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Reagan Economist: Minimum Wage Is the ‘Black Teenage Unemployment Act’
An economist influential in the Reagan administration called the $7.25-an-hour federal minimum wage the “black teenage unemployment act” and claimed it “makes absolutely no sense whatever,” the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Arthur Laffer, who is known as the father of “trickle down economics”—the theory that tax breaks for big businesses stimulate the poorer economy—denounced the current…
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NJ Gov. Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal
A scandal broke yesterday linking a senior member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s staff to traffic congestion on a major bridge in September as a means of political retribution, Politico reports. The governor, a likely presidential candidate in 2016, denied and even mocked reporters months ago when questioned as to whether his staff played…
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New Study Finds That Racism Makes Black Men Old
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has shown that racism may accelerate aging in African-American men. Researchers at the University of Maryland found signs of accelerated aging in African-American men who reported high levels of racial discrimination and who had internalized anti-black attitudes, UMD Right Now reports. While it has been…
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Principal Fired for Standing Up for Free-Lunch Kids
A former principal at a Colorado charter elementary school claims that she was fired after she tried to stop a school policy that she believed embarrassed kids who received free lunch, Rawstory reports. Noelle Roni, former principal at Peak to Peak Charter School, revealed in an interview published by the Daily Camera on Monday that…
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Michelle Obama’s 50th Invite: Eat Before You Get Here
Michelle Obama has made healthful eating a priority on her agenda as first lady, but guests attending her upcoming 50th birthday bash better eat before they get there. That’s right, Michelle Obama included the old refrain used in many an African-American household, informing VIP guests lucky enough to receive a save-the-date email “to eat…
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Motion Filed to Revoke Marissa Alexander’s Bond
Florida State Attorney Angela Corey has filed a motion to revoke the bond of Marissa Alexander, claiming that she has violated her parole, Florida Coast News reports. The Alexander case became national news after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing what she argued was a warning shot at her abusive husband.…
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White Man Who Slapped Black Baby Sentenced
The 60-year-old man who pleaded guilty to slapping a crying toddler on a plane has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison, two months longer than prosecutors recommended, the Associated Press reports via USA Today. Joe Rickey Hundley pleaded guilty in October after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors, and was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say…
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Gabrielle Union Would Have Been Olivia Pope. Instead She’s Being Mary Jane
Gabrielle Union might as well be a unicorn or a leprechaun or some other mythical creature. She is stunning and petite and warm and kind—all things that actresses of her stature and beauty aren’t supposed to be. And get this: She likes bacon. Not all things bacon, but a quiche-looking thing that sits in rows…
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Evander Holyfield: Being Gay Ain't Normal
Boxer Evander Holyfield may regret his comments once he leaves the Big Brother house after claiming that being gay is no different than being handicapped…because a doctor can fix both, TMZ reports. The retired boxer is a housemate on the UK show, Celebrity Big Brother after being asked by houseguest Luisa Zissman if there were…
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Bill de Blasio Opens Gracie Mansion to the Public
It may have taken the De Blasio family a while to decide whether or not they were going to move to Gracie Mansion but it didn’t take long for them to open the doors up to the public, The New York Times reports. On Sunday, newly christened mayor, Bill De Blasio opened his new digs…
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