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Netflix has announced Colin in Black & White, a new scripted limited series created by Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay. The series is centered on Kaepernick’s high school years and promises “meaningful insight” into the formative experiences that later inspired him to become an activist for social justice. Kaepernick will narrate the series, which boasts writing […]
Did Donald Trump prioritize favorable optics over public health? It’s definitely believable. According to a recent Washington Post report, the president’s campaign not only failed to enforce social distancing at last week’s Tulsa rally, it also took steps to thwart them. The outlet reports that hours before Trump took the stage, workers at the BOK Center in Tulsa had labeled thousands of arena seats with […]
As countries across the European Union begin to open up from coronavirus quarantine, the EU is planning to bar most travelers from the United States. As the New York Times reports, travelers from the U.S., Russia, and other countries hit hard by the pandemic are being considered too risky by E.U. officials. Plenty of travelers from other […]
Ron Barbosa had a bad feeling about attending a birthday party in North Texas on May 30 for his daughter-in-law, who was turning 30. So, Barbosa, a volunteer EMT who is married to a doctor, decided to skip the gathering among family members. Now, according to WFAA, 18 people in his family have tested positive for COVID-19. “When […]
Scottsdale councilman Guy Phillips issued an apology on Thursday morning following heavy backlash after he mocked some of George Floyd’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” at an anti-mask rally in Arizona on Wednesday. In a statement to the Arizona Republic, Phillips said, “It was a stupid and insensitive comment that I shouldn’t have made, and I […]
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is the subject of a new Department of Justice indictment. Though the superseding indictment doesn’t contain any additional charges other than the 18 the DOJ unsealed in 2019, prosecutors argue that it “broadens the scope” of alleged efforts by Assange to gather and release classified information. Among the mentions in […]
Attempting to stack up political confidence ahead of an election by touting polls is, as recent history has made quite clear, not a good idea. Still, it’s hard not to at least pay a bit of attention to a fresh poll from the New York Times and Sienna College in which Joe Biden takes 50 percent and […]
The exhaustingly long history of art-averse political figures missing the point of musical expression entirely continues in 2020 with the Trump campaign’s use of the Panic! at the Disco hit “High Hopes.” In case you missed it, and hopefully you did, the Trump team used the 2018 Pray for the Wicked single at a recent gathering of dumbfucks […]
CNN reports the small Siberian town of Verkhoyansk had the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday, an alarming discovery for a place that posts an average high of 68 degrees Fahrenheit in the month of June. While the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) understands that Siberia is known for its large swings in month-to-month and yearly temperature, Verkhoyansk’s […]
On Monday night, protesters gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square and attempted to remove a statue of the slaveholder Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the U.S., but were unsuccessful. They used rope, which they tied to the statue, to try and pull it down. The bronze statue of Jackson was made by sculptor Clark Mills and […]
