If you are a fan of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, you are in for a treat. Supermodel and entrepreneur Cynthia Bailey, who made her first appearance on the show in season 3, is typically the one person on the series who tries to keep the peace amongst the women and is …
Read More »Alaska Teacher Caught on Video Victim Blaming George Floyd, Telling Students That Dressing Like a 'Thug' Attracts Cops
Screenshot: Joshua Rose/ YouTube Booooy, when I tell you these white “educators” are going to learn to keep the names of Black victims of police violence out of their mouths. A high school teacher in Alaska has been put on administrative leave over remarks she made during a virtual class …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Why the Graphic-Novel Format Can Be Perfect for Memoirists
The dharma of working out “There are some juicy tensions here, of which [Alison] Bechdel the memoirist is far from unaware. Self-forgetting might be one end of working out; self-improvement, leading to self-glorification, is another.” 📚 The Secret to Superhuman Strength, by Alison Bechdel (WALTER MCBRIDE / WIREIMAGE / GETTY) …
Read More »Wendy Williams Gossips About Erica Mena’s Second Pregnancy
Erica Mena threatened Wendy Williams when the talk show host gabbed about her latest pregnancy and marriage on a May 5 episode of The Wendy Williams Show. On Tuesday, May 4, Erica Mena and husband Safaree Samuels went on social media to announce that they are expecting their second child, …
Read More »Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine to Be Authorized for 12-to-15-year-olds By Early Next Week
According to CNN, an anonymous federal government official said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to authorize Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in children and teens ages 12 to 15 by early next week. In a different report, CNBC said that the two-dose vaccine is already authorized for use …
Read More »#FreeBlackMamas: This Mother’s Day, Let’s Build a System of Deep Care
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) In a just world, Mother’s Day would be a time when every person could freely choose how to express gratitude for the mothers, caregivers and the maternal figures in their lives. I imagine many people would choose to celebrate in different ways, from delicious meals, extra-long embraces …
Read More »‘One Oppressive Economy Begets Another’
Sharon Lavigne was teaching a special-education class when her daughter called to tell her about the Sunshine Project. Named for its proximity to Louisiana’s Sunshine Bridge, the operation, helmed by the Taiwanese behemoth Formosa Plastics, was on track to build one of the world’s largest plastic plants. Already the air …
Read More »DA Claims Saniyya Dennis May Have Committed Suicide
Saniyya Dennis, the Buffalo State student who disappeared last month, may have committed suicide officials said Thursday (May 6), according to CBS News. “At this time, we believe that Saniyya traveled alone from the Buffalo State College campus by NFTA bus to Niagara Falls State Park where the evidence suggests …
Read More »Federal Grand Jury Indicts Four Former Police Officers Involved in George Floyd’s Death
The news is not getting better for the terminated police officers who took part in the death of an unarmed Black Minneapolis man last May. Weeks after being found guilty for killing George Floyd on a Minneapolis street while kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for about 9 minutes, the former …
Read More »This Ain't What Jesus Died For
Floyd Mayweather (L) and Jake Paul pose during a press conference at Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami Gardens, Florida, on May 6, 2021.Photo: EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP (Getty Images) “A wise man told me, ‘Don’t argue with fools’‘Cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who…” I think Jay-Z was …
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