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An Aug. 24, 1955, interaction between shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant, a young white mother of two sons, and Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago, lasted just minutes and involved 2 cents’ worth of bubble gum at the Bryant Grocery & Meat Market in Money, Mississippi.
Here’s a look back at Emmett Till’s death, the trial that followed the boy’s murder and the legacy of the young man’s short life.
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A Minnesota small-business owner was brought to tears Thursday afternoon on CNN, talking about the effect Donald Trump's tariffs have had on her olive oil and vinegar shop.
A Minnesota small-business owner was brought to tears Thursday afternoon on CNN, talking about the effect Donald Trump's tariffs have had on her olive oil and vinegar shop.Sarah Piepenburg, owner of Vinaigrette in Minneapolis, joined "The Lead" with fill-in anchor Phil Mattingly, saying Trump's tari...
Something of a foray away from sport: strange story, with a great bunch of colleagues, about how Trump's son-in-law benefited financially from proximity to the US president.
Superyachts, Saudis and Son-in-Laws.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...
Maybe this was never the place I thought it was. That image is likely just the selective memory or the idealized version as filtered through a younger, more naive, less aware, more optimistic version of myself. Still, the sense of loss is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-america...
The disorientation of a rapidly changing homeland
The crazy thing about Cracker Barrel’s new logo is where are the full, unredacted Epstein files?
Contact Congress today!
You see, Christian Nationalists are not Christians; they’re Nat-Cs. See comments.
When empathy wanes, it’s a failing; something to recognize and correct, however gradually.
They really think they can scam God.
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If you think this seriously question your life choices, because you are a monster
Those Christians claim empathy can manipulate people into accepting what they see as sins, like abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights.
Unbelievable! No wait, yes, yes it is believable. And American citizens need to do something about it. Another trump🤡 knothead.
Local Democrats in Cobb County, Georgia, are enraged over a series of unflattering cartoons about the recently elected district attorney, Sonya Allen, describing it as "Jim Crow propaganda.
Local Democrats in Cobb County, Georgia, are enraged over a series of unflattering cartoons about the recently elected district attorney, Sonya Allen, describing it as "Jim Crow propaganda."The series of cartoons, posted to Facebook by local attorney Megan Webb Grout, accompanied by a lengthy poem m...
STARTING SOON: Trump is trouble on Russia, Epstein, and the totalitarian takeover of DC. Watch the new episode of The Breakdown at 7 PM EST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCRI60oyK4
