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Bill Withers: The Soul Man Who Walked Away
By Andy Greene On a clear day, you can see the Staples Center from Bill Withers’ house, which sits high in the hills above West Hollywood. Today, in about two hours, the Los Angeles basketball arena will host the Grammy … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Withers, music, r&b, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, soul
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Streaming Overtakes Live TV Among Consumer Viewing Preferences
By Todd Spangler U.S. consumers are more inclined to stream entertainment from an Internet service than tune in to live TV, according to the results of a new survey from consulting firm Deloitte. Video-streaming services such as Netflix, which are … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, Hulu, internet, Netflix, streaming, technology, television
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PBS Investigates Possible Censorship Of Ben Affleck’s Slavery In ‘Finding Your Roots’
By Frazier Moore PBS is conducting an internal review following revelations that producers of “Finding Your Roots” may have violated the network’s editorial standards after a request by Ben Affleck that the program not reveal he had a slave-owning ancestor. … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestry, Ben Affleck, Finding Your Roots, hack, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Michael Lynton, PBS, Sony, television
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‘This is a new low even for Walmart,’ say fired workers
By Chris Isidore and Katie Lobosco Walmart (WMT) unexpectedly closed five stores last week for what it said were severe plumbing problems. That put 2,200 people out of work. But the United Food and Commercial Workers union filed an injunction with the … Continue reading
State Legislatures Reveal a Lot About Racism in America
By Charles D. Ellison Look a little closer and you’ll find that state legislatures are some of the most unapologetic cesspools of racism in America. Which is one reason some of us cringe at that familiar concept called “states’ rights.” … Continue reading
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Tagged government, issues, law, life, race, racism, state legislatures, United States
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Rodriguez v. United States: A huge win against police overreach at the Supreme Court.
By Mark Joseph Stern Dennys Rodriguez knew his rights—and he planned to use them. Just after midnight in March of 2012, a police officer pulled Rodriguez over for briefly veering onto the shoulder of the highway, and wrote Rodriguez a warning. The … Continue reading
Kids Respond to Child Hunger
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Tagged children, food, food insecurity, kids, poverty, United States
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I am a cook in the US Senate but I still need food stamps to feed my children
By Bertrand Olotara Every day, I serve food to some of the most powerful people on earth – including many of the senators who are running for president: I’m a cook for the federal contractor that runs the US Senate … Continue reading
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Tagged food insecurity, income inequality, politics, poverty, US Senate
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A Judge Just Let A Cop Walk After A Deadly Shooting. Legal Experts Say The Reasoning Is ‘Incredible.’
By Nicole Flatow Late Monday, a Cook County judge acquitted Chicago police officer Dante Servin of several homicide-related charges for the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman standing outside with some friends near his home. It was the first … Continue reading
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