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“They keep coming. The numbers are climbing with no end in sight,” claims an ominous voice over images of migrants crowded at the southwestern U.S. border. The implication of the 30-second spot sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which lobbies for lower immigration, is that the mass migration …
Read More »Lizzo’s next release is a shapewear brand named ‘Yitty’
Lizzo wants to help every body feel “good as hell.” The entertainer has announced the launch of Yitty, a size-inclusive inclusive shapewear and “innerwear” brand. And, as she explained on Instagram, she’s hoping to help shift the paradigm on how we relate to our bodies. “[Yitty will] give everyone the …
Read More »NBC Op-Ed Compares Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas to ‘Trailblazer’ Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson
Trans athlete Lia Thomas has been crushing her female competitors and shattering swimming records just two years after competing as a biological male. Amid the ongoing debates on whether or not trans women should be allowed to compete in female sports, one op-ed writer at NBC News believes Thomas should …
Read More »CNN+ to Debut New Documentary Series With Chicago vs. Jussie Smollett
Actor Jussie Smollett after his court appearance at Leighton Courthouse on March 26, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. This morning in court it was announced that all charges were dropped against the actor. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo (Getty Images) Just when you think you’re out, they pull you …
Read More »‘We Have to Look for Longer’
Warning: Some of the photos may contain graphic or objectionable content. “Words,” the journalist Sebastian Junger once wrote, “are often the primary instrument of liars, and photographic images are the primary instrument of those who insist on the truth.” The photographs that have emerged from the war in Ukraine over …
Read More »Black-Owned Funeral Home Partners With Genealogist to Preserve Black History By Means of Funeral Programs
Dr. Valarie Richardson, Earl Richardson, Jr., and Alex Richardson, the owners of Richard Funeral Home are working with Dr. Antoinette Harrell, a respected historian and genealogist, to help preserve Black history by means of their collection of funeral programs and obituaries. Based in Amite, La., the funeral home contacted Dr. Antoinette Harrell …
Read More »Why Questlove Was The Most Important Oscar Winner After the Slap
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Read More »The Most Successful People Are a Little Dissatisfied
“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. In 2007, a group of researchers began testing a concept that seems, at first …
Read More »Chicago Rally Honoring Transgender, LGBTQ+ Lives Turns Into Mayhem
Following the deaths of two Black Chicago women, activists and community members rallied together to shed light on the violence against the transgender and LGBTQIA community. But the peaceful event, held by Equality Illinois, escalated into a shouting match when several members of Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change, including …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey to Receive Honorary Literary Award
In this screengrab released on December 19th Oprah Winfrey during Global Citizen Prize Awards Special Honoring Changemakers In 2020 Shaping The World We Want on December 19, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen)Photo: Getty Images (Getty Images) Listen kids, there was a time …
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