Michelle Obama Is Planning a Rock Star Book Tour of 10 Areas Across America
Michelle Obama has a book tour fit for a rock star coming up this fall as she promotes her new memoir Becoming. Over the course of a month, the former First Lady will make appearances at 10 major arenas. The tour will begin in Chicago on Nov. 13, the book’s release date. According to an announcement by Live Nation and publisher Penguin Random House, visits will include “intimate and honest conv...
2m Sep 14, 2018
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Here Are Some of the Women Who Could Make History in the Midterm Elections
Already in 2018, women candidates have broken the records for the number of candidates for governor, U.S. House and U.S. Senate. Depending on how the midterms go, they may make history again. The November elections could see the first black woman to serve as governor, the first Native American woman in Congress and the first openly bisexual senator, among other firsts.
11m Sep 14, 2018
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What to Know About the Suspected Gas Explosions in Massachusetts
At least four people were injured Thursday after dozens of houses caught fire due to suspected gas line explosions in three communities north of Boston. As of 7:30 p.m., Massachusetts State Police said they have responded to 39 fires in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover — and authorities expected that number to rise. Residents living in those communities who have gas service from Columbia Ga...
2m Sep 14, 2018
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Tony Bennett Just Locked Down a Very Obscure Guinness World Record
At 92, iconic jazz crooner Tony Bennett is still setting records. His latest: the timeless singer just nabbed a Guinness World Records title this week for "longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist." The song is "Fascinating Rhythm," a beloved jazz standard. And the time? 68 years and 342 days, according to the Guinness ad...
2m Sep 14, 2018
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This Billionaire Investor Who Predicted the Financial Crisis Says His Seven Bubble Indicators Are ‘Flickering’
One of America's wealthiest hedge-fund managers says his favorite indicators of economic trouble are 'flickering' and that the stock market could be in trouble. Billionaire investor Ray Dalio runs the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, which manages about $160 billion in assets. He recently told Bloomberg Bussinessweek that seven bubble indicators he regularly tracks are "flic...
2m Sep 14, 2018
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What Monogamous Couples Can Learn From Polyamorous Relationships, According to Experts
Polyamory — having more than one consensual sexual or emotional relationship at once — has in recent years emerged on television, mainstream dating sites like OkCupid and even in research. And experts who have studied these kinds of consensual non-monogomous relationships, say they have unique strengths that anyone can learn from.
8m Sep 14, 2018
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Amazon’s HQ2 Is Destined for This East Coast City, New Clues Suggest
There's still no official word on where [f500link]Amazon[/f500link] is planning to build its second headquarters, but a trail of clues may be leading to the Washington, D.C. area. Just over a year after the tech company announced it was seeking a spot to put a $5 billion office expected to generate up to 50,000 jobs, a series of hints have people eyeing the nation's capital for HQ2. Among the ...
3m Sep 14, 2018
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North Carolina Buckles Down for Hurricane Florence
As Hurricane Florence hurdled towards the East Coast, its final destination remains uncertain, but North Carolinians who appear to be in the storm's path were taking few chances. As it approached dry land, the storm itself appeared to weaken from a catastrophic Category 4 to Category 2, but it is still expected bring soaring storm surges, devastating winds, and torrential rain when it reaches ...
6m Sep 13, 2018
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New Report Details Over 3,600 Sex Abuse Cases Spanning Decades in the German Catholic Church
(BERLIN) — A report on sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Germany says 3,677 people were abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014, two leading German media outlets said Wednesday. Spiegel Online and Die Zeit said the report they obtained — commissioned by the German Bishops Conference and researched by three universities — concludes that more than half of the victims were 13 or younger a...
3m Sep 13, 2018
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Oslo at 25: Why Palestinians Like Me See No Hope for Peace
“Before Oslo it was never like this habibi [Arabic for ‘my love’]. I used to be able to leave work in Jerusalem, pick your older brother up from daycare in Ramallah and go to the beach for a picnic. There wasn’t a wall. There weren’t checkpoints. We could breathe.” My mother who gave birth to me in the West Bank in 1992 uses this anecdote to remind me how things have changed for the worse sinc...
