Photo illustration by Miki Lowe Anne Sexton began writing poetry at the suggestion of her psychiatrist. She became known for sharing the thorny details of her personal life—including her fraught relationship with her late mother, which she described as a complicated intertwining of love, abuse, and grief. In “Praying on …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion's SNL Performance Blasts Kentucky AG
Megan Thee Stallion slayed her set on Saturday Night Live in ways nobody saw coming. During her first performance, of her hit song “Savage,” the Houston rapper paused to make a powerful statement about protecting Black women. She stood with her first in the air as audio of activist Tamika …
Read More »Founder of Yo Soy AfroLatina Wins $5K in Good Morning America Pitch Contest
This week on GMA3: What You Need to Know, three Latina-owned businesses pitched to Latina model and entrepreneur Alexandra Cristin, founder of Glam Seamless, for a chance to win money in the show’s Pitch Payday Challenge. Today, all three brands, including Yo Soy AfroLatina, found out that their businesses will …
Read More »Rona in the White House: Trump Hospitalized With COVID-19 Symptoms Amid Indications Rose Garden Ceremony Was Superspreader Event [Updated]
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Since news broke on Friday that President Trump and his first lady Melania have tested positive for COVID-19, the situation with the president seems to have rapidly developed—or at least the administration’s public acknowledgment of the reality of coronavirus. On Friday night, the White House …
Read More »Trump Is a Super-Spreader of Disinformation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also got the coronavirus, but the story played out differently. Johnson was hospitalized. Afterward, he did seem to take the pandemic more seriously than before. He gave an emotional address, thanking the doctors and nurses who had cared for him. He adopted a more somber …
Read More »Kentucky AG Wants Fast Vote On Trump's Supreme Court Nominee
Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron, who has been under fire for his handling of the Breonna Taylor case, is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump. He spoke at the Republican National Convention, and is now one of a handful of conservative attorney generals to sign a letter to the …
Read More »This 12-Year Old Just Started His 2nd Year in College, Majoring in Aerospace Engineering
Caleb Anderson, a 12-year old gifted boy from Georgia, has already finished his first year in college and has just started his second year. He is majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Chattahoochee Technical College. Caleb was just 9-months old when he learned to sign more than 250 words. He eventually …
Read More »Reports: Cam Newton Has Tested Positive for COVID-19, Won't Play With the Patriots in Week 4 Game Against the Chiefs
Photo: Maddie Meyer (Getty Images) New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is reported to have tested positive for coronavirus, and as a result will not play in the game between the team and the Kansas City Chiefs planned for this week. The Patriots announced on Saturday that one of their …
Read More »The President Is Not Well
Read: The probable outcomes of Trump’s diagnosis During the press conference today, Conley said that Trump was “doing very well,” but added that he had been experiencing symptoms as far back as Thursday, including a fever and a cough. They were severe enough that Trump inquired as to whether he …
Read More »Barack Obama Speaks Out On The Trumps
President Donald Trump and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19. Trump, 74, traveled via helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment. Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have released a statement. “Although we’re in the midst of a big political fight, and …
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