Photo: Antioch Police Dept. Almost two weeks after being released on bail, Kyle Rittenhouse must stand trial for the shooting death of two men and injury of another in Kenosha, Wisc., a judge ordered. According to CNN, the 17-year-old Rittenhouse appeared in a preliminary conference virtually alongside his attorney, who …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Pandemic Data Are Weird Right Now
Further reading: When this is all over, how will we remember it? We asked three artists to consider what a COVID-19 memorial might look like. See their designs. Meanwhile, two contributing writers argue that America needs a commission, similar to the one launched after 9/11, to figure out what went …
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Read More »Will Packer and Monique Chenault Get Candid About The Lack of Diversity in Hollywood (Video)
The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other unarmed Black men and women this year triggered a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement across the globe, forcing the nation to confront its history of systemic racism and its effects on every aspect of American life. As a …
Read More »Love Looks Better: Alicia Keys' Soulcare Goes Live
Photo: James Bailey Another week, another celeb-fueled beauty line makes its way to the masses, just in time for holiday gift-giving and this time via Grammy-winning natural skincare guru Alicia Keys. Following hot on the heels of the drop of Pharrell Williams’ Humanrace and teasers for JLo’s upcoming line, Keys …
Read More »The New Comedy of American Decline
Last month, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia published its most recent survey of American political life. One of its findings: 66 percent of Americans view their country to be in a state of decline. The survey arrived just after the publication of the …
Read More »Spike Lee Narrates Campaign Ad For Ray McGuire
There are a crowded group of candidates looking to be the next mayor of New York City. Now, former Citigroup exec Ray McGuire has entered the race and he kicked it off with a campaign ad narrated by Spike Lee. In the ad, Lee says, “The world has changed, my …
Read More »Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD and NAACP Award $10,000 Grant to Maryland Cannabis Company
The Gift, which is a natural health and wellness company that was founded in 2018, has announced that they have received a $10,000 grant from Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Earlier this year, back in July, the NAACP had announced its partnership …
Read More »Ever Seen an Anti-Karen Out-Karen a Karen? It's a Sight to Behold
Screenshot: @kuntacourtnay/ Tik Tok I’m not going to lie: The first time I saw this video, I thought I was watching a classic case of Karen-on-Karen crime. I was ready to launch into a whole bit about how the Karen Lives Matter movement is full of hypocrites because all they …
Read More »Britain’s Vaccine Nationalism
As one former Irish diplomat noted about Britain’s rush to claim national victory from an international success story, it clearly involves elements of insecurity and the “lack of national self-confidence that led to Brexit.” Yet, in the rush to criticize British chest-beating, a peculiar mirror image of this insecurity is …
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