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During her teenage years, Kristee Haggins faced immense pressures stemming from life, education, and systemic racism, which unfortunately led her to a suicide attempt. Alarmingly, data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrati...
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to embark on a tour across 15 cities this fall. On Thursday, August 21, she announced her upcoming promotional journey for her memoir, "107 Days." Scheduled for release on September 23, the book details her...
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Brian Copeland embodies various roles: actor, stand-up comedian, playwright, novelist, and radio host. When asked about his career, he succinctly states, “I’m an entertainer.”Recently inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, Copeland is celebr...
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the Supreme Court’s conservative faction for undermining judicial review to safeguard the actions of the Trump administration. In her fervent dissent regarding the "National Institutes of Health v. American Pu...