6m Sep 13, 2018
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Jill Filipovic: We Shouldn't Need Multiple Accusers to Stop a Sexual Harasser
It took 12 women to push one man from his perch. Leslie Moonves, the chairman and CEO of CBS, departed the company after a total of a dozen sexual-harassment and assault allegations were leveled against him — six over a month ago, then six more on Sept. 9 after weeks of discussions but little action on ousting one of TV’s titans. This is how these cases seem to go: One person speaks out, or may...
5m Sep 13, 2018
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Which Exercise Burns the Most Calories? Here's What Science Says
Your time is precious — and limited. So when it comes to working out, it's not uncommon to wonder: what exercise burns the most calories? Exercise scientists have rigorously studied the amount of energy people expend during different types of exercise, and they've determined which workouts are best for burning calories. The thing to keep in mind: the more muscles you engage and the harder (and...
5m Sep 13, 2018
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Trump’s Family Separation Policy Split This Family Apart. They’re Still Not Back Together
Despite a legal team that includes celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, an eight-year-old Guatemalan boy separated from his father under Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy remains in a shelter in Baytown with no end in sight.
7m Sep 13, 2018
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Everything to Know About the iPhone Xs’ New Camera Features
Apple's new flagship smartphone, the iPhone Xs, has a handful of new camera features that mobile photographers will love — and one that might appall photography purists. Here's a snapshot of the most notable camera upgrades on the iPhone Xs: Smart HDR HDR, or "high dynamic range," involves taking multiple photos at different exposures and blending them together to get a wider range of shadows ...
4m Sep 13, 2018
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People Around the World Experienced Record Levels of Stress and Pain in 2017, Study Says
Last year was the worst in at least a decade for people across the globe, according to Gallup's annual Global Emotions report. Gallup's Negative Experience Index — a measure of how many people experienced worry, stress, sadness, anger or pain on the day before the survey — reached its highest point since 2006, according the report.
3m Sep 13, 2018
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Stephen Colbert’s Beard Wants to Face Off Against Alex Trebek’s Beard
Stephen Colbert has a title to defend: that of robustly-bearded show host. In a monologue on his Late Show on Tuesday night, Colbert admitted that his recently-acquired seasonal beard has already come in for serious competition on TV — from none other than Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Jeopardy!, which recently returned to air for its 35th season, hasn't changed its game-show style. But its host...
2m Sep 13, 2018
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'60 Minutes' Executive Producer Leaves CBS Amid Sexual Harassment Claims
(NEW YORK) — [f500link]CBS[/f500link] "60 Minutes" executive producer Jeff Fager says he's leaving the company, after being named in recent stories that accused him of fostering an abusive workplace. CBS News President David Rhodes announced the departure on Wednesday. It came only three days after CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie Moonves was ousted following sexual misconduct charges.
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‘Already Dead to Us’: Why the Trump Administration Has a Problem with the International Criminal Court
President Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton launched a broadside against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the body mandated by most of the international community to prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a speech to the conservative Federalist Society on Monday, Bolton announced that Washington would “use any means necessary” to push back against the ...
4m Sep 13, 2018
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This Is How to Pronounce the New iPhone Xs and Xr Correctly
On Wednesday, Apple unveiled their latest lineup of tech products — including a new generation of iPhones. Dubbed the iPhone XS, the new additions to the smartphone family feature a number of technological improvements. But how do you pronounce "XS?" Be careful: following in [f500link]Apple[/f500link] tradition over the years, the X is actually a Roman numeral. So it's pronounced ten, as in th...
2m Sep 13, 2018
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What to Know About Reported Meetings Between Trump Administration Officials and Venezuelan Coup Plotters
Venezuela's embattled dictator Nicolas Maduro denounced "an international, global defamation campaign" against his government on Monday, in the wake of revelations that Venezuelan military officials had met several times with Trump Administration officials to discuss a coup. The alleged meetings, reported by the New York Times on September 8, followed years of escalating U.S.
