guilty to making a false report of a felony, a crime punishable by up to four years. MLive reports that…
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