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| Swift, Azalea up for top Grammys | | The Grammys are taking their time releasing nominations Friday, but Taylor Swift can already celebrate a nod for one of the big categories: record of the year. |
| Sit-ins, die-ins, blockades spread | | Among those stuck in traffic caused by protests was the mom of Eric Garner, the man who died after a police chokehold. "I was so thrilled," she told CNN. |
| Why Charles Barkley is clueless | | There is nothing wrong with professional athletes expressing their opinions about social or political issues. Just because you slip on a helmet or swing a racquet doesn't mean you don't have the right to voice an opinion on politics, the economy, faith or any other issue in America. |
| Bush: Decision 'hard to understand' | | Former President George W. Bush says a New York grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who choked and killed Eric Garner was "hard to understand." |
| Outrage of 'virginity tests' | | Like thousands of other female applicants to Indonesia's National Police, 24-year-old Sari (not her real name) submitted to the mandatory "virginity test" that the authorities require women -- but not men -- to take as part of the application process. |
| And the most unequal city is ...? | | Last year, after CNN readers voted for me to do a story on income inequality, I spent two weeks reporting from what was then the "most unequal place in America": East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It's a tiny patch of land on the western bank of the Mississippi River -- home to a beautiful oxbow lake called Lake Providence. That lake, I found, is a stark barrier between rich and poor -- and a fitting microcosm for inequality across the nation. |
| Should boss email you after work? | | As a frequent traveler to Germany, I can't help but compare it to the United States. At first, I admired its new architecture. Then I became fascinated with how many different recycling bins line the streets. Lately, I've been marveling at the country's work-life balance. |
| How to build cops who don't kill | | The grand jury decisions not to indict officers in the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the killing of Eric Garner on Staten Island have been made. Unsurprisingly, some people agree with them and others do not. |
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