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Photo: MemoryMan (Shutterstock) I really don’t fuck with Texas politicians, y’all. These motherfuckers really never miss an opportunity to be dumb, cruel, or just flat-out trash. A group of prisoners in the state filed a lawsuit last year to have hand sanitizer, soap, and proper social distancing measures implemented in …

Prisco Serrano: I met Donna around 1990. I was in 11th grade, and I was a writer for the youth newspaper. I saw L.A. Youth as a way of rebelling, because I thought that it was a way of me saying what I wanted to say. I thought journalists were, …

To commemorate the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — a tragedy that sparked a global reckoning over racism and police brutality — BET dedicated the week to honoring Floyd’s memory and examining ways that the country has changed as …

“There’s an app for that,” is a statement that can be applied to almost everything. There is a deluge of apps on the market, each one catering to a specific function, but that shouldn’t hinder you from breathing life into your brilliant idea. There is always going to be a space for …

Image: Eakin Press, Jenkin Lloyd-Jones Press, Trinity University Press For the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the New York Times has released an interactive experience, What the Tulsa Massacre Destroyed, that takes viewers through the streets of a digitally created and historically accurate Greenwood neighborhood, demonstrating the destruction …

Whether you’re in the mood to burst out the door or curl up on a couch this summer, The Atlantic’s writers and editors have reading recommendations to match. Do you want to feel wonder about the universe, or be transported to another place? Maybe you’re craving smart observations about life, …

Patrisse Cullors is stepping down as executive director of the  Black Lives Matter Foundation., six years after co-founding the human rights movement that shares the same name. “I’ve created the infrastructure and the support, and the necessary bones and foundation, so that I can leave. It feels like the time …

This young woman doesn’t seem like she is stopping anytime soon! According to Sportico, tennis champion, Naomi Osaka is the world’s highest-paid woman for the second straight year! The talented multi-racial sports star and entrepreneur has earned a record $55.2 million (For a woman athlete) over the previous 12 months. …

Roxane Gay accepts her Freedom to Write Award at the PEN Center USA’s 25th Annual Literacy Awards Festival at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif.Photo: Matt Sayles/Invision for PEN Center USA (AP) If you’ve been hungry for more work from Roxane Gay, you …

Soledad O’Brien and Brittany Packnett Cunningham talk about using their platforms for the collective good and having tough conversations one year after the death of George Floyd. Source link