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Trump's attacks on LeBron fit a disturbing pattern

There's no disputing that Donald Trump's pattern of attacking well-known African-Americans as having "low IQs" or being of low intelligence is parroting the white nationalist view that blacks are inherently less intelligent than whites. The only question is whether Trump was intentionally espousing the views of white supremacists.

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Obama's 'circular firing squad' remarks may not persuade 2020 Democrats

In Berlin, the city famous for once dividing itself in two with a wall, former President Barack Obama tackled the issue of division in politics and his worries for the Democratic Party's future: "Among progressives in the United States ... is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, 'Uh, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be.'" Obama argued, at an Obama Foundation event on Saturday, that party infighting usually leads to the weakening of a movement by "creating what's called a 'circular firing squad' where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues."

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The Court of Public Opinion: Where Punishment is Almost Certain, Actual Guilt Not so Much

To be clear: the court of public opinion is always in session. The court’s docket stays full and public jurists are always ready to decide cases based on ‘evidence’ presented by the media. The call to public jury duty is rarely dodged, unlike its true civic counterpart.

Mexican vacation and organic food are on the alleged Capitol rioters' wish lists

Before you plan an insurrection, it's a good idea to clear your calendar for the weeks after. Maybe make arrangements for someone to water your plants, feed the dog and pay your bills -- in case that, you know, there are consequences.

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Supreme Court makes it more difficult for prisoners to argue they had ineffective counsel

The Supreme Court said Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court in support of a claim that their post-conviction counsel in state court was ineffective in violation of the Constitution.

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Alito's mentions of Ashley Madison and children wearing KKK costumes cap an awkward Supreme Court day

As the Supreme Court gathered for more than two hours on Monday to discuss whether a graphic designer can refuse to do business with same-sex couples, the justices somehow strayed into dueling hypotheticals concerning Black and White Santas and dating websites.

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Suspect in racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket faces federal hate crime charges

Alleged mass shooter Payton S. Gendron faces multiple federal hate crime charges carrying the potential of the death penalty in the killing of 10 Black people last month at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, the US Justice Department said Wednesday.

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Jury selection begins in trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death

As jury selection got slowly underway Monday in the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as he was running in their Georgia neighborhood, potential jurors said they came in with negative feelings about the case and worried about the personal consequences of serving on the jury.

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Buju Banton & Snoop Dogg Live The “High Life” On New Collab

The moment has finally arrived! GRAMMY® winning, multiple Billboard chart-topping artist, and international reggae icon Buju Banton unveils his anticipated new album, Born For Greatness, today via Gargamel Music/ Roc Nation Records / Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE.

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Trump faces another 14th Amendment candidacy challenge, this time in Minnesota

A liberal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Minnesota, the second major lawsuit in two weeks that hopes to invoke the 14th Amendment’s arcane “insurrectionist ban.”

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Once a Safe Haven for Escaped Slaves, Small Arkansas Town Suffers Water Crisis Amidst Heatwave

Presently known as Helena-West-Helena, the city serves as the county seat for Phillips County and is home to a population of slightly over 12,000 people, predominantly African Americans. And typical of Black communities across the country, Helena-West Helena has its share of problems that arise from discrimination.

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Inside Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s friendship and musical partnership

The years-long artistic partnership between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga wasn’t an immediately obvious one.

Congress Is Urged to Send Juneteenth Legislation to President Trump for Signature

A press conference is scheduled for June 17, 2020 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Sterling, 21449 Potomac View Road, Sterling, VA 20165 by the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF) to urge Congress to send President Donald Trump legislation amending SJR 45 2012 , Chapter 1, Part A, Subtitle I, Title 36 of U. S. Code 36, to include Juneteenth as a National Day of Observance.

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She's trying to be the first black woman to visit every country

Some people set records by jumping the highest or running the fastest.

The day I woke up to find my industry had vanished

What if you woke up one day and discovered that your industry had just disappeared? The industry you had spent years learning, loving, building and becoming respected within just ... gone?

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Meeting the Healthcare Needs of the Underserved

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas offers programs such as its Healthy Kids and Healthy Families initiative, which each year provides support to local nonprofit organizations across the Lone Star State.

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Immunotherapy treatments and side effects, targeted therapy advances, new oncology provider training and an international drug discovery resource - MD Anderson Research Highlights Dec. 19, 2022

Insights into immunotherapy treatments and side effects, targeted therapy advances, new oncology provider training and an international drug discovery resource

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recent basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. Current advances include a cell cycle checkpoint inhibitor with potential therapeutic effects in an ovarian cancer subtype, a telementoring program for French-speaking oncology providers in Africa, insights into the relationship between obesity and immunotherapy side effects, updates to the world’s largest cancer drug discovery knowledgebase, improvements to treatment response by blocking the EGFR pathway, and a novel noninvasive diagnostic test for immunotherapy-related kidney injury.

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Warren Buffett Should Answer These 6 Key Questions

Are you ready for the so-called Woodstock of Capitalism? Warren Buffett will address tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at the company's annual meeting in Omaha on Saturday.

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Super Bowl LI: New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons

Two teams. One game. It all comes down to this. On Sunday, February 5, the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons will meet in Super Bowl LI (6:30 PM ET, FOX) at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

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Harris' goal in vice presidential debate: Focus on Trump, not Pence

Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will be the two candidates on the debate stage in Utah on Wednesday night, but the California senator's goal is to make the contest all about the man who isn't there: President Donald Trump.