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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked an effort to quickly pass a measure to increase stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. McConnell blocked the measure on Dec. 29 after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attempted to pass the change to the spending bill through a unanimous consent request. Any …
Read More »LeBron James, Naomi Osaka Named Associated Press Male and Female Athletes of the Year
Photo: Kevin C. Cox & Matthew Stockman (Getty Images) During a year that’s presented an endless succession of unprecedented challenges, LeBron James and Naomi Osaka dug deep and still managed to dominate both on and off the court, and for their accomplishments in both sports and social activism, the Associated Press …
Read More »Naomi Campbell Launches Holiday Food Drive
Supermodel and philanthropist Naomi Campbell is starting a holiday food drive! The legendary supermodel has teamed up with Cipriani Restaurants in New York City for her first-ever “Nourishment with Naomi” event. Campbell will donate 1,000 food gift-bags to five hospitals across the New York City area, including Harlem Hospital, Mt. …
Read More »Carolina Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player Paid In Bitcoin
As digital dollars in the form of cryptocurrency continues to become more popular, a football player has become the first NFL player to be paid partly in bitcoin, according to Coin Desk. Back in 2019, Carolina Panthers’ offensive lineman Russell Okun tweeted that he wanted to be paid in bitcoin. …
Read More »Boston Removes a Statue Depicting a Free Black Man Kneeling Before Abraham Lincoln, and It Only Took Them 150 Years!
Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO (Getty Images) Today I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston since 1879, further proving that America has had a white savior complex since before any of us were born. According to NBC Boston, the statue, a …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Pandemic Year Two
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Joan Wong This year, my colleague Ed Yong’s work proved unfortunately prescient. Starting in 2016, he …
Read More »Activists Urge Pistons Owner’s Ousting
A group of activists is pressuring the NBA to oust Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores over his private equity firm’s investment in a prison telephone company. Amid a growing national referendum on criminal justice reform, Gores stepped down from the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art two …
Read More »Former NFL Player Booger McFarland Says Black Players Come Into the League To Build Their Brand
According to Larry Brown Sports, ESPN’s Anthony Darelle “Booger” McFarland criticized the priorities of young Black NFL players, whom he feels prioritize their brand over their performance on the football field. Here’s how it started. Earlier this week, the Washington Football Team released their quarterback, Dwayne Haskins, who has been on …
Read More »Anjanette Young Cancels Meeting With Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Citing Procedural Disagreements
Lori Lightfoot speaks to the press outside of the polling place at the Saint Richard Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois on April 2, 2019.Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP (Getty Images) Yesterday, we reported here at The Root that Anjanette Young agreed to a meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as well as …
Read More »Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 killed as many as 100 million people over two years. It was one of the deadliest disasters in history, and the one all subsequent …
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