Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Remember the year of June 2020? Protests against police brutality took place all across the country as people were outraged by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Companies who usually wouldn’t be caught dead taking a side in any fight were saying “Black …
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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. SHUTTERSTOCK / ARSH RAZIUDDIN / THE ATLANTIC As another week closes, America isn’t any nearer to …
Read More »Simone Biles Discusses BLM In Vogue Cover Story
Simone Biles has been known to speak out about injustice, including bravely sharing her story about sexual assault in gymnastics. Now, the decorated Olympian is showing her support for the Black Lives Matter movement. During a Vogue cover story interview, the Biles says that change needs to happen quickly. “We …
Read More »Sens. Cory Booker and Steve Daines Create $50B Bipartisan COVID-19 Relief Proposal For Black Business
Share0 U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (Image: Wikimedia) Black-owned and minority businesses have suffered greatly recently with many having to permanently close their doors as a result of the COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, pandemic. Due to economic impact, it’s been reported that nearly 40% of businesses will not be able …
Read More »Black Artists Use Murals as a Grassroots Mask-Wearing Campaign
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) As much as the President and his acolytes would like you to think otherwise, we are still in the midst of a global pandemic. States such as Florida, Georgia and Arizona are currently experiencing a surge of cases, and wearing masks, which is thought to help slow …
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Read: ‘Groundhog Day’ was a horror movie all along The film is set in the titular California desert resort town, where Nyles (played by Andy Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti) are apathetic guests at a cloyingly cheerful wedding. Sarah seems haunted by her past, while Hawaiian-shirt-clad Nyles is terminally over …
Read More »The Kick-Back Couch – Love Will Keep Us Together
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Read More »Javicia Leslie Becomes First Black Actress to Play Batwoman
Share0 (Image: Instagram) Javicia Leslie will play Batwoman, making her the first Black actress to play the DC Comics role, according to USA Today. She replaces actress Ruby Rose, who left the show after the first season. Season two is scheduled to debut in January. Rose congratulated Leslie via her …
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Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM (Getty Images) President Trump wants America to know one thing: He is the most cognitive president to ever cognitive, and when it comes to cognitive functions, he will out cognitive Olympic-level cognitive motherfuckers because when it comes to cognitive shit, he’s acing it. On Thursday, Trump told …
Read More »Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Want to Expand the Vocabulary of Friendship
Our own evolution also includes this through line of working together. Even from the earliest days, we had weird blogs together. We have pretty much always been motivated to make things with each other. That was part of this initial attraction to each other as friends. I was just like, …
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