Screenshot: YoItsTryll (Twitter) Two police officers at a historically black college in North Carolina have been placed on administrative leave after they were caught on camera forcefully arresting a student leader who committed the dangerous crime of being exactly where he was supposed to be. Around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, …
Read More »What Do You Tell Someone Who Still Won’t Stay Home?
“The more you can introduce the idea that you don’t think the other person is crazy or stupid or foolish or overly gullible,” Coleman added, the more receptive they’ll be; people are generally more open to doing things they previously resisted when they feel cared about and understood. He also …
Read More »Shareef O'Neal Shoots His Shot At Tinashe
Coronavirus-induced self-quarantine has made for some really interesting social media content from bored celebrities, but at least one isn’t letting “social distancing” keep him from shooting his shot. Shareef O’Neal, college basketball star and son of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, stumbled across singer Tinashe’s TikTok video in which she’s dancing …
Read More »Maryland General Assembly Authorizes $580 Million For HBCUs
Morgan State Univeristy in Maryland (Image: Instagram) The Maryland General Assembly has recently acted to protect funding for the state’s historically black colleges and universities. In a unanimous vote held on Sunday, the state Senate passed a bill that cleared the House of Delegates by a 129-to-2 vote. The legislation …
Read More »Social Distancing Pushes Zoom’s Founder’s Net Worth Over $2 Million
Image/Credit: svetikd Eric Yuan, the founder of Zoom Video Communications Inc., added more than $2 billion to his net worth as the coronavirus outbreak and social distancing have led to a significant rise in video-conferencing. While the stock markets around the world are in freefall and governments have to grapple with …
Read More »As Coronavirus Cases Ramp Up Across the U.S., States Consider Closing School for the Rest of the Year
Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN (AFP via Getty Images) As more places across the country are coming to grips with the urgent and unprecedented nature of the coronavirus outbreak, school districts are mulling over whether to close for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year. Kansas took this step on Tuesday, …
Read More »Let Me Tell You About My Cans
Eventually, we moved to a suburb of Washington, D.C., where space was less of a concern, and we largely forgot about the cans in our garage—that is, until recently. Ten days ago, I joked on Twitter that my coreligionists would do well to keep quiet about their food storage “in …
Read More »Kevin Durant Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
Kevin Durant and three other players on the Brooklyn Nets have tested positive for coronavirus, the organization revealed via public statement. The other three players have not been named, but all four have been isolated and anyone who has been in contact with the players, including on-court opponents, has been …
Read More »Video shows New Orleans Police Planting Crack On African American Suspect
[Photo credit: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Facebook] A video showing cops in New Orleans planting crack near an African American suspect in handcuffs has gone viral on social media this week in another potentially dark situation for the New Orleans Police Department. The video, which went viral on Monday, shows …
Read More »President Trump Enacts Defense Production Act To Fight Coronavirus
FILE – In this July 12, 2016 file photo, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind. Trump has chosen Indiana Pence as his running mate, adding political experience and conservative bona fides to his Republican presidential ticket. Trump announced his decision …
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