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GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) issued a response on Wednesday addressing DaBaby’s homophobic remarks during his performance at Rolling Loud Miami over the weekend. “The rhetoric that DaBaby used is inaccurate, hurtful, and harmful to the LGBTQ community and the estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV,” DaShawn Usher, associate director of communities of color for GLAAD, wrote in a statement released […]
Trae tha Truth is always showing up for his fellow Houstonians. On Wednesday, the rapper/activist called on his followers to help get into contact with Jaydeen Buckley—a teenage boy who spent weeks selling water to raise money for school clothes. Jaydeen’s efforts were shared in a Facebook post that eventually went viral. “Please stop by and buy […]
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a mandate Wednesday requiring that all residents wear a mask while indoors in a public place, per Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The decision comes as Georgia has seen a steady rise in COVID-19 cases due to the prevalence of the delta variant across the country. “Public health experts overwhelmingly agree, and data has […]
The fallout continues in the wake of DaBaby’s recent homophobic comments, which have already been publicly condemned by previous collaborators Dua Lipa and Lil Nas X. Demi Lovato and Elton John are the latest artists to speak out, with the latter taking the opportunity to direct the public toward actual facts via his nonprofit. As previously […]
A South Carolina man has been handed a life sentence after being found guilty of killing a 21-year-old college student who mistook his vehicle for an Uber ride she had ordered. In March 2019, per Michelle Liu for the Associated Press, University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson disappeared from the Five Points entertainment district […]
A 22-year-old Georgia man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to four murders in connection with the Atlanta-area spa shootings. Robert Aaron Long pleaded guilty Tuesday and was given four life sentences without parole, per the Associated Press. He still faces charges in connection with the murders of four other people, with those being prosecuted […]
The CDC is expected to revise its guidance regarding masks for those who are vaccinated amid concerns over variants. On Tuesday, Apoorva Mandavilli reported for the New York Times that the CDC was widely believed to be set to recommend this week that those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 “resume wearing masks indoors under certain […]
The U.S. Department of Justice say that federal law does not prohibit private businesses and public agencies from requiring vaccination against COVID-19, per an option from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel. While news of this determination from the DOJ first hit the cycle this week, featured in pieces from CNN and Politico mere hours […]
After raising suspicion from the Indigenous community, an art dealer from the Fraser Valley, B.C. has confessed that he’s been deliberately deceiving buyers in Canada and around the world for years. For years, the gift shops at some of B.C.’s most renowned museums and art galleries have carried wood carvings by an artist named “Harvey John,” who, according to an […]
The CDC has issued a warning regarding a difficult-to-treat drug-resistant fungus that has spread throughout a pair of U.S. hospitals and nursing homes. In findings released last Thursday, researchers said the fungus, Candida auris, has gotten even more dangerous, identifying instances where it was immune to all existing medications. There’s also evidence that suggests it spread from person-to-person, which would […]
