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Despite the unemployment rate being at an eight-year low (4.9 percent as of January 2016), the number of people on food stamps remains near an all-time high which was 47,636,000 in 2013.
Why the disparity in the numbers? Well, the unemployment rate does not take into account people who are not in, or have dropped out of, the workforce altogether.
The…
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Migrants set fire to tents and threw stones at police as the police attempted to evict them from the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, France.
The riot squad had to be called in. The riot squad used tear gas and a water cannon to hold the migrants back from attacking them and setting more fires.
This was not a heartless eviction.
The camp where the migrants were living was…
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The Swedish Liberal People’s Party youth coalition is currently arguing for incest and necrophilia to be legalized, according to the Independent.
The party’s youth wing (LUF), based in Stockholm, voted on the morally corrupt motion this past Sunday.
The proposed law calls for the repeal of multiple pieces of legislation in order to allow consensual sex between siblings…
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On Wednesday, three police officers attempting to serve an eviction notice in Bailey, Colorado were shot. One of the officers was killed while the other two were wounded.
The shooter, 58-year-old Occupy Denver activist Martin Wirth, shot at the eight officers that showed up to serve Wirth a “high-risk” eviction notice.
The eviction was “high-risk” because Wirth had been…
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Update (YAF Statement 6:28 PM 2/25): "Right now, YAF students and staff are essentially being held hostage in the lecture hall where Ben Shapiro just spoke at CSULA by protesters who are blocking the exits. Police have told us they can no longer guarantee anyone's safety."
Original Story: Thursday afternoon speaker/columnist/editor Ben Shapiro spoke to a growing…
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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressed a crowd of thousands this past Sunday inside the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich.
In his speech Farrakhan stated, “I don’t answer to no cracker.”
Every year, Farrakhan makes a speech in Detroit to commemorate the birthday of Nation of Islam founder, Wallace Fard Muhammad, who was born on Feb. 26,…
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“'Black lives matter' is not a strong enough statement for me.”
That's what Black Lives Matter (BLM) Seattle co-founder Melissa Jenae Johnson said as she sat down with Fox News’ John Roberts in a recent interview.
Johnson said that white people “have to be willing to give up the things that you currently benefit from.”
Johnson, the child of an interracial couple who…
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In a heartwarming story coming out of Lake Worth, Fla., a cheerleader at Park Vista High School recently asked a boy with autism to the prom.
Senior Mikal Bartosik, 18, surprised Jonathon, whose last name was unavailable, with a Mrs. Fields’ cookie cake that read, “Will you go to prom with me?”
In reponse, Jonathon jumped up and ran around the classroom in …
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Tuesday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen made one very special young man’s dream come true as part of her #BeKindToOneAnother campaign.
Sam Forbes, a 17-year-old young man with autism, has been seen in videos dancing while working at Starbucks. All Sam wanted to do was work at Starbucks before his boss, Chris Ali, made his dream come true.
Ali first met Forbes at…
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In a tale of ultimate irony, new guidelines for the popular game show Jeopardy! state that Canadians can no longer be contestants.
The news the contestants can no longer be from “the Great White North” must come as somewhat of a shock to the host of the show, Alex Trebek.
After all, Trebek is from Canada!
Jeopardy! spokesperson Alison Shapiro told the Toronto…
