Photo: John Lamparski (Getty Images) Throughout the course of his 10-year NFL career, Martellus Bennett endured more than his fair share of labels. He was deemed a malcontent, immature and an assortment of other descriptors that unfairly detracted from his contributions on the field. But despite whatever coaches or journalists …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Murder, They Wrote
In the 1940s, Raymond Chandler, one of the most well-known detective-fiction writers, took his skills to Hollywood. He wrote for The Atlantic about his experience as a screenwriter, which he found thoroughly boring after only two years and stifling for writers’ talent, preferring instead the written page. His books would …
Read More »The Weeknd’s Super Bowl Performance Will Have No Guests
Super Bowl LV will be held this Sunday, Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. Grammy award-winning artist The Weeknd will be the headline performer for the Halftime Show, which is presented by Pepsi and Roc Nation. Now the Weeknd has revealed he will be the only …
Read More »Biden Administration To Deploy 1,000 Troops Across U.S. To Assist In Vaccine Effort
The Biden administration announced Friday that it will send more than 1,000 troops across the U.S. to assist in the coronavirus vaccine effort. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to boost vaccination efforts with active U.S. troops White House Senior Advisor Andy …
Read More »'QAnon Shaman' Moved to Virginia Jail So He Can Be Provided With Organic Foods
Photo: Sau Loeb (Getty Images) Maaaaan, to be white and a terrorist. Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Moron…I mean, Shaman, was moved to a Virginia jail Thursday after a federal judge ordered corrections officials to provide him with organic food. I know some of you are confused as to why legal …
Read More »<em>Malcolm & Marie</em> Isn’t Art. It’s a Meltdown.
Read: The dark teen show that pushes the edge of provocation In one scene, Malcolm complains about how past filmmakers didn’t have to talk about whether their work had a political message, but he does. In another, he goes on a didactic tangent about why authenticity shouldn’t matter; “interpreting reality,” …
Read More »Ludacris Posts Video About His Car Being Stolen
Ludacris had a stroke of bad luck when his $150,000 Mercedes Benz S63 was stolen in midtown Atlanta last month. Thankfully the car was ultimately recovered. Taking the theft in stride, the rapper posted a hilarious video about the incident. In the viral video, comedians DeWayne Colley and Desi Banks …
Read More »Dillard University President on Legacy, Culture, and Pushing Through The Pandemic
The importance of education for Blacks cannot be underestimated and is best described by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as such, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Nothing could be …
Read More »House Votes to Eject Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From 2 Committees
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP (Getty Images) In an unprecedented move, the House voted to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments. On Thursday, in a vote mostly along party lines—11 Republicans sided with the Democrats—the House passed the resolution 230-199 to remove Greene from her assignments on the …
Read More »How the GOP Surrendered to Extremism
Even during the 1960s, the GOP’s response to the rise of the John Birch Society was not exactly a profile in courage. But while today few Republicans are “taking a stand against QAnon and drawing a clear line in the sand and doing it repeatedly,” at least back then “there …
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