Baton Rouge police officers gun down unarmed father It’s happened again. According to breaking news reports, Alton Sterling was shot and killed by two Louisiana police officers after an anonymous caller claimed he had a gun. The 37-year-old was unarmed and allegedly selling CD’s before he was brutality gunned down. …
Read More »A 'Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta' Cast Member Is Leaving the Show
A member of the Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta cast is officially leaving the show. After a drama-filled season, one of the new additions to the cast is chucking up the deuces. The one waving goodbye is none other than newcomer D. Smith. Speaking with Bossip, she said, “No [I won’t …
Read More »Medical News Today: Medical marijuana linked to reduced prescription drug use
Legalization of medical marijuana in some American states has reduced the use of prescription drugs, equating to a saving of more than $165 million in 2013. This is the conclusion of a new study published in the journal Health Affairs. Research suggests the legalization of medical marijuana in some U.S. …
Read More »Nearly Half Of U.S. States Are Now Fighting To Discriminate Against Transgender Students
CREDIT: Facebook/Doug Peterson via Dallas News Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson shared the stage at the anti-LGBT Heritage Foundation in 2015. Nearly half the states in the country are now fighting to make sure that transgender students can be discriminated against in schools. On …
Read More »Celebrity Reactions to the Dallas Police Shooting
John Legend, Shonda Rhimes, LeBron James and more. Source link
Read More »The Story of Ernestor
After our first pass through Dodge City two weeks ago, I reported that the mood there, in a part of the United States that is very heavily affected by Latino immigration, was at strong variance with the “build a wall” / “take our country back” tone of Donald Trump’s campaign. …
Read More »Medical News Today: How mom's diet during pregnancy could affect disease inheritance
New research, led by Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom, uncovers how a mother’s diet during pregnancy could permanently affect her child’s attributes, and it could explain how diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity are inherited. What pregnant women eat during pregnancy could determine …
Read More »The Road to the Voting Rights Act
The events that led up to the passage of the historic law. Source link
Read More »A History of African-American POTUS Candidates
From Frederick Douglass to Barack Obama and Ben Carson. Source link
Read More »Are You a Black Republican?
Right leaning stances, according to Ben Carson. Source link
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