I’m alone now much more than I used to be. I cook alone, work alone, and occasionally walk alone. The pandemic has limited my social life and forced me into a period of isolation, just as it has for so many others. Sometimes this solitude feels like a restorative pause; …
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Read More »Black Lives Matter Organization Expands Survival Fund As Government Drags Feet On Coronavirus Relief
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation is expanding a $3 million financial relief fund it launched earlier this month as the government continues to debate another relief package. The foundation said this week it will make up 3,000 microgrants of $1,000 each for those they believe need it …
Read More »University of Tennessee, Knoxville Renames 2 Dorms After Black Activists Who Fought to Desegregate Higher Education
Photo: University of Tennessee, Knoxville In a nice twist of fate, two residential halls at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are being named after Black civil rights activists, not because the buildings were already named after racists but simply because the two activists deserve the honor. According to CNN, the two …
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Scandalized viewers criticized Dillermand as inappropriate, tone-deaf, and a jarring choice on the heels of the country’s growing #MeToo movement. But the series’s creators, and many bemused fans, defended it as a subversive comedy that has served up opportunities for parents to have frank and unsqueamish conversations about anatomy with …
Read More »Kim Kardashian Makes First Appearance Since Divorce Filing
Kim and Kanye have been married for six years and have four children together. She is allegedly seeking joint legal and physical custody of the couple’s children: North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 3 and Psalm, nearly 2 years old. Us Weekly reports that they have been in settlement talks since …
Read More »Mike Tyson’s Not Happy With Hulu Announcing An Unauthorized ‘Iron Mike’ Series
0 (Image: Twitter) Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is taking a page out of the Dave Chappelle playbook. The boxer has a grievance against streaming company Hulu who is about to make an unauthorized biography without his involvement nor will he be compensated for the making and airing of …
Read More »Michigan, Northwestern Announce George Jewett Trophy to Honor Big Ten's 1st Black Player
Running back Tyrell Sutton #19 of the Northwestern Wildcats follows the block of lineman Ryan Keenan #56 as linebacker Chris Graham #37 of the Michigan Wolverines dives for a tackle during a game on October 29, 2005 at Ryan Field at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.Photo: Jonathan Daniel (Getty Images) …
Read More »American Cynicism Has Reached a Breaking Point
On Tuesday evening, at the start of his Fox News show, Tucker Carlson shared the results of an investigation that he and his staff had conducted into a well-known agent of American disinformation. “We spent all day trying to locate the famous QAnon,” Carlson said, “which, in the end, we …
Read More »Omari Hardwick Stars In ‘Army Of The Dead’ Trailer
Zombie and heist movies are popular respectively, but, together? That may make for a blockbuster. The first trailer for the new Zach Snyder film Army of the Dead is out, and it features lots of action and little talking. Omari Hardwick stars in the film about a group of mercenaries …
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