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When I left school at 16, in March 1979, my first job interview was for an admin position at a garage in Chelmsford. I was extremely nervous as I walked into a yard of men in greasy overalls, and as I was being interviewed I blushed as my eyes skipped around the office to the…
Marie Gilot to Head New Professional Development Program at CUNY J By Amy Dunkin | Last updated on Monday, July 13th, 2015 at 4:00 pm The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism has tapped Marie Gilot to lead a new educational initiative aimed at teaching working journalists the skills they need in a rapidly evolving profession….
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walkerâs upcoming announcement to run for President of the United States: Scott Walker is a national disgrace. Contact: Josh Goldstein (202) 637-5018 AFL-CIO Statement on Scott Walker Announcement.
article start Curtis James Jackson III, the rapper better known as 50 Cent, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. In court papers filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Jackson reported assets and debts each in the range of $10 million to $50 million. The attorney listed on the bankruptcy petition…
Edwina Hart is expected to answer questions in more down-to-earth languages on Wednesday Klingon was the chosen language for the Welsh government in its response to queries about UFO sightings at Cardiff Airport. While English and Welsh are the usual forms of communications in the Senedd, it opted for the native tongue of the enemies…
Black Lives Matter dropped its original claim that Tania was unarmed when she was shot Black Lives Matter backed off its claim that cops were lying about 18-year-old Tania Harris having a knife when she was shot last Thursday night, but her family and their supporters are still outraged. They argue even though she did…
It’s the ongoing dream of every journalist to break the next big news story, be it another Watergate Scandal, O.J. Simpson trial, or Donald Trump announcing his Presidential candidacy via a torrent of dry rectal wheezes. In fact, breaking an important story is such an all-encompassing dream that some reporters won’t even think twice about…
Rihanna created a big-budget video for her single BBHMM and Taylor Swift enlisted what must be half of Hollywood for her Bad Love spectacular. The singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot, however, has a far more poignant approach to the music video. The one for her song The Road, shot in France over recent weeks, uses footage from…
Lesbian, teen, stepmom, MILF, squirt. Lesbian, teen, stepmom, MILF, squirt. These aren’t just the perfect list of words for meditative chanting, but rather the top porn search terms typed stickily in by millennials, according to Pornhub. Viewed beside the next top five terms—mom, step sister, Japanese, threesome, massage—and it appears that being chill and progressive…
Baltimore, MD — Just minutes after the police state curfew went into effect in Baltimore Saturday night, the brutality began. However, the actual coverage of that brutality varies depending on who is telling this story. The first video of the arrest is put out by CNN. It begins with a semi-conscious man laying on the ground…