6m Sep 12, 2018
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Paul McCartney Does Not Hold Back With His Response to That Quincy Jones Diss
In August, music legend Quincy Jones spent a portion of his wide-ranging interview with New York magazine’s Vulture bad-mouthing Sir Paul McCartney and the Beatles. In the interview, Jones called the Beatles “no-playing motherf----rs” who were “the worst musicians in the world,” and seemingly reserved special ire for McCartney himself, calling him “the worst bass player I ever heard.
2m Sep 12, 2018
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Russia Launches Its Biggest Ever War Games With China
(CHITA) — Hundreds of thousands Russian troops swept across Siberia on Tuesday in the nation’s largest ever war games also joined by China — a powerful show of burgeoning military ties between Moscow and Beijing amid their tensions with the U.S.
6m Sep 12, 2018
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Australian Paper Reprints 'Racist' Serena Williams Cartoon
(MELBOURNE, Australia) — A controversial cartoon of Serena Williams that has been widely condemned as a racist depiction of the tennis great has been partially reprinted on the front page of the Melbourne-based newspaper that initially published it. The Herald Sun newspaper printed an edited portion of the cartoon — featuring 23-time Grand Slam winner Williams jumping on a broken racket during...
4m Sep 12, 2018
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Sen. Orrin Hatch: Tolerance Has Become Intolerant. But There Is a Cure
Flour. Sugar. Eggs. Milk. These core ingredients, combined in the right proportion, are the recipe for a perfect wedding cake—and in the case of Jack Phillips, a legal nightmare. Phillips, a devout Christian, founded the Masterpiece Cakeshop in his hometown of Lakewood, Col., in 1993. For nearly two decades, he went about his business — decorating cakes for special occasions — with no media a...
9m Sep 12, 2018
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Subway Is Killing the $5 Footlong — Again. Here’s Why
Subway keeps killing its best sandwich deal. The Subway $5 footlong — a 12-inch sandwich for $5, promoted with an ad jingle you can't get out of your head — was hugely popular with customers for a decade before the fast food giant raised the price by $1 in 2016. Subway brought back the $5 footlong in early 2018, but now there's a good chance it'll be disappearing yet again from your local Sub...
3m Sep 12, 2018
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The Costs of Human Spaceflight Are High. History Shows the Benefits Are Too
Almost from the time the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) opened its doors for business 60 years ago on Oct. 1, 1958, it has had to be ready to provide an answer to one question: “Why send people into space, given the costs and risks associated with human spaceflight?” In its six decades, NASA launched just over 400 different people, many for more than one mission.
7m Sep 12, 2018
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Why Whole-Fat Milk and Yogurt Are Healthier Than You Think
For years, experts have recommended low-fat dairy products over the full-fat versions, which are higher in calories and contain more saturated fat. Recent research, however, indicates that full-fat dairy may actually be healthier than its reputation suggests, and that people who eat full-fat dairy are not more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes than people who consume ...
6m Sep 12, 2018
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Apple Is About to Announce a New iPhone and More. Here's What to Expect
As usual, [f500link]Apple[/f500link] is planning a big event for September, during which it'll likely present the world with a new iPhone. While the company has yet to make anything official, the rumor mill is rife with whispers of what the the company has in store for its event, scheduled for Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET.
5m Sep 12, 2018
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This Attorney Handled the Only Abortion Case Brett Kavanaugh Ever Heard
Rochelle Garza represented the plaintiff in the only case involving abortion that Brett Kavanaugh has ruled on as a federal judge. Now she's worried how he would handle the issue as a Supreme Court justice. In 2017, Garza was appointed the guardian ad litem for Jane Doe, the pseudonym used in court for a 17-year-old woman who sued the federal government after she was denied access to an aborti...
4m Sep 12, 2018
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Why Hurricane Florence Is So Dangerous
The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Florence – with winds of up to 140 mph – is expected to be "extremely dangerous" when it hits the East Coast early Friday. But, it's the water, not the wind, that has the potential to make the storm so deadly, experts say. A storm as big as Hurricane Florence will hit with a "one-two punch" deluge of water, Erik Salna, the associate director of the ...
