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A California man who conceded on Facebook that it was stupid to have risked his health and the health of others by attending a party during a pandemic died one day after sharing his message of regret. 51-year-old Thomas Macias started feeling unwell after the Lake Elsinore party earlier this month, ultimately taking to Facebook […]
People are going to risk their lives and the lives of those around them by seeing Vanilla Ice perform on Friday in Austin, Texas. Ice, thanks to a legal loophole spotted by the Austin Chronicle on Wednesday, is set to do the usual ’90s throwback thing at Emerald Point Bar & Grill on July 3. […]
Donald Trump has launched another attack on the growing movement for racial justice. On Wednesday, the president took to Twitter to slam the Black Lives Matter sign that will be painted along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, right outside Trump Tower. POTUS specifically took aim at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for supporting the proposed […]
Maya Moore fans were shocked this year when they learned she would miss a second consecutive season to focus on criminal justice reform. The Minnesota Lynx star announced she was putting her career on hold to fight for the release Jonathan Irons—a 40-year-old Black man who was wrongly convicted in the late 1990s. “Basketball has […]
Flying Snakes are apparently a thing, and no we’re not talking about Snakes on a Plane. On Monday, scientists from Virginia Tech published new research that took a deeper look into Chrysopelea paradisi or the paradise tree snake. As CNN points out, this snake is known for propelling itself through the trees of South and […]
Lionsgate has opted to keep the Season 3 episode of Mad Men titled “My Old Kentucky Home,” which features John Slattery’s character Roger Sterling in blackface. Deadline reports the racist imagery will be addressed prior to the episode with a disclaimer explaining that the scene “shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963.” “This […]
Three of the world’s biggest corporations have been asked to terminate their partnerships with the Washington Redskins unless the team changes its controversial name. According to AdWeek, 87 investment firms and shareholders sent three separate letters to Nike, PepsiCo, and FedEx last week, pressuring each of the companies to cut ties with the NFL franchise. […]
Tens of thousands of people are demanding a full and thorough investigation into the death of Elijah Weatherspoon, an 18-year-old Black man who died last week under suspicious circumstances. According to WCBD, Weatherspoon went missing on June 25 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where he was boating with a group of white friends. At around 11 p.m. […]
During an investigation into the disappearance of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, one suspect has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Human remains that are possibly linked to Guillen’s case have also been discovered. The 20-year-old was last seen April 22 on the central Texas military base, according to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. […]
To be Black in America is to live through a continuous cycle of exhaustion—from slavery to civil rights to Black men and women being killed at the hands of police and even the plague of grind culture fueled by Western values. We’re tired, literally. In the midst of the pandemic, Black and brown people, who […]
