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Kyiv is burning. I am struggling to explain this to my young children; they know that I wrote a book about the 2013–14 Ukrainian revolution on the Maidan, Kyiv’s central square. They were too small then to understand that their parents’ friends and colleagues were being shot at by snipers. …
Read More »Diddy Seemingly Responds With a Profanity-Laced Clap Back at Da Band’s Freddy P’s Complaints About Him
Several people who worked with Sean Combs on the MTV reality TV series Making the Band have recently taken to social media to air out their grievances against the Bad Boy executive. Diddy was in the crosshairs of Making the Band member Freddy P last week when he admitted to …
Read More »Families of 2 Black Women Who Died on the Same Day Demand Policy Change on Notice of Deaths
Photo: Ned Gerard (AP) The families of Lauren Smith-Fields, 23, and Brenda Lee Rawls, 53, who died on the same day, are demanding a policy requiring Connecticut police to notify families of a death within 24 hours of identification, reported NBC News. The families were initially skeptical about the handling …
Read More »The Story of Jack and Neal
What are friends for? For knocking around with, cracking a joke, sharing a doobie, firing a paintball? Or for guarding in the angelic citadels of their being the essential soul-image of you and everything you might eternally come to mean, while you in shining symmetry and perfect vulnerability do the …
Read More »Create Music Like A Pro With This Ableton Bundle
Playing music is one of the most rewarding things someone can do. Creating music is even more fulfilling. Many music-production programs have come and gone over the years, but Ableton has withstood the test of time to become one of the most popular among novice producers and Grammy-winning producers alike. …
Read More »The Struggle Puff: The Goated Natural Hair Go-To
The Struggle Puff: The Goated Natural Hair Go-To When you don’t know what to do with your hair or simply don’t have time to decide, the Afro puff (with a tie ) is the easiest option. Latest on The Root The Struggle Puff: The Goated Natural Hair Go-To Black Influencers …
Read More »Two Canadian Brothers Launch NFT Sneaker Auction Years After Losing Court Battle With eBay
Inspired by sneaker culture and driven by injustice, Montreal-based brothers Kevin and Thierry Mofo are launching their first NFT sneaker, minted on the Ethereum blockchain and set to be auctioned. The origin story behind the NFT sneaker is deeply embedded in the duo’s brand, Soles For Justice. Back in 2012, Nike …
Read More »Florida Department of Health Tweaks Covid-19 Vaccine Guidance For Children
Newly-appointed state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks during a press conference at Neo City Academy in Kissimmee, Florida. Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) Joseph A. Ladapo, who became Florida’s surgeon general in September, has been an outspoken critic of masking and quarantines–even going as far as calling people …
Read More »Actor Jussie Smollett Handed Five Months In Jail For Hate Crime Hoax
On Thursday, even as former Empire actor Jussie Smollett protested his innocence, he was sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months of felony probation, and ordered to pay restitution of more than $120,000 and a $25,000 fine for lying on police reports in a hate crime hoax in January …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 Days in Jail, 30 Months Felony Probation for Staging Fake Hate Crime
Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building for his sentencing hearing on March 10, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Though its been fivescore and 50-leven years since the curious case of Jussie Smollett and the Fake Hate Crime took over the …
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