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Screenshot: CBS Evening News If a father knows best, imagine what happens when about 40 dads come together to help curb violence at the high school their kids attend. The result, as CBS News reports, is “Dads on Duty”– a group that formed in the wake of 23 students being …
Read More »How a Show as Cynical as <em>Succession </em>Stays Entertaining
This story contains spoilers for the second episode of Succession Season 3. Before he joined Succession, the actor James Cromwell insisted that his character have some scruples. In a recent interview, Cromwell said that the show’s original scripts portrayed the stone-faced Ewan Roy as holding a personal grudge against his …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Trial Set After Judge Denies Dismissal
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Read More »Viola Davis To Fans ‘I Know Y’all Talk About Me Walking In My Heels,’ And ‘HTGAWM’ Fans Went Up For Annalise Keating’s Walk
Not only is How To Get Away With Murder’s Viola Davis talented, but she also has a sense of humor to boot. In the popular series, her character, Annalise Keating, was a beast in the courtroom. It wasn’t only her legal prowess that the show’s viewers loved– Keating’s walk in …
Read More »A White Illinois High School Student Was Sentenced After He Advertised His Black Classmate as a 'Slave' on Craigslist
Image: Photology1971 (Shutterstock) A white Naperville, Illinois high school student will serve two years probation and 100 hours of community service after posting a Craigslist ad offering up his Black classmate as a “slave for sale” in November 2019. According to the Daily Herald, the student recently pleaded guilty to …
Read More »The Most Poetic Marvel Film Yet
The 10 members of the Eternals are the most powerful protagonists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far. They are neither humans nor gods, but immortal attendants of humanity. And during the 7,000 years they’ve spent living on Earth, they haven’t interfered with civilization’s affairs unless Arishem—a colossal cosmic entity …
Read More »The World-Famous Apollo To Host The 2021 Soul Train Awards
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Read More »Private Memorial Service for Colin Powell, Nation’s First Black Secretary Who Died From COVID-19, Will Be Held at Washington National Cathedral
The private memorial service for Colin Powell will be held at the Washington National Cathedral. Peggy Cifrino, a spokesperson for Powell, shared details in a statement. The homecoming celebration will take place at noon on Friday, November 5. All guests must have a ticket to attend the event. Safety protocols will …
Read More »U.S. Justice Department Announces New Initiative to Tackle Racially Discriminatory Lending Practices
Attorney General Merrick Garland announces plans to combat mortgage lending discrimination, at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP) The U.S. Justice Department announced efforts to better crack down on reports of redlining–an illegal, racist practice that has discriminated against communities of color for …
Read More »Poem in Autumn
May Sarton was a novelist and an avid keeper of journals, but she considered herself a poet above all else. Novels and journals, she said in 1983, are concerned with growth over time, but “the poem is an essence … it captures perhaps a moment of violent change but it …
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