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    Mar 27

    Whoever said youth is wasted on the young, clearly didn’t know the 25 brilliant young people who make up this year’s list! These 25 change-makers excel in various fields & are ready to attack the world with force!

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  2. 4 minutes ago

    The National Bail Out collective announced that their third annual campaign freed 100 black mothers:

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  3. 6 minutes ago

    Bombshell testimony in departmental trial of New York cop in Eric Garner death:

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  4. 34 minutes ago

    Tiffany Haddish is out here securing ALL of the bags and has been confirmed as the host of Kids Say the Darndest Things:

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    1 hour ago

    No surprise here...just another racial profiling case with indignant officers harassing a Black man

    4:56
    In what appears to be a case of racial profiling, Texas police said they had a warrant for this man's arrest. When police showed him the photo, he said it wasn't him.
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  6. 49 minutes ago

    A high school student posted a video threatening to lynch his fellow classmates if they entered the locker room:

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  7. 1 hour ago

    36-year-old Brandy Murrah has been arrested for allegedly altering paternity tests and drug test screenings:

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  8. 1 hour ago

    In what appears to be a case of racial profiling, Texas police said they had a warrant for this man's arrest. When police showed him the photo, he said it wasn't him.

    Did Police Racially Profile This Man At Home?
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  9. 1 hour ago

    Tiger Woods hit with lawsuit in death of drunken driver:

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  10. 2 hours ago

    started to trend when South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham advised Donald Trump’s son not to comply with a congressional subpoena:

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  11. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Shero!

    Philando Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, gifted Cooper High School in New Hope, Minn., $8,000 to clear the school’s unpaid lunch bills:
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  12. 2 hours ago

    Jay-Z, Serena Williams, Jaden Smith and Trevor Noah are among an impressive lineup of celebrities who’ve decided to make a change in America's diet and donate to Impossible Foods:

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  13. 3 hours ago

    Only Jesus knows how an Alabama woman, who has been in jail for 17 months, ended up pregnant when she does not recall having sex:

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  14. 3 hours ago

    A group of strangers secured the bag so that a single mother could pursue an internship at NASA:

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  15. 4 hours ago

    In 2014, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s body was tragically riddled w/ 16 bullets in 14 seconds by police officer Jason Van Dyke. His name will not be forgotten and Showtime has released the trailer for 16 Shots, chronicling the cover-up of this case:

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  16. 4 hours ago

    3 Kingdoms of Creamy Complexions: Juvia’s Place to Debut Their 1st Foundation Line on May 20:

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  17. 6 hours ago

    It appears that Donald Trump wanted to implement a secret plan to arrest thousands of immigrant parents and children:

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  18. 6 hours ago

    2019 Webby Awards: Issa Rae, Desus & Mero Celebrate Going From Online to Opulence:

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  19. 6 hours ago

    Do they care for you? Who do you have to be to get reciprocity? In their new film , and get personal and share the keys to falling in love:

    Yara Shahidi Shares What She's Looking For In The Perfect Partner
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  20. 7 hours ago

    Investigators have confirmed that a fire set a New Haven mosque was intentionally done:

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  21. 8 hours ago

    Blasphemy comes in many forms and today it shows itself as a double-decker collard green melt from a restaurant in Alabama:

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