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Immiseration: Deliberative Impoverishment and Racial Profiling
By Dr. Merelyn Bates-Mims ***Update: Please take the survey “Is good citizenship an effective guard against being profiled?”. It only takes a minute and the information is confidential. Here’s the link to the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VG8YRTV ~ SB. Thanks!!*** Immiseration? Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Kotlowitz, Fifth Avenue, France, Jean Valjean, Les Misérable, politics, poverty, race, racial equity, United States, Victor Hugo
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Speaking in Raleigh, Colin Powell blasts North Carolina voting law
By John Murawski & John Frank Moments after Gov. Pat McCrory left the stage, former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at North Carolina’s new voting law Thursday, saying it hurts the Republican Party, punishes minority voters and makes … Continue reading
Plutocrats’ New Pitch: Let Us Rob You Now So You Can Plan Ahead for Poverty
By Lynn Stuart Parramore Somehow, I’ve wound up on the mailing list for a group of oligarchs campaigning to swindle Americans out of their hard-earned retirement insurance. Hedge fund billionaire Pete Peterson, the budget buffoons Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, … Continue reading
Why Not Having Kids Is Admirable, Not Selfish
By Jill Filipovic Contrary to popular media narratives and the critiques of those concerned about the continued supremacy of the white race, women who don’t have children are not selfish, emotionally stunted or inadequately grown-up. In fact, they’re the opposite: … Continue reading
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Tagged Childfree, childless couples, couples, Social evolution, time
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‘Game of Thrones’ star Natalie Dormer joins ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ cast
By Ethan Sacks She’s making the commute from Westeros to Panem. “Game of Thrones” actress Natalie Dormer has been cast in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 & 2,” Lionsgate announced Thursday. The British beauty, best known as Lady Margaery on the … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, film, Game of Thrones, HBO, Hunger Games, Mockingjay, movies, Natalie Dormer, Suzanne Collins, television
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Katt Williams gifts wheelchair-bound fan $1,000 after learning woman needs kidney transplant
By Rachel Maresca Comedian Katt Williams proved he can provide more than just laughs. After a performance in Boston on Sunday, Williams. 39, gave a wheelchair-bound member of the audience $1000 after learning his fan needed a kidney transplant, TMZ … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, entertainment, Katt Williams, Kidney transplantation, TMZ
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‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: New photo shows off Professor X in the ’70s
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Tagged Bryan Singer, entertainment, film, movie, X-Men, X-Men: Days of Future Past
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Ben Affleck Is Batman for ‘Man of Steel’ Sequel
Ben Affleck will join Henry Cavill in Warner Bros.’ Man of Steel sequel, the studio announced on Thursday. The project was announced at Comic-Con earlier this year, prompting much speculation surrounding who would play the Caped Crusader. Zack Snyder is back … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman, Ben Affleck, DC Comics, entertainment, film, Henry Cavill, Man of Steel (film), movies, Superman, Warner Bros, Zack Snyder
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The Dark Side of Modeling: What I Learned as a Plus Size Model
By Tess Munster It’s approaching the third year anniversary of when I first started modeling professionally as a plus size model and I’ve been reflecting a lot lately. My career has been such a blessing, but in some ways a curse. … Continue reading →