George Floyd is no longer with us but his legacy lives on. Texas A&M, where Floyd played college basketball, will now have an internship in his honor. Bridgett Floyd, his sister and president of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, said in a statement, “We are honored to launch the ‘Be …
Read More »Stacey Abrams Mulling Second Run At Georgia Governor
After working diligently to turn Georgia into a Democratic stronghold and helping the country dump President Trump, many close to Stacey Abrams say she is mulling a second run at governor. Abrams lost the 2018 governor election to Brian Kemp, who was accused of widespread voter suppression. While Abrams has …
Read More »Terry McMillan Confirmed 'Waiting to Exhale Is Going to be a TV Series'—Is He Still a Good Man, Savannah?
Starletta DuPois in Waiting to Exhale (1995)Screenshot: 20th Century Fox/YouTube It’s time to exhale because the long wait for a continuation of Waiting to Exhale is here! But it’s not the previously discussed feature film sequel; it’s a different format altogether. Terry McMillan, who wrote the 1992 novel Waiting to …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Read to Find Focus, Even During a Pandemic
📚 Hark, by Sam Lipsyte (Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic) How I came to love my epic quarantine reading project “I felt as though an ocular dial had been tweaked and the details of my life—objects, surfaces, textures—began to intensify.” 📚 In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel …
Read More »Doctor Arrested For Racist Attack Of Black Student
Officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department have announced the arrest of a man accused of punching and verbally assaulting a female Southern University student athlete. According to WAFB 9, Shane McKinney, 54, was arrested and charged with simple battery on Tuesday (November 10). The alleged incident took place on …
Read More »Former Officer Charged in Breonna Taylor Shooting Is Being Sued Over Alleged Sexual Assault
The only person facing charges in the Breonna Taylor police killing is embroiled in another scandal in Kentucky. The former Kentucky police officer, who is facing criminal charges in the Taylor shooting, is now being sued by a young lady who alleges that he sexually assaulted her back in 2018, …
Read More »Leaked Internal Affairs File Reveals 2 Ex-Cops in Pennsylvania Exchanged Mad Racist Texts
Photo: ChiccoDodiFC (Shutterstock) Cops, in my humble opinion, are generally racist. I don’t think that’s a controversial statement, provided you have at least one foot grounded in reality. Need an example? Well, a trove of leaked texts between two ex-Scranton, Pa., police officers revealed that they were hella racist. According …
Read More »Trump Needs a Safe Space
His normal schedule already consists of “no public activities,” which is helpful, but he will be expecting “state visits” from foreign leaders. This could easily be accomplished. NATO is governed by the principle of collective security—all for one, one for all—and a clearer case for invoking Article 5 can hardly …
Read More »Barack Obama Speaks About Election Results On‘60 Minutes’
In a preview clip from this coming Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes, former President Barack Obama comments on current President Donald Trump’s unfounded and unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. “They appear to be motivated, in part, because the president doesn’t like to lose and never admits loss,” Mr. Obama told …
Read More »Student Debt Cancellation To Test If Progressive Agenda Can Thrive Under President-elect Biden
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to fight the student loan debt crisis plaguing 37 million Americans but many, including progressives, are divided on whether Biden can make good on that promise. Biden’s plan for student loan debt includes a campaign proposal to erase $10,000 in student loan debt and cancelling …
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