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This year was, on the whole, extremely bad. However, there were a few good things that happened. Here is an…
Emma Roller
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Senior politics reporter at Splinter.
Fox News blowhole and mixed martial arts enthusiast Sean Hannity tweeted this on Thursday:
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On December 2, Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted in favor of a tax bill that will make American public life…
Before the 2008 economic recession hit, Prince George’s County was one of the wealthiest majority-black counties in…
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While walking home from dinner with friends the other night, I noticed this sign on a new storefront:
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On Monday, First Lady Melania Trump unveiled the White House’s Christmas theme—“Time-Honored Traditions.” And,…
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The U.S. prison system today is not about detaining a small group of dangerous individuals. Over the past 30 years,…