4m Sep 12, 2018
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Pack This $3 Item With You Every Time You Fly, According to Travel Experts
Besides your passport and boarding pass, there's one more item that travel bloggers (and doctors, for that matter) highly recommend you always have with you on a flight. It's not a sanitizer, despite recent stories of germ-laden airport and airplane fixtures: Rather, it's a moisturizer called Cetaphil, available at drugstores for about $3.
2m Sep 11, 2018
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Why Donald Trump Is Feeling the Heat From Midwestern Farmers
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump made two big promises: renegotiating free trade agreements and helping corn growers by supporting ethanol. He has followed through on the first, withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, attempting to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and demanding China curb trade practices widely viewed as unfair. But as it turns out, that...
8m Sep 11, 2018
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California Pledges 100% Clean Electricity by 2045
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that puts California – the world's fifth largest economy if it was an independent country – on an ambitious path: using 100% clean electricity by 2045. At a ceremony in Sacramento with legislative leaders, Brown touted the move as a lodestar for other governments and nations. "It's not going to be easy and it will not be immediate, but it must be done," Br...
3m Sep 11, 2018
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1 Million Ordered to Evacuate South Carolina Coast: The Latest on Hurricane Florence
About 1 million people are under orders to evacuate the South Carolina coast as the fast-moving Hurricane Florence heads toward the United States. "Further strengthening is anticipated and Florence is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday," the National Hurricane Center said Monday. As Hurricane Florence grows in both size and strength, the Category 4 storm is...
5m Sep 11, 2018
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Trump Adviser Threatens Syria With ‘Much Stronger’ Military Assault If It Uses Chemical Weapons
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser warned the Syrian government against using chemical weapons in the impending battle for Idlib Province, the last remaining rebel stronghold populated by more than 2 million people. If chemical weapons are used, National Security Adviser John Bolton promised the U.S. would deliver a counterattack that's more severe than the two previous assault...
7m Sep 11, 2018
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Trump Administration Shuts Palestinian Office in Washington
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday and threatened sanctions against the International Criminal Court if it pursues investigations against the U.S., Israel, or other allies. The moves are likely to harden Palestinian resistance to the U.S. role as a peace broker.
7m Sep 11, 2018
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Australian Paper Defends 'Racist' Cartoon of Serena Williams
An Australian newspaper has come under criticism after publishing a cartoon illustrating Serena Williams' outburst at the U.S. Open that readers have compared to Jim Crow-era imagery. Melbourne-based tabloid The Herald Sun published a drawing by editorial cartoonist depicting Williams throwing a fit on the court and destroying her racquet after the 23-time grand slam champion lost in the final...
3m Sep 11, 2018
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10 College Majors That Can Get You $100,000 Salaries — and Have Low Unemployment Too
As the cost of college has risen, so too has an obsession over the financial payoff of various degrees, a trend that has put a spotlight on lucrative careers in science, technology, engineering, and math fields. A new report out today reaffirms the notion that many — although not all — majors in the STEM area lead to high-paying jobs, while several arts and social sciences disciplines produce ...
5m Sep 11, 2018
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Author: Discovering My Father's World War II Heroism
In the hall outside his study in our house in Wilmington, Delaware, my father had hung a small framed photograph, a group of old men on a bench wearing baseball caps. I had never asked who they were, but he may have once referred to it as “a reunion.” I didn’t think of my father as someone who attended reunions. He was a lawyer who loved poetry, history, travel. He read Greek myths to my sibli...
9m Sep 11, 2018
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This Kind of Exercise Is Best for Helping You Live Longer, a New Study Says
Experts like to say the best form of exercise is whatever kind you'll actually do. But a new study finds that people who do team sports may be at an advantage over solitary exercisers. The social interaction involved in partner and team sports may compound the plentiful benefits of physical activity, adding more years to your life than solo exercise, according to a study published Tuesday in M...
