Mara Gay

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Mara Gay is a writer from New York. She previously worked for The Atlantic, and her stories have appeared in The Washington Post and The Root.

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US on Track to Have No Racial Majority

posted: 23 hours 34 minutes ago

(June 11) -- Multiracial Americans stand poised to become the country's new racial majority, a long-anticipated turning point that promises to further transform an increasingly diverse country. Accor ...

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Empire Strikes Back: NYC Landmark Disses Mother Teresa

posted: 1 day 1 hour ago

(June 11) -- Disgruntled New Yorkers are vowing to celebrate Mother Teresa with or without the famous lights of the Empire State Building. The owner of the city's tallest landmark has refused to ligh ...

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Haunting Photo of Slave Children Found in NC Attic

posted: 1 day 3 hours ago

(June 11) -- The boys in the photograph are barefoot, dressed in rags and small. And, according to art historians, they are likely slaves. Almost 150 years after slavery ended in the U.S., more proo ...

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More Teen Runaways Blame Bad Economy

posted: 1 day 21 hours ago

(June 10) -- More teens who run away from home say the poor economy was the main reason they left, according to a study by a national help hot line. From 2001 to 2009, the percentage of runaways who ...

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Video: Border Agent Who Shot Teen Wasn't Surrounded

posted: 1 day 23 hours ago

(June 10) -- A video of the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Mexican teenager by a U.S. border agent seems to undercut the FBI's contention that the agent acted in self-defense. The images were captur ...

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NJ Terror Suspect Had Violent Past, School Says

posted: 3 days ago

(June 9) -- Mohamed Mahmood Alessa exhibited what his high school called "radicalized behavior" long before he was arrested over the weekend on terrorism charges along with another New Jersey man. As ...

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Fla. Minor League Team Just Says No to 'BP'

posted: 3 days 2 hours ago

(June 9) -- A minor league baseball team in Florida has banned "BP" -- batting practice -- because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Instead, Florida's Brevard County Manatees now holds "hitting rehea ...

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Palin to Obama: 'Give Me a Call' for Oil Spill Advice

posted: 3 days 3 hours ago

(June 9) -- Sarah Palin is concerned by President Barack Obama's admission that he hasn't spoken directly with BP CEO Tony Hayward, and she's offered to give him some lessons on how to stick it to bi ...

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Israel Apologizes for Music Video Mocking Gaza Flotilla

posted: 3 days 20 hours ago

(June 8) -- The Israeli government has apologized for circulating a satirical video that uses Michael Jackson's hit single "We Are the World" to mock activists from the Gaza flotilla. "There's no peo ...

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NASA Wants to Send Your Face Into Space

posted: 4 days 1 hour ago

(June 8) -- NASA is offering to send your face into orbit. The space agency's last two shuttle missions will carry the head shot of anyone who uploads one and will post the photos during the mission ...

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