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A prominent human rights attorney is facing backlash this week, after she was accused of posing as a Latina throughout her career. According to a recent Prism report, Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan has spent years advocating for Latin communities while presenting herself as a Puerto Rican woman from New York; however, records obtained by the outlet show the 43-year-old white woman—who was said […]
A New Jersey woman has been charged with bias intimidation and harassment after she went on a racist rant targeted at her neighbor. TMZ reports that the incident began when 60-year-old Claudia Emanuele was talking to a mail carrier about her mail arriving late. Her neighbor, Tameka Bordeaux approached them, and when Emanuele saw her, she immediately began […]
Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos as the wealthiest person in the world for the first time on Thursday. “How strange,” Musk tweeted about the news. “Well, back to work.” Per CNN, a 5% rise in Tesla shares early Thursday increased Musk’s net worth by approximately $9.3 billion, bringing his total to about $190 billion. Bezos’ net worth currently sits […]
The brain-boggling events of Jan. 6, 2021 on U.S. Capitol grounds, in addition to making zero sense and being a total waste of time for those responsible, have resulted in dozens of arrests and several deaths. According to D.C. police, there were at least 52 arrests made among the violent and petulant mob of MAGA […]
Right-wing demonstrations were staged across the country Wednesday, as lawmakers prepared to formally certify Joe Biden‘s election win over President Donald Trump. Although the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol has continued to dominate headlines, a growing number of protests in support of the outgoing POTUS have also taken place outside statehouses in Utah, Georgia, Washington state, Oregon, […]
Nearly every player and coach on the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics took a knee during the playing of the national anthem prior to Wednesday’s game. The protest was in response to the announcement that Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey would not face charges for shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back, and leaving him paralyzed from the […]
Chaos has ensued in the nation’s capital. This prompted Cardi B to point out the obvious difference in the way the police have responded to this and the way they reacted to the Black Lives Matter movement. “Where the National guards ?” Cardi questioned on Twitter. “The irony is pretty funny………weren’t people just wild animals in the […]
The line between artistic expression and real-life experience has always been a point of contention when trying to evaluate hip-hop. This debate came to a head when a Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that rap lyrics can be used as evidence of a defendant’s guilt in court. Per Courthouse New Service, this verdict came as part of […]
As if the panicked echoings of Trump‘s baseless 2020 presidential election-centered fraud claims from many Republicans haven’t made it clear enough, let’s say it again: Georgia really did it. They bagged two Democrats in their nationally anticipated Senate runoff elections, meaning the next four years for incoming POTUS Joe Biden’s team will go much smoother in terms of […]
You’d be forgiven for naively treating 2021 like a magic button that made the MAGA cult disappear from the news cycle. If the first week of the new year is any indication, and it most likely is, we are going to be stuck with them—in some form or another—for a very long time. On Tuesday, […]
