Oakland police officers line the street as demonstrators confront the officers during a protest against police brutality in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, April 16, 2021. Photo: Ethan Swope (AP) Nine Oakland police officers have been disciplined following an independent investigation into some racist and sexist posts shared on social media. …
Read More »The State of Texas v. Jesus Christ
Charles Ommanney / Getty Devotees to the cause of religious liberty may be startled to discover during the Supreme Court’s upcoming term that the latest legal-theological dispute finds the state of Texas locked in conflict with traditional Christian practice, where rites for the sick, condemned, and dying disrupt the preferences …
Read More »Vanessa Bryant To Be Honored At Baby2Baby Gala
In November, Vanessa Bryant will be honored at the Baby2Baby Gala. According to PEOPLE, will be the recipient of Baby2Baby’s Giving Tree Award at the 10-year gala presented by Paul Mitchell. The award celebrates a mom in the public eye who advocates on behalf of the children the non-profit serves. …
Read More »August Alsina Posts Cryptic Instagram Message That Has Fans Thinking He’s Dying
We haven’t heard much from or about recording artist August Alsina since he spoke about an affair he had with actress Jada Pinkett Smith back in the summer of 2020. Outside of Smith introducing us to the term “entanglement,” about a relationship she had with Alsina, he has pretty much …
Read More »‘Large Nostrils’: Methodist University Suspends Sorority After Racist Presentation
Photo: Paul.J.West (Shutterstock) On Tuesday, Methodist University announced the suspension of one of their sororities after social media outrage over a racist presentation made by a member featuring Black student football players. According to the Fayetteville Observer, the Facebook post shows a screenshot of a white woman, a member of …
Read More »Full Lineup Announced for The Atlantic Festival’s Ideas StageHappening Live September 27–30 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Festival to include interviews with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Eric Schmidt, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia “Cynt” Marshall, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, and Senators Marco Rubio and Ben Sasse. Events begin this week on building a racial-equity ecosystem, youth mental health, climate change, and “How to …
Read More »Drake Invests In Dave’s Hot Chicken Restaurant Chain
Drake has put his money into a few food and beverage companies, and he is adding one more to his list of new business ventures. The Certified Love Boy artist has invested a large ownership stake in the Los Angeles-based restaurant chain Dave’s Hot Chicken. Drake has been named one …
Read More »Family of Missing 25-Year-Old Black Man Jelani Day Demands More News Coverage
With all the media attention focusing on a missing white woman, Gabby Petito, the disappearance of a Black graduate student hasn’t garnered the same type of attention that’s needed to find the 25-year-old man, his family claims. Although Jelani Day was reported missing on Aug. 24, the call to get …
Read More »Trump Sues Niece and the New York Times in Hopes of Becoming Relevant Again
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) My sister once told me that there was nothing scarier than a white man losing his power. I think she may have been talking about the X-Men but the same applies here as former President Trump—you know, the man who still claims that the election …
Read More »Arctic Horror Is Having a Comeback
This article contains spoilers for The Terror and The North Water. Of all the horrors of a 19th-century European voyage to the Arctic—noses and cheeks turned necrotic by frostbite, snow blindness, sea madness, broken bones badly knit—perhaps most ghastly was scurvy. The disease often starts with stiff limbs and ulcerating …
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