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HBO is confirming that Insecure is concluding after season 5. Amy Gravitt, the Executive Vice President of HBO Programming, released a statement on Wednesday (January 13) praising the show while announcing the news of its ending. “Issa [Rae] has turned insecurity into an iconic form of comedy,” said Gravitt, according …

0 (Image: Twitter) As the House starts impeachment proceedings against outgoing President Donald Trump, the fallout from his role in the deadly Pro-Trump riot that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 continues. Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the city of New York is taking steps to terminate …

Photo: Alex Edelman (Getty Images) Since the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6., Twitter and other platforms have been purging right-wing extremists—including y’all’s soon-to-be-ex president—like social media was the Republican party and QAnon followers were Black people’s votes. So now, all of those white nationalist nutjobs have had …

Instead, the pandemic happened, and emissions fell below 1990 levels in a matter of months. But that tumble downhill only showed how much further we still have to hike: For all the economic upheaval, the U.S. did not reach the goal that, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, it’s meant …

Miya Ponsetto, the 22-year-old woman, also known as “SoHo Karen,” has been in a social media firestorm for weeks after she was seen on video accusing jazz Trumpeter Keyon Harrold’s son of stealing her phone. Now another video has surfaced of her fighting with police in October. According to footage …

A 2017 video of Georgia Senator-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock being arrested for praying in other Capitol Rotunda has resurfaced, exposing a racial double standard. In the video, Warnock, along with members of the Capitol clergy, were arrested for praying against budget cuts republicans were implementing. 2017 in The Capitol Clergy …

Photo: Stefani Reynolds (Getty Images) The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military released a memo on Tuesday reminding troops of their oath to the Constitution as investigations are underway to identify former and active-duty soldiers who may have taken part in last week’s riot at the Capitol. According …

I called Asselborn to ask him what he thought about all of this. He apologized for his English (“I have to speak Luxembourgish in the morning, read the papers in German, talk to diplomats in French and now to you in English. It’s a lot.”) and was somewhat bemused by …

In October, the Alameda County, California District Attorney’s Office reopened the investigation into the death of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by BART police on New Year’s Day 2009. The family hoped to get justice for Grant’s death, and was pushing for the second officer who …