"Fredrick [Laney, Michael’s cousin] said he didn’t think police needed to...
“Fredrick [Laney, Michael’s cousin] said he didn’t think police needed to shoot him. “They had him. They had him to where they could put handcuffs on him because he said, ‘OK, you’re going to break my...
View ArticleCMPD officer shoots, kills west Charlotte man during scuffle
CMPD officer shoots, kills west Charlotte man during scuffle: Meanwhile, a man who identified himself as Michael Laney’s cousin said he was standing in the doorway just feet away when the shot was...
View ArticleSurvey of News Articles Detailing the Shooting of Michael Laney
untoldhistory: Charlotte Observer Headline: “Man Dies in CMPD shooting. The suspect in armed robbery scuffled with police, who say he was pulling a gun.” Michael Deangelo Laney, 28, was shot in the...
View ArticleI found two articles that I think are referencing the police shooting...
lemuffinmistress: Dion’s Tumblr Post: Full update: A young(?) black man was murdered by police in my neighborhood tonight. … I was approached by two or three detectives who asked if I lived in the...
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vastderp: Sarah Robles is the strongest woman in America. She’s...
vastderp: Sarah Robles is the strongest woman in America. She’s beaten every other competitor, male and female, to become the highest-ranked lifter in the USA. She’s an Olympian at 23. She could lift...
View ArticleLouisiana Republicans now realizing that funneling state funds into religious...
Louisiana Republicans now realizing that funneling state funds into religious schools means they have to give money to Muslims, too.: “I actually support [public] funding for teaching the fundamentals...
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readnfight: So what I’m seeing in all these conversations about...
readnfight: So what I’m seeing in all these conversations about this photo, bottom line, is that black people, and especially black women, are studying, we’re studying history together and without...
View Article"Misandry doesn't exist!" said the angry 12 year old female blogger.
dreamrabbit: electronicsatellite: So Tumblr, normally I can take insults pretty well but a recent happening (of about an hour ago) has really made my blood boil. So I’m walking in town by myself, and a...
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siddharthasmama:femmeantillaise:mylesbiansensesaretingling:l-angs...
siddharthasmama:femmeantillaise:mylesbiansensesaretingling:l-angston: OH MY GOD I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THESE WHAT ARE THESE WHY WERE THEY NOT A PART OF MY CHILDHOOD aw, robinita hood. love that the voice...
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"Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday he will not implement ‘Obamacare’...
“Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday he will not implement ‘Obamacare’ provisions such as the Medicaid expansion and the insurance exchanges. The decision could mean that Texas ultimately loses an...
View Article"We’ve got some of the finest health care in the world,” he said. “So the...
““We’ve got some of the finest health care in the world,” he said. “So the idea that this federal government, which doesn’t like Texas to begin with, to pick and choose and come up with some data and...
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Utah Magazine Celebrates Its (White) ‘Women of...
Utah Magazine Celebrates Its (White) ‘Women of Color’: ”I definitely don’t think we’re ethnically diverse. But we did have an article in this issue about the first African American Miss Utah Teen USA.”...
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Let them eat cake.
When Rick Perry says, after hearing his state leads the nation in the number of people who are uninsured, “We’ve got some of the finest health care in the world,” am I the only one who thinks of:
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Please stop scrolling and read this
Please stop scrolling and read this : ellyebayy: Please stop scrolling and read this I’m sure you all know who Adalia Rose is. You’ve most likely seen her facebook page. (If not, click this. ) She is...
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kileyrae:think-progress: President Obama stopped shaking hands...
kileyrae:think-progress: President Obama stopped shaking hands for a moment today so that he could embrace a sobbing woman whose uninsured sister recently died of colon cancer. And the Republican...
View Article"To me it was not just literature but real life, the life I lived in...
“To me it was not just literature but real life, the life I lived in Czechoslovakia from my birth in 1932 until 1968. The Communist Party was my Nurse Ratched, telling me what I could and could not do;...
View Article"Eventually, biological markers, now in the beginning stages of development,...
“Eventually, biological markers, now in the beginning stages of development, will help in separating autism-spectrum disorders from social disabilities. For example, researchers at the University of...
View ArticleJust saw pics of a fake wedding photo shoot with 2 white people which...
…dreadlocks, henna, AND “Moroccan” styling. Impressive cultural appropriation!
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equalitopia: Pro-gay artist redesigns Chick-fil-A’s logo Reddit...
equalitopia: Pro-gay artist redesigns Chick-fil-A’s logo Reddit user CorkyStClaire redesigned the Chick-fil-A logo after the recent media buzz about Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay stance. “I couldn’t resist...
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