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Freedom has a price and for Marissa Alexander that price is $11,000. And her "freedom" was two years of house arrest. In 2010 Ms. Alexander fired warning shots into the air when she (and her nine day old daughter) were t...
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Photo c/o The Nib Writer and Journalist Jonathan Chait thinks the police are out of control... the language police that is. He sets out to police the word cops in a recent article "how the language p...
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We are all familiar with the game of Dominoes. In this board game one small piece can have a knock on effect. When one falls, scores of others can fall with it. Today many fear the little country of Greece may be such a...
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"Like books and black lives, albums still matter." Prince spoke these words as he introduced the Album of the Year award at this year's Grammys. For a show that typically thrives on a healthy amount of scandal, th...
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It has been exactly a year since USDemocrazy published this article on the uptick of infectious diseases in the United States. It looks like things remain unhappy... even The Happiest Place on Earth has been afffe...
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Sometimes, it pays to talk. An articulate young New Yorker by the name of Vidal learned this last month when he made big bucks after speaking to the photographer from the immensely popular " Humans of New York " photo blog. Th...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi"Netanyahu is no stranger to criticism and outcry. But even the testy Netanyahu may have gone a step too far this time. The Israeli prime minister recently announced his intent...
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If you were like any of the millions of listeners who tuned into the weekly podcast Serial, you probably heard of the recent news- Adnan Syed will be allowed to appeal his conviction. Brief background for those of you who ...
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How would you feel if the first two years of your college education were tuition free? You'd probably be pretty chipper. For the country though, such a big move won't be cheap. Somebody's gotta pay. President Obama announ...
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It all started in September 1921 with 1,500 children. Dr. Lewis Terman of Stanford University met with children to find signs of future potential. Little did he know what would happen eight decades later. Today, a new lo...
