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Barack Obama didn’t always have nice possessions. When he met his wife, Michelle, he didn’t have a lot of money, and his living arrangements were not great due to his lack of finances. On the latest episode of his podcast, Renegade, with singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, the 44th president of the …

(Reuters) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday warned Democrats that ending the long-standing Senate filibuster that can block partisan legislation would bring President Joe Biden‘s agenda to a standstill and lead to retribution in years to come. Top Democrats, including the two highest-ranking party members in the Senate, …

A general view of atmosphere at the 71st Golden Globe Awards Nominations Announcement on December 12, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California ;Spike Lee attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 09, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo: Kevin Winter/Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) It looks like the pressure is on …

Photographs by Daniel Shea In 2014, at age 19, Eric Mendoza left his farming village outside Mexico City and crossed the Rio Grande. Once in the United States, he worked construction jobs to pay his way across the country. From Texas, Mendoza traveled to rural North Carolina, where he built …

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Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, filed a federal lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department just a day before the one-year anniversary marking the day Taylor was fatally shot by police in their home in Louisville, Kentucky. The tragic incident occurred on March 13, 2020, after police officers …

Anita Baker accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award onstage at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Leon Bennett (Getty Images) Anita Baker, the legendary singer that brought us “Sweet Love” and the soundtrack to Saturday morning cleaning sprees, is currently embroiled in …

In the wake of the announcement that the family of George Floyd will receive a $27 million settlement from the city of Minneapolis, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin is now looking for another way out of his troubles. Chauvin’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson, is asking the court during a hearing on …

As Managing Director of Virtue — an ad agency owned by Vice Media Group — Krystle Watler is one of the few women of color who is leading a general ad agency across several disciplines. After her appointment last summer at the agency, Watler wrote an open letter to let …

Photo: MemoryMan (Shutterstock) There was a lot of talk about Black people being resistant towards getting the vaccine because the U.S. government has a history of medical fuckery when it comes to Black bodies. There’s less talk about a similar hesitancy towards getting the vaccine among prison employees, who have …