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Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine’s Southern accent. Even though they too grew

People gather to protest arrest of Mayor Baraka of Newark by ICE

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to

New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka arrested by Homeland Security while protesting

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was reportedly arrested on Friday while protesting the opening of Delaney Hall, a new federal immigration detention center, per the Washington Post.  According to Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, Barraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing. “The Mayor of Newark, Ras

Gabrielle Union says surrogacy felt like public humiliation: ‘Like a cuckold’

Gabrielle Union is getting real about surrogacy.  The 52-year-old actress and mother opened up about the complexity of surrogacy while discussing her motherhood journey in a recent profile for Marie Claire magazine’s first-ever motherhood issue. When the “Perfect Find” star was ready to expand her family with her husband, former

Is the Southern accent fixin’ to disappear in parts of the US South?

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine’s Southern accent. Even though they too grew

People gather to protest arrest of Mayor Baraka of Newark by ICE

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to

New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka arrested by Homeland Security while protesting

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was reportedly arrested on Friday while protesting the opening of Delaney Hall, a new federal immigration detention center, per the Washington Post.  According to Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, Barraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing. “The Mayor of Newark, Ras

Gabrielle Union says surrogacy felt like public humiliation: ‘Like a cuckold’

Gabrielle Union is getting real about surrogacy.  The 52-year-old actress and mother opened up about the complexity of surrogacy while discussing her motherhood journey in a recent profile for Marie Claire magazine’s first-ever motherhood issue. When the “Perfect Find” star was ready to expand her family with her husband, former