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Reuters – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday started talks on a police reform bill, the day after Democratic President Joe Biden urged senators and representatives to act before the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis policeman. Republican Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, …

Photo: Andre Silva Pinto (Shutterstock) The recently passed COVID relief bill had $5 billion in provisions intended to help Black and brown farmers who have historically been the victims of systemic racism within the Department of Agriculture. Predictably, white folks have a problem with that and have filed a lawsuit …

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Brandon Mitchell, juror 52 in the Derek Chauvin trial, gave the first public statements of any of the jurors in the trial this week. Since the verdict, Mitchell has conducted several interviews on what he saw and experienced. Mitchell, a high school basketball coach in Minnesota, said he and the …

Screenshot: Google You ever had that friend that just can’t get right? They meet the perfect girl and fuck it all up? Or get fired from their job for the stupidest reason? That’s the Sacramento Kings. In a past life, they were the creme of the crop. But with Chris …

On Wednesday (April 28), the Department of Justice announced that three men have been indicted on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges for the death of Ahmaud Arbery. On February 23, 2020, three men (William “Roddie” Bryan Jr, 51, Gregory McMichael, 65, and his 35-year-old son Travis McMichael) followed 25-year-old …

South Carolina senator and Black Republican Tim Scott gave the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s address to Congress Wednesday night, in which he announced America isn’t racist and seemed surprised when Black Americans checked him. During his 15-minute speech, Scott said President Joe Biden seems like a good man …

Although many were stunned when Chadwick Boseman didn’t win the Oscar for Best Actor, the late actor’s family came to the defense of Anthony Hopkins who took home the prize. The Boseman family believes that Chadwick not receiving the Oscar was not a “snub” for his performance in Ma Rainey’s …

Screenshot: YouTube/Jeopardy! A number of former Jeopardy! contestants are demanding action from the show’s producers following a recent disturbance from a current player that was caught live on television. Deadline reports that 467 past participants issued an open letter calling out the recent behavior of Kelly Donohue, whose appearance on …

Actor Anthony Mackie is wowing fans as the newest Captain America from the Marvel franchise and recently reacted to his new action figure. Appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday (April 26) Colbert showed Mackie his action figure for the first time for The Falcon and the …