Screenshot: Fox 2 Detroit The disproportionate number of black people who are dying from the coronavirus disease continues to grow. Deborah Gatewood, a 63-year-old healthcare worker who lived and worked in Michigan, died earlier this month from COVID-19 complications. Her daughter is now speaking out about what she describes as …
Read More »Melania Trump’s Birthday Gift
Here’s a screenshot of the form included on the web page where email recipients were urged to “sign” the “card”: In my experience, people earnestly collecting signatures for a birthday card don’t typically solicit the zip codes, email addresses, and mobile numbers of signatories, whereas political operatives find great value …
Read More »Erykah Badu Speaks To Fans Hoping She'll Battle Lauryn Hill
Last week’s battle between Babyface and Teddy Riley, organized by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland for their VERZUZ series, drew record numbers that damn near broke Instagram. Now, fans are looking to Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill for the next face-off. When one of Badu’s followers proposed the idea to her …
Read More »Calls to Poison Centers Across the Country Have Gone Up Since Trump Talked About Injecting Disinfectant
Photo: Shutterstock Correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation, but it’s hard to say we didn’t see this coming after the president ruminated out loud a few days ago on the usefulness of injecting disinfectant into the body as a kind of “cleaning” to get rid of the coronavirus. Poison Centers across …
Read More »A Republican Rising Star’s Plan to Reopen America
[Read: The social-distancing culture war has begun] Green: I think your record shows that you’re a classic Republican in one sense: You believe in promoting small business and creating opportunities through the private sector. But in your book, you also criticize people who would rather wage a culture war that …
Read More »Masika Kalysha On How Much She's Gained During Quarantine
Most Americans are crossing the one month mark in quarantine, and for many, the combination of boredom, sweatpants and constant access to junk food is starting to show on our waistlines. Masika Kalysha wants her followers to know she can relate. The former Love & Hip Hop star posted a …
Read More »House Democrats Demand EPA Protect Low-Income, Minority Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic
(iStock/pixelfit) The fight against climate change has been a hot topic in the news within the last few years after observations show how our waste is adversely affecting the environment. With the oceans warming and ice in Antarctica continuing to melt, governments around the world are doing their part to …
Read More »2 Black Men Released From Prison After Serving Over 17 Years for a Crime They Say They Didn't Commit
Photo: Shutterstock Two Detroit-area black men locked up for the better part of 20 years for crimes they say they didn’t commit were recently freed from prison after the investigative officer was found to have allegedly coerced witnesses into lying about what they saw. According to Detroit Free Press, 37-year-old …
Read More »The Books Briefing: A Guide to Transcending Your Daily Anxieties
📚 The Living Mountain, by Nan Shepherd How music made Bruce Springsteen “The journey from obscurity to rock-and-roll fantasy is not as important in this book as the internal journey from anxious urgency to some sort of self-forgiving peace.” 📚 Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen When a writer’s great …
Read More »Jennifer Williams Pleads For Help After Her Car Is Stolen
Jennifer Williams is pleading with her fans for help in tracking down a con man who stole her Range Rover after revealing she was the victim of an alleged scam. On Friday (April 24), the Basketball Wives star posted a side-by-side photo of herself on top of her Range and …
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