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Chanting “we fired up, we can’t take it no more”, hundreds of fast-food and retail workers hit the streets of Chicago Wednesday afternoon asking for higher wages. According to the Chicago Tribune, employees of Subway, Sears, Macys, Victoria’s Secret, and other popular stores are protesting their low wages. Currently, many of the employees are making […]
A fight erupted between a student and a math teacher at a Stockton, Calif. high school. In the cell phone footage, the teacher is seen confiscating the student’s make-up before a shoving match ensues which leads to the duo being pulled off of each other. The student, 15-year-old Martina Martinez, admits that she should not […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to cut the costs that prison inmates and their families pay for phone calls. Caucus members said Wednesday the rates can be as high as $4 per call, plus another 55-cents-per-minute for long distance calls. They said such high rates disproportionately impact […]
Jimmy McMillan wants to be New York’s next mayor and announced he’ll be going toe-to-toe with Republican and Democrat candidates to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The 66-year-old Brooklynite originally planned to run on the Republican presidential ticket in 2012. He also ran for governor of New York State leaving behind a number of memorable public […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has a strategy to discourage his daughters from rebelling, perhaps by getting a tattoo himself. Obama says he and his wife, Michelle, have told 14-year-old Malia and 11-year-old Sasha that if they ever decide to get a tattoo then “mommy and me” will get the same tattoo in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing that marked one of the darkest moments of the civil rights movement are one step closer to receiving Congress’ highest civilian honor. By a 420-0 vote, the House has passed a measure that posthumously would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae […]
CHICAGO — A Chicago woman has been arrested at least 396 times since 1978, including 92 times for theft and an alleged attack on a City Council member. Over the years, Shermain Miles, 51, was arrested 65 times for disorderly conduct and 59 times for crimes related to prostitution, among other things, according to the […]
It’s not uncommon for businesses to use social media to attract and engage with their customers, but several metro Detroit party stores were caught using it to mock its patrons. Fox 2 News Detroit reports that cellphone photos of Black part store customers with racist comments underneath them began appearing on Instagram. The customers faces are clearly […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors say 13 female correctional officers, seven inmates and five others with gang ties have been charged with plotting to smuggle drugs, cellphones and other contraband into the Baltimore jail and other corrections facilities. An indictment unsealed Tuesday said the ring also involved sex between inmates and guards that led to […]
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) – Police say the stepson of a Washington D.C. police officer shot and killed the officer during a dispute over yard work at their Maryland home. Prince George’s County police said Tuesday that they are searching for 27-year-old Antwan James. He’s been charged in a warrant with murder in the fatal […]
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Vicksburg mayoral candidate Linda Fondren says she’s proud of her long list of accomplishments: building businesses from a gym to storage facilities and housing with her husband, volunteering for nonprofits, leading an ambitious local weight-loss program, raising a family, and traveling the world after a childhood in poverty. But as the […]
