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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Freddie Gray death: Mayor vows to find answers
The autopsy hasn’t yielded many answers in Freddie Gray’s death — in fact, it’s prompted more questions — but Baltimore’s mayor pledged Tuesday to find out how the 25-year-old died from a spinal cord injury after being arrested a … Continue reading
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Why We Celebrate Weed On 4/20
By Ryan Grim Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist, routinely plays with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, touring as The Dead. It’s the spring of 2009, he’s just finished a Dead show in Washington, D.C., and he … Continue reading
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Tagged 420, April 20, marijuana, Pot Day, weed, Weed Day
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Star Wars: Rogue One plot details revealed – Jedi shortage plagues galaxy
The Jedis are all but extinct, the Old Republic is in turmoil and the threat of the Death Star is looming in Rogue One, fans learned at Star Wars Celebration in California on Sunday. Director Gareth Edwards, who made Godzilla, … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, film, movies, Star Wars universe
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Tulsa sheriff: FBI clears dept. in Eric Harris shooting
By Sasha Goldstein The FBI cleared an Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy of violating a suspect’s civil rights in the case of a Tulsa County reserve deputy fatally shooting an unarmed man after the volunteer grabbed his revolver instead of his stun … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Harris shooting, Oklahoma, police violence, Robert Bates, Stanley Glanz, Tulsa
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Voting Rights, by the Numbers
By The Editorial Board of the NY Times When the Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, its main argument was that the law was outdated. Discrimination against minority voters may have been pervasive … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, minority voters, Supreme Court, United States, voting, Voting Rights Act
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The True Cost of Gun Violence in America
By Mark Follman, Julia Lurie, Jaeah Lee, James West, based on research by Ted Miller It was a mild, crystal clear desert evening on November 15, 2004, when Jennifer Longdon and her fiance, David Rueckert, closed up his martial-arts studio … Continue reading
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Tagged business, economy, gun violence, guns, society, United States
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Officers, city officials resign after new mayor elected
Voters in Parma, Missouri voted in their first African-American female mayor. Tyrus Byrd will be sworn in as mayor on Tuesday evening, April 14, at the Parma Community Building. According to Mayor Randall Ramsey, five out of six police officers … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, election, Missouri, Parma, race, Randall Ramsey, Tyrus Byrd
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Fired African-American police officer seeks $5M in damages
By Tobias Salinger A small town in the shadow of a volcano in Washington state is simmering with racial tensions over a fired African-American’s police officer’s claims of discrimination. Gerry Pickens, 28, alleges he suffered racist jokes, different treatment from … Continue reading
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Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow, millennials understand the reality of food stamps
By Jana Kasperkevic If she was true to her word, Gwyneth Paltrow should be finishing up her food stamp challenge having spent a week trying to survive on $29 worth of food. Alana Folsom, a twentysomething graduate student, knows something … Continue reading →