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Illustration: Oscar Bustamante I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a styleAnd so I came to see him to listen for a whileAnd there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowdI felt he …
Read More »It's Time to Decide
The road to glory was long and challenging, and now it’s time for either Jada Spight or Stephanie Summers to be named Sunday Best on the season finale, tonight at 8/7c. Source link
Read More »Saturday's Best Deals: $59 Pressure Cookers, Woot's Video Game Blowout, 2 For $40 JACHS NY Shirts, and More
Graphic: Elizabeth Henges Best Deals of the DayBest Deals of the DayThe best deals from around the web, updated daily. A huge retro gaming sale at Woot!, 2 for $40 JACHS NY shirts, a great deal on a pressure cooker, Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath Kollection, and more are some of …
Read More »Radio Host Fired For Calling Sen. Kamala Harris ‘Colored’
A Cleveland radio host has lost his job after referring to vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris as “colored.” During an August 19 news promo, WTAM’s Kyle Cornell said, “The U.S. officially has its first colored vice presidential candidate. More coming up after the game on Newsradio WTAM 1100 Cleveland.” …
Read More »Trump Bragged About Low Black Voter Turnout, Disparaged John Lewis in Meeting With Black 'Leaders' in 2017
Martin Luther King III shakes hands with President Donald Trump after meeting with him on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2017.Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) New details have emerged from a meeting of so-called leaders in the Black community and then President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration on …
Read More »Trayvon Martin’s Mother Loses Election By 331 Votes
Sybrina Fulton, social justice activist and mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, ran for office in Miami-Dade County, Florida and lost by just a small handful of votes. According to The Miami Herald, Fulton lost the seat to Mayor Oliver Gilbert by 331 votes out of a total 34,000 votes …
Read More »Tennessee Passes Law That Would Punish Protestors By Taking Away Their Right to Vote
Protesters at the Tennessee State Capitol building in June. Photo: Jason Kempin (Getty Images) Republican lawmakers and a Republican governor have green-lit a new law in Tennessee that makes it possible for people to have their voting rights revoked as punishment for participating in protests. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed …
Read More »Anatomy of a Photograph: Authoritarianism in America
“Anatomy of a Photograph” is an occasional series in which we assess visual meaning in a hyper-recorded world. “God, forgive us, but ours is a monstrous system.” — Mary Chesnut’s Diary, on the eve of the Civil War, March 1861 Pick almost any recent event. In all likelihood, an extraordinary …
Read More »Michigan To Pay $600M To Flint Water Crisis Victims
About 65% of funding is earmarked for kids 6 and under. Source link
Read More »Pharrell and Jay-Z Release Music Video for New Song 'Entrepreneur,' Featuring Some Familiar Faces and Shade to Black Twitter
Screenshot: Pharrell Williams (Youtube Pharrell has followed up his curated issue of TIME magazine with Black leaders of “The New American Revolution” from earlier this week by dropping a new song and accompanying music video on Friday. The track “Entrepreneur” features Jay-Z, whose own Black entrepreneur cred is well-established and …
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