An 11-year-old girl who once starred in an anti-gun violence video has been killed during a drive-by shooting in Madison, Wisconsin. Fox 6 Milwaukee reports that Anisa Scott was riding in a car on Tuesday afternoon (Aug.11) when a shooter fired into the vehicle, striking her in the head. According …
Read More »Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) Arkansas is one of three states that has no laws regarding hate crimes on its books, but a new bill recently introduced by the state’s legislature will hopefully change that. ABC News reports that Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson was joined by the state’s attorney …
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Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Lauren Nichols has been sick with COVID-19 since March 10, shortly before Tom Hanks announced his diagnosis and the NBA temporarily canceled its season. She has lived through one month of …
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell became the second high profile Republican party member to address the Democratic National Convention in support of Joe Biden, who was officially nominated Tuesday Night (Aug. 18). Opening by remembering his parents, who immigrated from Jamaica and raised him in New York’s South Bronx, …
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0 Jason Wright (Washington Football Team) The Washington Football Team has announced that they have appointed Jason Wright the new team president, making him the first Black person to ever hold the position of an NFL team. This also makes Wright the youngest team president in the NFL. The Washington …
Read More »Screenshot: @diamond83 There are two groups of people that I don’t trust under any circumstances: cashiers when they say I can’t have extra napkins (y’all greedy with the oxtail gravy, too) and police officers when they insist that they’re acting in the best interest of Black and Brown folks. All …
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Read: Why low-budget horror is thriving this summer The six friends are representative of a typical gathering of sheltering-in-place Millennials. There’s the girl who moved in too hastily with a significant other and now seems to regret it; another is back at home with a doddering dad. The sole guy …
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Dr. Jill Biden Delivers DNC Speech Focused On Family And Unity 10:45 p.m. ET/7:45 p.m. PT: Dr. Jill Biden, who could be the nation’s next first lady, closed the second night of the Democratic National Convention speaking about her husband of 43 years and the promises he plans to make …
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Kylie Jenner: $1.2 million per Instagram post. That’s how much Jenner, one of the highest-paid influencers, earns for posting to her 189M followers, according to scheduling tool Hopper HQ. TikToker Addison Raye: $5 million. That’s the estimated annual income of Raye, according to Forbes. Over the last few years, influencers …
Read More »Photo: Cindy Ord (Getty Images) Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but… So Kanye West and Steve Harvey walk into a Chick-fil-A… What? You heard this one? No, bruh, the punchline is not, “They joined the CEO in opposing gay-wedding-abortions to protect their religious freedoms”—dude, that’s dark. Anyway, …
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