5m Sep 11, 2018
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This 34-Year-Old CEO Is Helping People Earn Rent Money by Playing Video Games
Ali Moiz got hooked on video games early. As a child in Karachi, Pakistan, he snuck through stone dungeons in Prince of Persia, grabbed gold trophies in Dangerous Dave, and blasted aliens with lasers in Space Invaders. He hopped from console to console. Even when he moved to Massachusetts for college, gaming was his life. Decades later, it still is. Moiz, 34, is the CEO of Streamlabs, a free ...
8m Sep 10, 2018
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Best-selling Author Beth Macy: “We Need to Treat Addiction as the Medical Problem It Is”
The best-selling author on dope sickness, the opioid addict next door and holding drug companies accountable Your new book, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America, details the opioid crisis in the U.S. When did you first start to look at the opioid epidemic? I was a newspaper reporter in 2012, in Roanoke, Va. I had done reporting about what happens in communitie...
4m Sep 10, 2018
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This Is the Best Pizza Joint in Every U.S. State
Whether you like it deep dish or thin crust, square-shaped or topped with pineapple, you probably have a go-to pizza order. Much like barbecue, after all, pizza draws fans with strong opinions. Of course, the way a pizza looks and tastes will likely differ depending on where you are (and who's making it). Though there's no right or wrong pizza, most U.S. regions will defend their preferred var...
8m Sep 10, 2018
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It’s Time to Get Billionaires Off of Welfare
Year after year, decade after decade, Republicans in Washington have lectured the American people about the need for “welfare reform.” In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan railed against a fictitious “welfare queen” driving a Cadillac. Just a few years ago, Republicans turned their attention to a young surfer who used the food stamp program to purchase lobster.
5m Sep 10, 2018
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5 Emerging Markets Bracing for a Tough Fall
In last week's Risk Report, I wrote about the awful summers Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Argentina’s Mauricio Macri were having. Now, their autumns look to be even worse. But at least they’ll have company—here are five emerging markets bracing for tough months ahead: Brazil Like many other developing nations, Brazil benefited mightily from China’s meteoric rise.
8m Sep 10, 2018
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Williams Sonoma Is Hiring Thousands of Work-From-Home Employees. Here's How to Apply
If your wishlist at Williams Sonoma is ever-expanding (how can anyone resist the new ombre Le Creuset collection?), we may have just found your dream job. For the fall, Williams Sonoma is hiring about 3,500 work-from-home employees between now and mid-November 2018, FlexJobs reports.
2m Sep 10, 2018
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Les Moonves Resigns Amid New Sexual Misconduct Allegations
(NEW YORK) — [f500link]CBS[/f500link] Chief Les Moonves resigned Sunday, just hours after six more women accused the veteran television executive of sexual misconduct. The resignation is effective immediately, CBS said in a statement posted on its website Sunday night. The New Yorker magazine reported the latest allegations included Moonves forcing women to perform oral sex and retaliating wh...
6m Sep 10, 2018
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Hurricane Florence Intensifies as It Heads for U.S. Southeast
Rapidly intensifying Florence is forecast to become a major hurricane Monday that could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week. Navy ships off Virginia's coast are getting set to sail out of the path of the powerful hurricane, one North Carolina university has canceled classes and people have begun stocking up on plywood, bottl...
4m Sep 10, 2018
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This Chart Shows the Average 401(k) Balance at Every Age. See How You Stack Up
The Internet erupted in scorn earlier this year at financial firms’ recommendation that 35-year-olds should have two times their average salary saved in their retirement accounts. Let's be real: There’s always a financial need that’s more pressing, whether that’s paying down student debt, repairing your car, or paying off a doctor's bill. https://twitter.
2m Sep 10, 2018
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Why America keeps ignoring its real race problem
In a recent viral video, an unidentified white woman in line at a grocery store in Oregon, dressed in a floral romper and black knee-high boots, overheard a black woman's phone conversation. She believed this black woman was trying to sell food stamps illegally. The exchange became heated, and the white woman was told, in no uncertain terms, to mind her business. "Oh, it is my business," the wh...
20m Sep 09, 2018
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