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Stacey Abrams speaks onstage during the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala on December 09, 2021, in New York City. Photo: Monica Schipper (Getty Images) To say that Georgia’s role in shaping the 2020 election and the overall makeup of Congress itself would be an …
Read More »The Lonely Life of a Long-Haul Truck Driver
My dad has been a long-haul truck driver since 1989, after he left Communist Poland in search of a better life in the United States. He’s spent thousands of days on the road. Growing up, I didn’t see much of my dad. He was home one week and then gone …
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Read More »White Former Formula One Exec Takes Issue With Black, Accomplished NASCAR Race Driver Getting Knighted By Prince Charles
British NASCAR race driver Lewis Hamilton has now become Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton after being knighted last Wednesday. The seven-time Formula One world champion met with the royal family at Windsor Castle where he was knighted by Prince Charles, ESPN reports. Hamilton is the fourth F1 driver to receive …
Read More »Oklahoma city councilman makes racist comment in meeting on racist policing
A Ken named Kelly from a town called Norman is in hot water for making racist remarks while on city council. Kelly Lynn–because this story can’t have enough first names–is an elected official in Norman, Okla., a city about two hours southwest of Tulsa most famous for housing the University …
Read More »Black Trans ‘Hamilton’ Actor Files Discrimination Complaint
Suni Reid, a Black trans actor who was a cast member in Hamilton’s touring show, is filing a federal complaint against the production alleging they lost her role after requesting a gender-neutral dressing room. Reid, who is nonbinary and goes by pronouns they/them, filed a complaint on Wednesday (October 13) …
Read More »Trump Sues New York's Black Woman Attorney General
In this Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, file photo, New York Attorney Letitia James smiles during an inauguration ceremony in New York. Newly inaugurated state attorneys general, like James, said they plan to continue investigations of clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic church as victims reach out to state hotlines and …
Read More »‘Shameless’ Actor’ Ricarlo Flanagan Dies Of COVID
Ricarlo Flanagan, who appeared in Shameless and Last Comic Standing, has died at 40 years old. Flanagan’s agent Stu Golfman of KMR Talent told Variety that he died of COVID, “Sadly this pandemic has taken the life of an extremely talented performer and even nicer human being. Ricarlo will be …
Read More »Journalist Yamiche Alcindor, Who Famously Clashed With Trump, Joins NBC News as Washington Correspondent
Black female journalist Yamiche Alcindor, who famously clashed with former President Donald Trump during a White House presser, will join NBC News’ Washington team. According to Variety, Ken Strickland, NBC News senior vice president and Washington bureau chief announced Alcindor’s hire in a memo to staff and said she will …
Read More »Closing Arguments Given in Kim Potter Trial, Jury Begins Deliberations
A woman holds a sign reading “Convict Killer Potter” before the start of a march outside the Hennepin County Government Center on November 30, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – Jury selection begins today in the trial of Kim Potter, a Brooklyn Center police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting …
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