Here are links to some videos that go over the best and the worst of 2017 (because I couldn't possibly remember everything that happened):

2017 in 7 minutes - Vox
"Hail and Farewell" to those who passed - CBS Sunday Morning
Google - Year In Search 2017
Year in Reivew - 10 Stories That Defined 2017 | NBC News
The year in review: 2017 month-by-month ( Read more... )

There's really no easy way to start discussing an issue like this, so I'll just start with the basics. On Saturday, August 9th, a 18-year old unarmed African-American man named Michael Brown was shot by a Ferguson police officer.

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Meet Kenneth Krause, a personal injury lawyer from La Crosse, Wisconsin:


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On Wednesday, Yahoo! News reported about a Georgia woman named Cindy Nerger who was brought to tears by a Kroger grocery store manager because she uses food stamps.
The man's comment came after Nerger and two other store employees disagreed over whether her total purchase was eligible for food stamps - the employees had insisted that roughly $10 of ( Read more... )

Dan Savage is at it again ( Read more... )

It tears me up inside that people are bullied for who they choose to love. It makes me feel even worse that it's hit close to home.


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Mistrial declared in CA gay student killing trial

This is Lawrence "Larry" King:


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