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Speaking on a Sunday morning talk show, Florida Rep. Val Demings said she thought the officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio “responded as he was trained to do.” Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation, Demings told host John Dickerson that her background as a police chief in …

When it comes to racism in America, it appears that those who don’t experience it claim that there isn’t any. Case in point, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham seems to think that “America is not a racist country.” And his examples are President Barack Obama being elected to the …

The 2021 Oscars will go down as one of the most controversial in terms of the performances from Black actors that were overlooked. While Daniel Kaluuya took home the hardware for Best Supporting Actor for playing Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah, the other snubs were major. Both …

Photo: Rachel Murray (Getty Images) If there’s one thing I’m a sucker for, it’s listening to legendary artists revisit their catalog and dish on not only the creative process behind some of our favorite songs, but the environment that contributed to them. Podcasts like Questlove Supreme and Drink Champs thrive …

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The European Union is finalizing plans to allow tourists from the United States to travel to the 27-nation bloc this summer, officials said Monday. More than a year after the EU restricted travel to the region to a bare minimum in a bid to contain the pandemic, the European Commission …

One of the most recognizable Olympic athletes in the world has left one of the most recognizable athletic companies. Athleta recently announced that it has inked a long-term partnership with the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history, Simone Biles. Biles will also help with a shared vision that will …

Photo: Greg Nash (Getty Images) If a single boat shoe, a lemon rind and Rand Paul were on a sinking boat and you could only save one thing, tell me why it’s the boat shoe. Rand Paul is the Jim Jordan of Lindsey Grahams. Rand Paul’s has a white man’s …

Photo illustrations by Aikaterini Gegisian I am a 39-year-old woman, and I have never, to my knowledge, had an orgasm. I include the caveat because I’m often asked—by the men I’ve slept with, by my closest friends, even by my gynecologist—if I am sure. The question can feel vaguely patronizing, …

Movie mogul and philanthropist Tyler Perry received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award at the Oscars ceremony. In his speech, he thanked his mother for teaching him lessons early in life about refusing to hate people because of their race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.  Perry recalled that his mom came home …