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I fell in love with conservatism in my 20s. As a politics and crime reporter in Chicago, I often found myself around public-housing projects like Cabrini-Green and the Robert Taylor Homes, which had been built with the best of intentions but had become nightmares. The urban planners who designed those …
Read More »Raven-Symoné Says She ‘Got Catfished’ To Join ‘The View
There’s a new podcast that takes us behind the scenes from past and present moments from ABC’s daily talk show, The View. In the most recent episode of The View: Behind the Table (October 12), co-host Sara Haines sits down with former co-hosts Raven-Symoné, Candace Cameron Bure who were both …
Read More »Body of Missing Florida Woman Found, White Boyfriend Charged With Her Murder
The body of a 34-year-old woman who went missing after a night out with friends has been found and her boyfriend was charged with the murder. Kathleen Moore’s body was located in the woods of New Port Richey on Tuesday one day after police arrested her boyfriend in connection with …
Read More »NFL Reveals Its 2021 Man of the Year Award Nominees
Photo: Tom Pennington (Getty Images) On Tuesday, the NFL revealed its nominees for its most prestigious honor: The 2021 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Since the award’s inception in 1970, each season, one player from each team is nominated for their “excellence on the field, and whose passion …
Read More »The Kleptocrats Next Door
Illustration by Javier Jaén In 2010, things started going wrong at the steel plant in Warren, Ohio, a Rust Belt town that went on to cast its votes twice for Donald Trump. A cooling panel started leaking, and the furnace operator didn’t see the leak in time; the water hit …
Read More »Man Charged With Murdering Two Mothers In Separate Incidents
St. Petersburg police on Wednesday (Oct. 13) charged a man, who was already behind bars in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman, with the murder of a second woman. Ken Knight, a spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department, said investigators don’t believe the shootings were related and …
Read More »Spotify’s Frequency Platform To Support Black Creatives Through First-Ever Song Shop Program
The popular music streaming platform Spotify is kicking off its new Frequency platform after launching the program earlier this year. Spotify’s Frequency is global initiative that celebrates the Black community and creatives. The new content hub was created as a platform to amplify established and emerging Black artists and foster …
Read More »Privilege Has Big Impact On College Admissions, Study Says
Photo: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock) Conservatives have argued that there’s no need for programs that sought to increase diversity on the most selective college campuses, but new data underscores that that’s far from reality. A new survey shows that—wait for it—white students have an advantage over Black students in getting much needed …
Read More »He Voted to Impeach. Can He Survive in the GOP?
Late at night on the second Tuesday of January, Peter Meijer, a 33-year-old freshman congressman from West Michigan, paced the half-unpacked rooms of his new rental apartment in Washington, D.C., dreading the decision he would soon have to make. From our January/February 2022 issue Check out the full table of …
Read More »Washington Football Team To Retire Sean Taylor’s Number
On Nov. 27, 2007, NFL player Sean Taylor was shot and killed in a botched burglary at his Miami, Florida home. He was only 24 years old. The Washington Football Team is now honoring him by retiring his number. According to ESPN, Taylor’s No. 21 jersey will be retired, which …
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