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After 50 years of fighting against corruption, racism, homophobia, and bigotry, activist David Mixner continues to shape D.C. politics and educate queer youth on the importance of remaining in the fight. Young people, Mixner says, have always been at the heart of change - from the early civil rights movement to modern day student-led gun reform protests.
South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth on Wednesday with acts of charity in a country still struggling with deep economic inequality 24 years after the end of white minority rule.
In a speech marking the 100th birthday of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President Barack Obama will urge youth around the world to work for human rights and fair societies, highlighting the late South African leader's example of persevering in the struggle for democracy and equal rights for all. The speech on Tuesday, one of Obama's most high-profile since leaving office, is meant to draw attention to values that today are under threat and to rally people in Africa and elsewhere to push for tolerance and justice.
It seems preposterous that after 20 years there's anyone left on the planet who could be taken in by Sacha Baron Cohen One minute he's a square-jawed Israeli military expert who wants to arm three-year-old children; then he's a pony-tailed ultra-liberal progressive who shares his wife with her dolphin lover; then a blond Right-wing blogger on a mobility scooter who claims he got three diseases from Barack Obama 's health care reforms. The conversations these characters engage in on screen are so preposterous that surely someone will smell a rat, but -astonishingly - they don't.
Kate's look of love: Duchess of Cambridge cradles little Louis in intimate portrait as Royal Family release photos from christening Elon Musk calls hero diver a 'pedo' and questions if he was even part of Thai cave rescue in extraordinary rant after the caver dismissed the billionaire's mini-submarine plan to save the boys All hail The King! LeBron James is greeted with standing ovation in LA as he dons Lakers shorts for the first time since $153m mega-move from Cleveland Mystery as IDENTICAL letters appear in 21 newspapers across 12 states slamming Trump's Supreme Court pick - and they're all signed by different people 'Keep playing games and you will be next': Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti threatens to expose James Woods' '#MeToo issues' after a series of Twitter jabs Trump-supporting white CVS manager dubbed 'Coupon Carl' calls police on a black customer because he didn't ... (more)
Back in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama was at a fundraiser in Philadelphia when he referenced "the Chicago Way" as described by Sean Connery's Jim Malone in "The Untouchables." "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun," said Obama, who rose to power from the Chicago political scene.
Terrifyingly narrow 15-inch underwater passage trapped Thai soccer players must squeeze through to safety as elite international divers arrive on scene with half a ton of rescue gear Sickening moment thug walks into a George Webb kitchen and PUNCHES a woman chef in the face before armed co-worker pulls a gun on him and forces him out 'I will not be pursuing the incident further': Former reporter who Justin Trudeau 'groped' at a music festival 18 years ago breaks her silence and insists she is telling the truth North Korea slams 'regrettable' talks with Mike Pompeo and accuses the US of 'gangster-like tactics' to pressure them into denuclearization 'Rogue radio transmission' that played for four minutes over Chicago police channels was actually a portion of HITLER'S speech from 1935 Nazi propaganda film Guatemalan illegal immigrant AVOIDS JAIL and is given just a $280 fine after knocking ... (more)
The 'choke point': Terrifyingly narrow 15-inch passage trapped Thai football players must squeeze through to safety as two more elite international divers arrive on scene with half a ton of rescue gear Former NBA player and UCLA star, 27, 'shot at police and then killed himself during a standoff after cops responded to his mother's 911 call that he was acting erratically' 'I will not be pursuing the incident further': Former reporter who Justin Trudeau 'groped' at a music festival 18 years ago breaks her silence and insists she is telling the truth North Korea slams 'regrettable' talks with Mike Pompeo and accuses the US of 'gangster-like tactics' to pressure them into denuclearization 'They will both be out of business in 7 years!': Trump wants Twitter to remove the New York Times and Washington Post as site cracks down on fake accounts Guatemalan illegal immigrant AVOIDS JAIL and is ... (more)
The 'choke point': Terrifyingly narrow 15-inch passage trapped Thai football players must squeeze through to safety as two more elite international divers arrive on scene with half a ton of rescue gear Former NBA player and UCLA star, 27, 'shot at police and then killed himself during a standoff after cops responded to his mother's 911 call that he was acting erratically' 'I will not be pursuing the incident further': Former reporter who Justin Trudeau 'groped' at a music festival 18 years ago breaks her silence and insists she is telling the truth North Korea slams 'regrettable' talks with Mike Pompeo and accuses the US of 'gangster-like tactics' to pressure them into denuclearization 'They will both be out of business in 7 years!': Trump wants Twitter to remove the New York Times and Washington Post as site cracks down on fake accounts Guatemalan illegal immigrant AVOIDS JAIL and is ... (more)
SAN FRANCISCO California technology analyst Brian Solis was having a conversation with a friend while the two were driving through Texas. His friend was buying a ranch in Texas but was having trouble with the financing because it was considered a "barndominium."
Okay politics has gotten way too serious in the past week with five more primaries and President Trump's summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. Let's lighten up this week and do some fun trivia about presidents and their Father's Day legacies.
After Tuesday night's Democratic primary election in Virginia's 10th Congressional District, candidate Dan Helmer, who sought to be the main challenger to Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., fell flat on his face. Helmer finished fourth in his primary, only bringing in just more than 6,700 votes or 12 percent of the vote.
Trump slams 'low IQ' and 'punch-drunk' De Niro after star's F-bomb attack President Trump on Tuesday slammed Robert De Niro as a "very Low IQ individual" who has "received to many shots to the head," after the actor's profanity-laced tirade during Sunday's politically charged Tony Awards. "Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to many shots to the head by real boxers in movies," Trump wrote.
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"A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him," argued Frederick Douglass in his Autobiography . Touring Cedar Hill, his stately former residence on a bluff in the Anacostia neighborhood of D.C., during his 200th anniversary year allows visitors to see the form and color of this great man's character.
President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction. "I am taking this very righteous step, I believe, to correct a wrong that occurred in our history and to honor a truly legendary boxing champion," Trump said Thursday during an Oval Office ceremony.