When the coronavirus lockdowns took effect, superstar former athlete Shaquille O’Neal, like many small business owners, especially those in the restaurant industry, just had to wait it out. “Everything stopped,” he shares in an exclusive interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE. Except, of course, for his business expenses: “For the first few …
Read More »Right-Wing Videos With Titles Like ‘The Ferguson Lie’ Taught at Ohio High School
Photo: archideaphoto (Shutterstock) A public high school in Ohio has been giving students extra credit for watching videos from PragerU, an organization that features such intellectual titans as *checks notes* Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens. Yeah, that’s gonna be a big “YUCK,” for me, b. Not a normal yuck either, …
Read More »A Handful of Asteroid Could Help Decipher Our Entire Existence
Read: How to get an asteroid named after you Asteroids likely shaped the trajectories of other worlds in the solar system and beyond. “If they really did bring water and organic materials to Earth, then presumably they would have brought them to Mars. They would have brought them to Venus,” …
Read More »George Floyd Previous Arrest Video Won’t Be Allowed In Court
The attorney for former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was charged in the death of George Floyd this past May, was asking the court to allow body camera video from a previous arrest involving Floyd in 2019. A judge has denied the request. According to CBS, Judge Peter Cahill …
Read More »Supreme Court Deadlock Halts GOP Motion To Halt Mail-in Ballot Extension In Pennsylvania
With the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked late Monday night in a 4-4 split, a lower court ruling that Pennsylvania can accept mail-in ballots up to three days after Election Day will stand. The high court split on the motion from top Republicans in the state Senate is considered a win …
Read More »Marine General Gets Job, Uses N-Word, Loses Job in Just 3 Months
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) A Marine general has been removed from his post after using the N-word during a training session. NBC News reports Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Neary, the commanding general of the Marine Corps Forces in Europe and Africa, was relieved of his post on Monday as …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: What Trump Revealed About the World Order
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. ROHAN HANDE President Donald Trump held up a mirror to the American foreign-policy establishment, two of …
Read More »Willow Smith And Amber Rose Talk Sexual Consent
Regardless of all the advancements women have made both professionally and personally, many still struggle with being heard and respected during sexual encounters. There can often be a gap between consent and sexual violence, and what remains in between is arguably an awkward and often undiscussed gray area. This is …
Read More »Poll Worker In Tennessee Fired For Turning Away Voters With Black Lives Matter Clothing
A Memphis, Tennessee, poll worker was fired Monday after turning away early voters who were wearing “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” shirts. According to Shelby County Election Commission spokeswoman Suzanne Thompson, the worker was fired Friday, after officials received a call from a witness at the Dave Wells …
Read More »Eric Trump Is the Dumbest Trump. Tiffany Trump: Hold My Bud Light Lime-A-Rita
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Before polling began, America would have assumed that Eric Trump was the dumbest Trump. But a new poll from “Fuck these kids” has found that Tiffany Trump is surging in Southern states and places where white people wear shorts all year round despite the weather. …
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