On a hot June evening in Berkeley, California, last year, while his groceries sweated on the couch, 24-year-old Darrell Owens sent a tweet that changed his city. “Traffic enforcement needs to be totally removed from the police…” it began. Just a few weeks earlier, Owens had watched George Floyd being …
Read More »Red Table Talk: The Estefans Talk Colorism in Latin Families
Latin people are the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S., and the number of people who identify as Afro-Latino on the 2020 Census numbered more than 1.3 million. Each state and the District of Columbia reported growth among the demographic, and for the first time in the country, births and not …
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Read More »Stacey Dash Admits Secret Vicodin Addiction
Clueless actress Stacey Dash and former Fox News commentator is opening up about drug addiction and more. In an episode of Dr. Oz that aired Thursday (Oct. 14), Dash said she had a severe addiction to pills, revealing she consumed “18 to 20” Vicodin a day. The high price of …
Read More »Comedian Damon Wayans Says Dave Chappelle ‘Freed the Slaves’ Following Transphobic Controversy
Comedian and actor Damon Wayans announced his support for Dave Chappelle, whose latest Netflix comedy special is stirring up conversations around transphobia. Since the release of Chappelle’s “The Closer” on Oct. 5, concerns of discrimination against the transgender community have been raised amongst some viewers. Chappelle has also garnered support …
Read More »Dwyane Wade’s Son Zaire Signs With Utah Jazz's G-League Affiliate Team
Photo: Michael Reaves (Getty Images) Looking to follow in his father’s NBA footsteps, Zaire Wade, son of three-time NBA champion Dwayne Wade, is taking his talents to the pros. Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, the 19-year-old will forgo college scholarship offers and instead sign with the Salt Lake City …
Read More »Mix-and-Match Vaccines: A Shopper’s Guide
We know more than ever about how to use boosters, but still very little about when to use them. Leon Neal / Getty ; The Atlantic In this week’s installment of the booster chronicles, the plot is picking up. An advisory committee to the FDA began a two-day meeting today …
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Read More »Virginia Beach School Board Members Fighting to Ban Toni Morrison Book for Being ‘Pornographic’
School board members in Virginia Beach are attempting to ban the literary works of the late great novelist Toni Morrison. School board members Victoria Manning and Laura Hughes have banned together to have four books removed from curriculums due to the “pornographic nature” found in the reading, The Daily Beast …
Read More »The Black Women's Player Collective Is Here to Usher In the Next Generation of Superstar Athletes
Tziarra King, left, Ifeoma Onumonu, and Imani Dorsey of the Black Women’s Players Collective.Photo: Adidas When the National Women’s Soccer League finally returned to play last summer in the aftermath of the officer-related murder of George Floyd, dozens of players used the league’s Challenge Cup tournament as a platform to …
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