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It just feels like bagel shops have been the unlucky location for a lot of rude and aggressive outbursts, and this time an angry and entitled white woman—better known as a “Karen”—decided to lose her cool and cough on another customer at a bagel shop because they asked for her to put on a mask. Yeah, we […]
Baker Mayfield shared a video on Instagram Saturday, showing Cleveland Browns fans the type of work he’s been putting in behind-the-scenes in preparation for the upcoming 2020 NFL season. Nothing out of the ordinary. Even his Browns teammates Odell Beckham, Jr. posted the same type of video on his Instagram earlier today. But there was something noticeably different in Mayfield’s video. He was wearing a […]
On Friday evening, three people were arrested on disorderly conduct charges in East Meadow, New York at a peaceful protest for George Floyd. Videos began circulating on social media showing the protest proceeding peacefully until officers suddenly began aggressively apprehending a man leading the charge who had accidentally bumped into one of them. Following this, protests continued […]
Stephen Jackson criticized the NBA on Saturday for choosing to continue the season. The former NBA player took to Instagram to share his disapproval of the 2019-2020 NBA regular season continuing in Orlando in July, saying that other things are going on in the world to focus on besides basketball. “I love the NBA man, […]
The longest-hospitalized COVID-19 patient has received his hospital bill, which totals over $1.1 million and is 181 pages long. This spring, 70-year-old Michael Flor thought he was on the verge of death, but has since recovered. He then opened his hospital tab, which was precisely $1,122,501.04, attached to a long explanation of his charges. The Seattle Times […]
In a video posted to his Instagram account, comedian, actor, and Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah recounted a terrifying experience he recently had with the LAPD. As he was exercising in Tarzana around Ventura Boulevard and Corbin Avenue back in April, Pharoah said that multiple police officers pulled up near him with guns drawn to detain him. “I see an officer to […]
The Trump administration has scrapped Obama-era healthcare protections for members of the LGBTQ community, according to NPR. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it had finalized a rule that will effectively reverse a policy that prohibited health care providers from discriminating against transgender patients. The original 2016 rule—Section 1557 of Obamacare—expanded protections by […]
Last week, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian handed in his letter of resignation from the board and asked that his company replace him with a Black candidate to add more diversity. On Wednesday afternoon, it appears the digital forum giant took his advice to heart. Michael Seibel, CEO of a Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, has now become the first Black board member […]
The road signs on Penny Lane in Liverpool have been defaced because of the street name’s alleged connection to a slave merchant. On Thursday night, someone sprayed painted over the word “Penny” on the road sign. The street name is most notably remembered from the song by The Beatles that shares its namesake. Liverpool’s International Slavery […]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a 24-year-old black man whose body was found hanging from a tree earlier this week in Palmdale, California. City Manager J.J. Murphy addressed the tragedy in a statement on Thursday, describing Robert Fuller’s death as a possible suicide related to the COVID-19 crisis: “Many people […]
