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It’s On: Radical and Left Feminists Split on the Julian Assange Rape Case

• December 21, 2010 • Comments Off

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The “Nightline” Faceoff: Why Can’t a Successful Black Woman Find a Man, with Sherri Shepherd, Jacquie Reid, Hill Harper, and Jimi Izrael

• April 22, 2010 • 1 Comment

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The New York Times

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The San Jose Mercury News

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American blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh February 27, 2015
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The New Orleans Times-Picayune

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The Guardian, UK

American atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh February 27, 2015
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The BBC

US-Bangladesh writer hacked to death February 27, 2015
A US-Bangladeshi blogger whose campaigning for a secular society in Bangladesh angered Islamists is hacked to death on a street in the capital Dhaka.
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German MPs back Greek loan extension February 27, 2015
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Iraq minorities 'wipeout threat' February 27, 2015
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The Independent, UK

Woman suing herself for negligence over her own driving that caused death of husband February 27, 2015
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Woman suing herself over her own driving that caused death of husband February 27, 2015
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