In “On Statistics,” Wisława Szymborska takes the language of data, with its air of easy certainty, and uses it to measure some of the messiest, most complex aspects of human nature. The result is absurd, and it underscores how ill-equipped those quantitative measurements are for answering the biggest questions in …
Read More »Young, Black Poet To Read At Biden Inauguration
Amanda Gorman, an award-winning Black female writer, is slated to become the youngest inaugural poet when she recites her work at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday (January 20). It’s not the first time the 22-year-old has broken barriers. In 2014, Gorman became the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los …
Read More »Vice President-elect Kamala Harris To Be Sworn In By Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
According to an inside source who shared the details with ABC News, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is set to be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The two women both served as former prosecutors in their respective home states– California and New York. The similarities between the two …
Read More »Kamala Harris To Be Sworn in as VP on Thurgood Marshall's Bible by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor
Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP (Getty Images) Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be making more than one symbolic statement at her inauguration on Wednesday. According to ABC News, Harris will mark her historic inauguration as vice president by swearing-in on a bible that belonged to civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, who was …
Read More »My Sister Was Disappeared 43 Years Ago
The report from the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team included 20 photos of my half sister’s bones—nearly as many photos as I had ever seen of Isabel herself. The ones of the bones punctured by bullets—her rib, her pelvis, her humerus—did not move me as much as those of her skull. …
Read More »Biden-Harris Inaugural Playlist: See Who Made The Cut
Barack Obama isn’t the only one putting out playlists from the White House. The Inauguration team for president-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris has released an official playlist in honor of the January 20 inauguration, complete with 46 songs in honor of the soon-to-be 46th President. RELATED: Amanda Gorman, …
Read More »This HBCU Grad Went From Employee to Franchise Owner at Chick-Fil-A
Ashley Lamothe started working at Chick-Fil-A when she was 15 years old to earn money for her first car purchase. Little did she know that she would become the youngest franchise owner in the history of Chick-Fil-A at the age of 26. “Chick-Fil-A has been a part of my life …
Read More »CDC Says New COVID-19 Strain Could Drive Increased Infections by March, While Government is Accused of Flubbing Vaccine Distribution Again
Photo: Shutterstock Officials say the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the U.K. could drive an increased spread of the virus across the U.S. by March, which would mark a year since the pandemic was officially declared. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flagged …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Humor, Mined From the Absurd
“The BoJack showrunner’s debut short-story collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, channels much of the same caustic humor and heartrending dialogue as the Netflix series.” 📚 Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, by Raphael Bob-Waksberg ZILU8 / PHOTO MELON / SHUTTERSTOCK …
Read More »Ashanti Smith On Confrontation With Trump Supporters
Ashanti Smith, an unarmed security guard whose interaction with a mob of Trump supporters on Jan. 5 went viral, is now facing legal troubles. In an interview on The Clay Cane Show via SiriusXM Urban View, the 28-year-old explained in further detail what happened that night. Smith said there were …
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