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Since Youâve Been Gone: A Year Without Prince
On April 21, 2016, the royal purple star who took the earthly name of Prince Rogers Nelson exploded into a supernova and ceased to exist on this plane. We called him Prince. Astrophysicists say that when a star dies, it creates a black hole whose gravitational pull is so strong, nothingânot even lightâcan escape it.…
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House Republicans to Troops: Pay for Your Own Damn GI Bill
Just like when Republicans talk about âfamily valuesâ and then you find out theyâve been having secret sex meet-ups in airport bathrooms or abusing teenage boys, when conservatives say they âsupport the troops,â they usually mean theyâre sending them overseas to fight for oil profits, but now it also means theyâre taxing them for their…
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The Racist, Homophobic History of an Ala. Church Gunning for Its Own Police Force
While advocates of civil liberties decry a powerful Alabama politicianâs effort to push through a bill that would give a lily-white suburban church its own police force, many are unaware of the churchâs long history of troubling race relations. The Alabama Legislature is now considering Senate Bill 193. If passed, the law would give Briarwood…
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Auburn University Bars White Nationalist Richard Spencer but He Vows to Speak Anyway
The putrid demon-seed spawn of Satan and Hitler that the rest of the word calls Richard Spencer has vowed to speak at Auburn University, even though the Alabama university canceled his speaking engagement, scheduled for Tuesday evening. Can you tell I donât like this guy? For the sake of openness, I must admit that I…
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The Top 5 Moments From the White House Easter Egg Roll Dumpster FireÂ
With a face as bright as the orange sky of an Easter sunrise service, Donald Trump and the rest of the new-millennium Munsters currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue hosted their first White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday on the South Lawn of what they now refer to as âMar-a-Lago North.â The 139-year-old celebration of…
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Why the Hell Are Atlantaâs Freeways Exploding?
If you are ever in need of a good, cathartic cry, there are three things that always work: Watching the last scene of Imitation of Life Staring at the close-up of Donald Trumpâs hair Driving in Atlanta during rush hour When Inrix listed the cities around the globe with the worst traffic congestion, the traffic-data…
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Woman Who Brought Bill Clintonâs Accusers to Presidential Debate Is Now in Charge of Civil Rights
While Donald Trump was chilling at Mar-a-Lago eating chocolate cake out of that nasty-ass kitchen and listening to the Gap Bandâs âYou Dropped a Bomb on Meâ on an endless loop, Betsy DeVos put an anti-affirmative-action, feminist-hating troll who once claimed to be a victim of reverse racism in charge of civil rights in your…
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Aaron Hernandez Acquitted of Double Murder
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been found not guilty of a 2012 drive-by shooting that left two men dead. The jury on Friday also acquitted the Pro Bowl NFL tight end of witness intimidation, but found him guilty and sentenced him to four years for carrying an unlawful weapon, according to the…
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Control+Assault+Delete: When Cops Destroy Video Evidence
Out of the rise of #BlackLivesMatter and the intense media scrutiny of police killings came a narrative about a brand-new, magical tool that could miraculously end police brutality by shining a light on law-enforcement misconduct. Somehow, as the public watched the endless stream of cop killings on video, everyone unquestioningly accepted the theory that more…
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Yes, You Can Measure White Privilege
Whenever anyone slips the words âwhite privilegeâ into a conversation, it immediately builds an impenetrable wall. For some white people, the words elicit an uneasy feeling because, for them, the term is accusatory without being specific. It is a nebulous concept that seemingly reduces the complex mishmash of history, racism and social phenomena to a…
