The three Brunswick, Ga., men charged in the February 2020 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was chased and killed when they suspected him of burglary, have pleaded not guilty to federal hate crimes charges. According to CBS News, Travis McMichael, 35, his father Gregory McMichael, …
Read More »Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff Introduces Bill Preventing States From Banning Volunteers Who Provide Food, Water At Voting Lines
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff introduced a bill prohibiting states from banning volunteers from distributing food and water to voters in line to vote. Ossoff’s bill is a response to the voting restrictions bill that has been signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, which makes it illegal for volunteers and …
Read More »Pro-COVID Parents Are Fighting School Mask Mandates With White Tears
Screenshot: KGUN I don’t like wearing masks. The only reason I wear them is that I have this thing about killing other people. My lack of a degree in virology combined with my reticence about coughing to death as my chest fills with lung-snot has placed me squarely in the …
Read More »Tarik Cohen’s Twin Brother Found Dead
Tyrell Antar Cohen, the twin brother of Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen, was reportedly found dead in Wake County, N.C., on Sunday (May 9). He was 25 years old. According to CBS Sports, Eric Curry, a spokesperson for the Wake County sheriff’s office, said Cohen died after he was …
Read More »Cecilia Rouse Preaches Patience as U.S. Jobs, Economic Recovery Slowly Rebound
Cecilia Rouse, the first Black female to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, knows a lot of assumptions and actions are happening as a result of April’s job numbers. Economists projected more than 1 million new jobs would be added in April, but last Friday it was announced only 266,000 …
Read More »Last Name Ever, First Name Greatest: Drake to Receive Artist of the Decade Award at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
Drake poses in the press room during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo: Amy Sussman for DCP (Getty Images) Cue the “Toosie Slide!” On Tuesday it was announced that Drake will be receiving the Artist of the Decade Award at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. Variety reports …
Read More »Judge Limits Bodycam Footage Of Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting
The family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina won’t see all of the footage of the killing. The family will only be shown a portion of body camera footage recorded at the scene and could wait days …
Read More »Calls Grow To Remove Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt From Tulsa Race Massacre Commission After He Signs Critical Race Theory Bill
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill into law that bans the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) Friday, now residents and activists want him removed from the Tulsa Race Massacre Commission. Stitt signed the bill Friday and released a video on Twitter explaining why he signed the bill …
Read More »Why Not? Twitter Erupts After Russell Westbrook Breaks Oscar Robertson's Triple-Double Record
Photo: Patrick Smith (Getty Images) After bullying boxscores for the past 13 seasons, Russell Westbrook has accomplished a feat that was once thought humanly impossible. On Monday night, the nine-time NBA All-Star etched his name in the record books when, after snatching his 10th rebound off of the rim with …
Read More »Meet the Tax Fraud Queen on American Gangster: Trap Queens
A Father Takes Justice the Only Way He Can in American Skin When his son is killed by police, a father refuses to submit to injustice in American Skin, a BET+ original film presented by Spike Lee and directed by Nate Parker, now streaming on BET+. Source link
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