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Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. steps out in defense of President Lyndon Johnson’s legacy in his weekly commentary in the Chicago Tribune: Fifty years later, former President Lyndon Johnson got the tribute he more than earned. Four presidents praised his contribution. The Great Society, the War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act opened […]
If you’re looking to increase your tech skills by learning coding, the search might be over. Google announced a new initiative at the company’s third annual women…
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as other notable events during the Civil Rights Movement,…
MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Identical twin sisters have achieved an identical distinction at a northern Nevada high school: They’re co-valedictorians. Gabby and Maria Munoz-Robles received the honor by each racking up 4.54 grade point averages at Douglas High School in Minden, about 40 miles south of Reno. The sisters both plan to attend Notre Dame […]
The City of San Jose proposes that voters who cast a ballot in their municipal election on Tuesday could receive free marijuana from the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries, according to a report by NBC. But its not because there is anything marijuana-related on the ballot. San Jose residents will be electing a new mayor and […]
Two girls are accused of luring their friend into the woods and stabbing her to death. CNN reports: They had something to prove to someone they found on a ghoulish website. So, two girls allegedly lured a third girl into a wooded area in Milwaukee over the weekend and stabbed her 19 times, police in […]
Kevin Jordan had been with the Griffin Police Department in Atlanta, Georgia for four years before he was fatally shot by an intoxicated suspect at Waffle House this weekend. Today his fellow officers are mourning his loss. Jordan, 43 , was assisting three intoxicated people that he had asked leave the restaurant outside during the […]
Would you believe that teachers may be in the classroom more throughout the school year, but still miss several days of school? Some teachers are even absent 18 or more days. U.S. News reports: Teachers nationwide are in the classroom 94 percent of the school year, but students may still be getting shortchanged by the […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle activists celebrated a successful campaign to gradually increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 by calling for a national movement to close the income and opportunity gaps between rich and poor. The Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday that would give the city the highest minimum wage in the […]
Besides V. Stiviano, Donald Sterling now has another black female problem. Would you believe the LA Clippers owner is being sued by a woman who he fired her after she rejected “a stream of racist and sexist taunts.” TMZ, which obtained a copy of the lawsuit is reporting this: Maiko Maya King says in her […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is expanding into home and health management as the company tries to turn its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers into an interchangeable network of devices that serve as a hub of people’s increasingly digital lives.The new tools for tracking health and controlling household appliances are part of updated operating systems […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina are searching for whoever made a massive, unauthorized withdrawal from a diaper bank. The Diaper Bank of North Carolina says 13,000 diapers were stolen last weekend. The Durham-based nonprofit provides diapers to struggling families. Founder and executive director Michelle Old said she went Monday to pick up […]
