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Family of 10-Year-Old Bullying Victim Ashawnty Davis Uses GoFundMe to Raise Money for Burial Expenses
Three weeks ago, 10-year-old Ashawnty Davis of Colorado killed herself after being a victim of bullying. And now the family is asking for the publicâs help to raise money for her burial expenses. Ashawnty, a fifth-grader at Sunrise Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., got into a fight away from school grounds, and it was uploaded…
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Felony Charges Against DeAndre Harris Dropped in Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
Twenty-year-old DeAndre Harris of Charlottesville, Va., has had all felony charges dropped in connection with an alleged attack during Augustâs white supremacist rally where he was actually beaten by poles in a parking lot. Harris was charged with unlawful wounding in connection to an incident that took place the same day. In October, when the…
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Who Will Survive in America?
On Kanye Westâs 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, there is an often overlooked track entitled âWho Will Survive America?â The song features Gil Scott-Heron taking a dystopian look at how the world is coming to the realization that America is a bastard âhosed down daily with a gagging perfume.â After the passage of last…
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Appolition Is the App That Takes Spare Change and Turns It Into Bail Money
When it comes to incarceration, being able to be granted bail and then to come up with the bail money are two of main components that keep people locked up. According to National Bail Out, on a daily basis, 700,000 people are behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail. But social engineer Kortney Ziegler…
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Conservatives Want to #BoycottSanFrancisco After Undocumented Immigrant Acquitted in Death of Kate Steinle
No justice, no San Francisco. Those are the sentiments of conservatives after Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was found not guilty in the death of Kate Steinle, a white woman who was shot and killed in 2015 on a pier in San Francisco, which is a sanctuary city when it comes to undocumented immigrants like Zarate.…
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#FreeCyntoiaBrown: People Want Justice for Former Child Sex Slave Jailed in 2006 for Killing Man Who Exploited Her
In 2004 a then-16-year-old Cyntoia Brown, a child sex slave, was arrested for the murder of Johnny Allen, a 43-year-old man who was using her after he had picked her up at a Nashville, Tenn., Sonic fast-food restaurant. Brownâs story has been brought to the worldâs attention via a documentary by filmmaker Dan Birman, who…
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More Remains of Sgt. La David Johnson Discovered in Niger, Weeks After Funeral
Almost a month after the funeral of Sgt. La David Johnson, questions remain as to how he was killed and what was in the casket his wife hovered over and said her last goodbyes to in October. According to CNN, more remains of Johnson and the three other soldiers who were killed in an October…
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Bride Holds Surprise Wedding at Hospital Where Father Is Being Treated for LeukemiaÂ
Nothing was going to stop Viennese Stanton of Davis, Calif., from having her father walk her down the aisle, even if it meant she had to have her wedding at the hospital where heâs being treated for leukemia. Stanton said via the Love What Matters Facebook page that she pushed her wedding day up so…
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Gifted Singer and Actress Della Reese Dead at 86
From the clubs to stages, Della Reese captured audiences with her melodic voice and ballads that crossed many genres, including jazz, blues and gospel. The songstress, who also displayed her talents as a character actress on TV and the big screen, died Sunday evening at age 86, People reports. Born July 6, 1931, Delloreese Patricia…
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson Reveals Parkinsonâs Diagnosis
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has announced that he was diagnosed with Parkinsonâs disease. Jackson, 76, described in a letter to supporters how he was diagnosed with the disease and also said that the same disease afflicted his father. According to NBC Chicago, Jackson was diagnosed in 2015. Read the letter below: Dear Friends and Supporters,…
