Macon County officials covered the base of a Confederate statue, Friday, June 12, 2020, in Tuskegee, Ala., after it was vandalized with spray-painted obscenities. The Alabama county is seeking to remove the statue that sits in a town square.Photo: Kim Chandler (AP) A recently-filed lawsuit could result in the removal …
Read More »An Ode to Squirrels
What animal lives closer to us than you do? Tim Lahan Why are you squawking at me, little messenger? Why are you up in that tree, clenched, flicking your tail in a fury and showering me with imprecations? What have I done to upset you? From our October 2021 issue …
Read More »Allison Payne, Former WGN-TV Anchor, Dead At 57
Former WGN-TV anchor Allison Payne has reportedly passed away. She was 57. A 21-year veteran of the Chicago news station, Payne died in her home on September 1, according to a WGN press release. Beginning her Chicago anchoring career at just 25 years old, Payne covered a wide range of …
Read More »From Receptionist to Actress: How Taraji P. Henson Built a $25 Million Net Worth
Actress Taraji P. Henson is making money moves, and showing Black women what’s possible on and off the screen. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the actress has racked up a $25 million net worth. Henson has appeared in a range of TV series and movies since debuting on the big …
Read More »Twitch Sues 2 Users for Repeatedly Flooding Chats with Racist, Homophobic Language
This Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, file photo shows the logo of live streaming video platform Twitch at the Paris games week in Paris.Photo: Christophe Enamor (AP) Twitch has filed a legal complaint against two users for flooding the chats of Black, queer and disabled streamers with racist, sexist and homophobic …
Read More »The Prophet of Nothingness
In Joy Williams’s 1988 novel, Breaking and Entering, a drifter named Willie finds himself, inexplicably and as if against his will, saving people. A young man is struck by lightning and Willie gives him CPR. An elderly couple drives off a boat ramp and Willie pulls the door open. Willie …
Read More »Pop Smoke’s Gravesite Badly Vandalized
Pop Smoke’s gravesite was reportedly destroyed this weekend after vandals smashed the face of his mausoleum and attempted to drag out part of the inside. TMZ reports that an eyewitness provided them with photos of what looks like the Canarsie rapper’s crypt defaced at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. He …
Read More »Saint West Reportedly Broke His Arm ‘In A Few Places’
Saint West, the son of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, reportedly broke his arm recently and mom says she is “not OK.’ The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum recently took to her social media to reveal the family news. Via her Instagram Story, she shared a number of posts …
Read More »Save Over $100 On A 1-Year Subscription To The ‘Coinbase Of Decentralized Storage’
These days, it’s no longer a matter of where you will store your data, but how big your storage will be. With the way we collect data every day—from emails and work documents to news articles and images—you’ll run out of storage sooner than you’d hope. You always have the …
Read More »Tameka Foster Shares How She Coped With Her Son’s Death
Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster is opening up about their marriage in a new memoir called Here I Stand… in a Beautiful State, which she spoke about on Wednesday via Tamron Hall. Foster also spoke about how she coped with the tragic loss of her son Kile Glover, who died from …
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