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Photo: Nam Y. Huh, Pool (AP) At this point, even saying it is just beating a dead white nationalist horse, but: There are two Americas. Kyle Rittenhouse proves this to a flawless degree. In right-wing media, he’s been referred to as “a little boy out there trying to protect his …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: 4 Theories to Explain the Blood-Clot Problem
The COVID-19 Outbreak (DeAgostini / Getty / Katie Martin / The Atlantic) This week, America hit its latest vaccination roadblock: The Johnson & Johnson offering remains on pause in the United States as regulators investigate six cases of a rare blood-clotting disorder in recently vaccinated people, all women under 50. …
Read More »Pandora Celebrates HBCUs With Playlist Featuring Alumni
Pandora is celebrating some of the biggest stars in entertainment who studied at Historically Black Colleges and University. Gladys Knight (Shaw University), Megan The Stallion (Prairie View A&M University, Killer Mike (Morehouse) and more are featured on the streaming platform’s Voices of HBCU playlist. The collection of songs (listed below) …
Read More »Memorial Service for DMX Will Be Held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
A memorial for late rapper DMX will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, April 24th. According to TMZ, the memorial will only be open to close friends and family. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Barclays Center can only accommodate 10% capacity. The memorial will be live-streamed …
Read More »Surprise, Surprise: Facebook Groups for Elite Military Members Become Platforms for Racism, QAnon-sense and Election Fraud Propaganda
Photo: Bumble Dee (Shutterstock) It should surprise absolutely no one that some elite members of the U.S. armed forces are QAnon-following MAGAts who are gullible enough to buy into ex-y’all’s-president’s “stop the steal” propaganda and racist enough to believe that Black Lives Matter is an evil that should be punished. …
Read More »An Ode to the Left Hand
Tim Lahan This article was published online on April 17, 2021. I raised the drumstick, brought it down, and a dreamworld opened beneath me. A dreamworld, to be clear, of incompetence. A dreamworld of crapness and debility. A slump in tempo, an abyss. I was sitting at my practice drum …
Read More »Benzino Apologizes To Daughter Coi Leray
Looks like things are back on solid ground between Benzino and his daughter Coi Leray. The superstar singer recently took to Twitter to share that she loves her father no matter what they go through. The message was received well by her fans as the two had a nasty back-and-forth …
Read More »Kim Potter’s Home Barricaded, 24-Hour Surveillance After Manslaughter Charge For Killing Duante Wright
Fencing, concrete barriers, and 24-hour video surveillance have been installed around the home of Kim Potter, the officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. The security measures have surprised some of Potter’s neighbors. “I thought, ‘What in the world happened now?’” a woman who lives in the neighborhood told KSTP. “I walked …
Read More »Black Diamonds Gives Negro League Legends Their Long-Overdue Flowers
Image: Sirius XM With Major League Baseball back in effect, now is the perfect time to not only enjoy America’s favorite pastime—besides institutional racism—but to brush up on its history. And to aid you in such an endeavor, I present the podcast Black Diamonds. Backed by SiriusXM and the Negro …
Read More »12-Year-Old Dies After Choking Himself In TikTok Challenge
Joshua Haileyesus, a 12-year-old boy from Colorado, reportedly passed away on Saturday (April 10) after being on life support following his participation in a dangerous TikTok challenge. On March 22, Haileyesus was found unconscious after choking himself over what’s known as the “Blackout Challenge.” He spent 19 days on life …
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