From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice. Demonstrators in Greenville, Miss., in 1964 after the ...

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Apparently, even Adam Sandler, a man who has built an entire comedy empire on his juvenile humor, can still be surprised by crudeness, it seems. In a video that’s now making the rounds online, George ...

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