Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 9, 2019

  Pete Buttigieg draws criticism for saying gay marriage brought him closer to God

  Pete Buttigieg has drawn criticism for declaring that his same sex-marriage brought him “closer to God” and telling conservative Christians to “quarrel” with God if they have a problem with his homosexuality.

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  Apr 9, 2019

  Radical ‘doesn’t mean crazy,' says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in defending Green New Deal

  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told civil rights activists at the National Action Network convention that radical “doesn’t mean crazy, it means…addressing the rot” as she preached the philosophy behind her radical Green New Deal as the antidote to injustice Friday.

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  Apr 8, 2019

  Ted Cruz threatens Yale Law School with lawsuit over blacklisting of Christian groups

  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wants to know if Yale Law School is illegally discriminating against Christians.

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  Apr 8, 2019

  3 historic black churches burned down, FBI investigates; members share pain, unite in worship

  Days after a "suspicious" fire destroyed the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Mary Thomas Espree was one of about 80 displaced members who attended a service Sunday morning at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Opelousas, Louisiana.

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  Apr 7, 2019

  Howard University president says ‘safe space’ activism can be counterproductive

  President of Howard University Dr. Wayne Frederick suggested Friday that creating safe spaces at historically black colleges and universities can be counterproductive if it means disengaging from partners who can advance their cause.

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  Apr 6, 2019

  Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke tells voters systemic racism is killing black mothers and babies

  Former Texas representative and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke told black voters, Wednesday that systemic racism is partly responsible for black mothers and their infants dying at a higher rate than their white counterparts.

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  Apr 4, 2019

  At Al Sharpton’s NAN convention, 2020 Democrat candidates support reparations for African Americans

  Democrat presidential candidates Andrew Yang, Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro voiced strong support for reparations for the descendants of slaves to a packed gathering of civil rights activists and African-American voters on Wednesday.

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  Apr 2, 2019

  World’s most expensive painting, a $450M image of Jesus by Da Vinci is missing

  The world’s most expensive painting, a centuries old image of Jesus known as the “Salvator Mundi” attributed to legendary Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci, has disappeared in Abu Dhabi.

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  Apr 2, 2019

  Group behind 'hate map' is 'morally bankrupt': Christian conservatives call out corruption, hypocrisy

  Conservative groups that have suffered due to being tagged on the controversial “hate map” of the Southern Poverty Law Center say the organization has no moral authority to label others as it grapples with racial discrimination and sexual harassment allegations of its own.

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  Apr 2, 2019

  Pastor’s daughter dies after surviving house fire that killed parents, sibling

  Darryn Keahey, 17, died Monday, a month after her father — a Texas pastor — mother and sister died in a suspicious house fire.