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Meet Brandon Dean, a 24-year-old mayor looking to change Brighton, Alabama, for the better

Brandon Dean isn’t your ordinary politician. The 24-year-old made history on Aug. 23 when he became the city of Brighton, Alabama’s newest mayor-elect. Dean defeated five candidates, which included incumbent mayor Barbara E. Watkins. He is the youngest mayor in Brighton’s history, according to the Birmingham Times.

“I knew we needed new leadership at city hall,” Dean said in an interview. “I knew we needed a new mayor, a new council. So I started looking for someone to run.”  It was a friend who made the suggestion to Dean to run for mayor of Brighton. But, he was hesitant at first. 

Expensive in what way? I try to make sure that publishers keep mass market paperbacks of the adult books in print – on Amazon they range from $6.47 to $8.99.  As for the Children’s books, Amazon sells Coraline for $3.94, and you can get Coraline and The Graveyard Book and Fortunately the Milk in a glorious Chris Riddell boxed set for $12.80 (http://bit.ly/ChrisRiddellBox). 

(Using Amazon here as it’s an easy place to check. I assume other online sellers are comparable.)

If you worry that the board books and picture books are too expensive (the cost of colour printing keeps them from being rock bottom) you can order them second hand: Chu’s Day is $6.03 as a board book new, $10.99 as a hardback, but there are used copies around from $4 (including postage).

In other words: representation f*cking matters. Michelle went on to name the one TV show that changed her world view as a child.

well said, Mr. Nye. well said. And to think, this came from a question about ghosts.

Amber Rose has the best response for why women should NEVER feel ashamed of demanding safe sex 

Amber Rose is simply not interested in your slut-shaming. The unapologetic social-media star doesn’t mince words when it comes to a woman’s right to own her sexuality. And you have to hear how passionately she defends the women in the audience.

The Equal Justice Initiative is building a memorial for lynching victims — and it’s about time.

The Equal Justice Initiative announced on Tuesday that it will build the first-ever national memorial to lynching victims in Montgomery, Alabama. Titled “Memorial to Peace and Justice,” the EJI project will sit on six acres of land that used to be a public housing project in Montgomery. 

The structure will include the thousands of lynching victims’ names on concrete columns, which will represent hundreds of U.S. counties where the acts took place. The memorial will also coincide with the opening of a museum.