Startup America Needs to Look More Like America

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Kalimah Priforce wonders: where are the startups of color?

Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Death Row Inmate DNA Testing of Evidence

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According to Andrew Cohen of the Atlantic, “the specters of racial bias, a faulty confession and untested scientific evidence have haunted this case.”

Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents

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How Do We Reverse the Cycle?

Dear Mr. President, Our Nation’s Boys Need Your Attention

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Mark Sherman, a big fan of the President, asks him to call the nation’s attention to the problems facing boys and young men.

How a Rat Kidney Can Save Your Life

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Next time you are in NY, instead of thinking of rats as a sanitation issue, think of it as the animal that could potentially save your life…and maybe your sex drive.

Torture, American Style

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Study concludes that US torture after 9/11 had “no justification” and “damaged the standing of our nation.”

Gang of Eight Set to File ‘Sweeping Immigration Plan’

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The new legislation requires a secure border with Mexico before the other provisions of the bill, including the citizenship proposals, would go into effect.

If They Were Somebody. They Are Somebody.

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Caring deeply for Guantánamo Bay detainees is not un-American.

Two Lives, Changed by Murder, Linked by Forgiveness

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Two men, joined by murder and redemption, who are now working to keep other young men from making the same mistakes.

New Guidelines Propose Change in Science Education

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Changes could be on the way for science classes across the nation with the release of the Next Generation Science Standards.

Wolverine Attacked With Hairy Razor

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Hugh Jackman is representative of the way male celebrities are treated by the media when they’re stalked.

Gun Control Bill Will Also Bring Mental Health Care Improvements

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Unlike background checks or weapons bans, properly treating mental illness can prevent problems before a potential killer tries to buy a gun.

Drink Like a Union Man

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Jesse Kornbluth learns to suck it up like the big boys.

NEWSER: Rutgers Knew All About Coach Rice’s Abusive Tactics

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According to a report published in the New York Times, Rutgers officials “knew about Mike Rice’s bad behavior well before seeing it on video last year.”

NEWSER: 2 More Red-State Democrats ‘Evolve’ on Gay Marriage

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Nate Silver writes, “The remaining senators who have not taken the opportunity yet may have good political reasons for it, and may wait some time before they do.”

NEWSER: Associated Press Drops Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’

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The Associated Press will no longer refer to people living in the US illegally as “illegal immigrants” or “illegals.”