Tag: General News
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‘A little town that time forgot’
When I left my hometown of Oakland, California to attend Chico State College, the calendar read January 1975. Soon after arrival everything about this college… Read More
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Menthol Killed A Generation Of Black Smokers. It’s Still Not Banned
Studies show Big Tobacco sold Black smokers on menthol, an additive that makes it easy to start smoking but harder to quit. Credit: Getty by Joseph… Read More
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Biden campaign tests Trump’s name-calling strategy with ‘Broke Don’
President Biden’s reelection campaign has dubbed former President Trump “Broke Don,” taking a strategy out of Trump’s playbook that his political rivals know all too… Read More
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US to Ban LGBT Flags From Embassies
Temporary measure included in a massive government funding bill American embassies around the world will not be able to fly the rainbow, Progress or Black… Read More
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I Want To Marry Tall Girl, Says 29-Year-Old Height Challenged Man
Popoola Babatunde is 29 years old but stands at 3.5 feet! When standing beside anyone of average height, his head will barely reach below the… Read More
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Fact Check: What is ‘sex’? What is ‘gender’? How these terms changed and why states now want to define them
After decades of creating laws that assumed “sex” and “gender” were synonymous, lawmakers across the country are taking another look at how states define those… Read More
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‘Yellowjackets’ and ‘Girlfight’ filmmaker Karyn Kusama’s advice to young directors? Get more sleep – Paradise Post
Let’s say you’re a Chicago-based director, or working on it. Any age. Maybe you’re in film school, eager for a glimpse of your future, and… Read More
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Lincoln President Cleared Of ‘Claims Of Bullying’ After Administrator’s Suicide
Lincoln’s Board of Curators commissioned the third-party review in January, after its vice president for student affairs died by suicide. Antoinette Candia-Bailey emailed a scathing… Read More
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Senate sends $1.2T spending bill to Biden’s desk in late night vote
The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a sprawling $1.2 trillion package to fund large swaths of the government, capping off a dramatic… Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Quiet War on Precious Metals
The BLM does allow the public and businesses to use some of its land. That’s the law. The BLM is supposed to accommodate energy production,… Read More