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As the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others have sparked a global uprising against racial injustice, protesters have revisited another avenue to push the agenda—Black capitalism. On July 7, 2020, #BlackoutDay2020 aims to unite Black people in economic solidarity through a campaign encouraging participants to support Black-owned businesses exclusively. Similar digital […]
Today, as demonstrators continue to fight for justice for Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and a growing list of others, the country is getting ready to celebrate the 155th anniversary of a milestone in the liberation of Black people by way of America’s other holiday: Juneteenth. In the wake of those killings, and in the midst of nationwide protests against racial injustice and […]
LeBron James has started the non-profit organization More Than a Vote to stress the importance of registering and casting your ballot in November, as well as raise awareness towards voter suppression, the New York Times reports. The New York Times reports that, on Monday, James held a conference call with Jalen Rose, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Draymond Green, […]
A group of cyber criminals says they will release damning information about President Donald Trump unless they receive a $42 million ransom within the next week. As pointed out by NBC News, the blackmailers made their demand in a recent blog post, but did not specify what kind of dirty they had on Trump, nor did they provide any […]
According to Bloomberg (the news agency) Bloomberg (the mayor turned brief presidential candidate) spent more than $1 billion to fund his momentary attempt at becoming the 2020 nominee for the Democrats. This revelation is not the first one to point out how much money the former NYC mayor just threw away on a completely doomed […]
Things got a little tense during Wednesday’s episode of The View when co-host Whoopi Goldberg questioned Bernie Sanders about his decision to remain in the Democratic primary. “I’ve been watching to see what you were going to do,” Goldberg told the Vermont senator via video. “I’m told that you intend to stay in this race for president because you believe […]
On Sunday night, the first one-on-one debate of the 2020 Democratic primary took place between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in Washington D.C. For reasons that need no further elaboration, a lot of the early discussion surrounded the coronavirus. But, slightly over an hour into the event, Biden committed to naming a woman as his […]
Video shows Joe Biden lashing out at a union worker who challenged the former Vice President’s stance on gun rights. The tense exchange went down at an auto plant in Michigan on Tuesday, as state residents headed to the polls for the Democratic presidential primary. Biden, the current front-runner in the race, was filmed speaking to a group […]
What’s in a name? Nothing really, if you’re Judge Mike Cummins of California. In an attempt to try and appeal to voters in his bid for a seat on the Superior Court in the Los Angeles County Democratic Primary, Cummins legally changed his first name to “Judge Mike.” The problem is Judge Mike hasn’t been a judge in over […]
Pete Buttigieg will be dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, the New York Times reports. Buttigieg was scheduled to speak at a rally in Dallas on Sunday, ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries, which includes Texas. Following Buttigieg’s fourth-place finish in the South Carolina Democratic primary, the writing was on the wall for the former South Bend, Indiana mayor. His inability to pull black voters […]
