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As anti-Asian hate continues to run rampant across the country, Olympic athlete Sakura Kokumai is the latest victim in a string of unprovoked, verbally abusive rants targeting Asian-Americans. The karate athlete is set to appear in the Tokyo Olympics this summer. As she was sitting in a park in Orange County, California, she says a man came up to […]
Lucy Maino, the current holder of the Miss Papua New Guinea title, was stripped of her crown following backlash to a video that showed her twerking on TikTok. The organization that has the power to do such a thing, the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant Papua New Guinea (MPIP PNG) committee, said this week that Maino would be […]
A Florida woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail for intentionally coughing on a cancer patient during the pandemic. According to The Associated Press, the incident took place in June 2020 at a Pier 1 location in Jackson, Florida, where Debra Hunter was filmed arguing with store employees. Customer Heather Sprague began filming the altercation […]
It appears that Amazon employees in Alabama have voted not to unionize, marking the tech giant’s biggest win in its fight against attempts at labor organizing. Wall Street Journal reports that an initial count of 72 percent of the ballots showed that around 71 percent of workers in Bessemer, Alabama decided not to join the […]
The remains of an ancient city has been discovered in Egypt, which is said to be the largest ever found in the country. CBS News reports that archaeologists have unearthed the remains in the desert near Luxor, Egypt, where the Valley of the Kings is located. The newly uncovered site is 3,000 years old, from […]
Twitter will not archive tweets from former POTUS Donald Trump’s permanently suspended account. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), an independent government agency in charge of preserving and documenting historical records, is currently working on an official online archive of the ex-Apprentice host’s tweets during his time as POTUS, including the ones that ultimately resulted […]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99. The death of Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II, was announced via a statement shared early Friday to the official website of the Royal Family. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared racism a “serious public health threat” that requires immediate action. CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky made the declaration Thursday, citing racism as a major cause of “health inequities, health disparities and disease.” She used the ongoing pandemic to support the agency’s claim, reminding the public the coronavirus has disproportionately affected communities of color; however, Walensky emphasized that […]
Ronnie Long’s fight for justice isn’t over. After serving 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the 65-year-old Black man received $750,000 in restitution—the maximum amount North Carolina pays to victims of wrongful incarceration. Long argues that amount doesn’t nearly make up for everything he lost. “Ain’t no way in hell that […]
Diddy published an open letter to “corporate America” on Thursday in which the founder of Revolt TV and Bad Boy Entertainment specifically called on General Motors for listing his network as an example of its support of Black-owned media. As Diddy explained in the letter, Revolt does receive ad revenue from General Motors but their business relationship […]
