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Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton introduced legislation on Thursday to combat the New York Times’ 1619 Project initiative, which pushes for a reframing of the history of the United States in classrooms, starting with the arrival of the first slave ship in America around August 1619. In a statement from Cotton’s office, the Saving American History Act […]
A heated exchange broke out at a Minnesota Walmart this weekend, after a white couple appeared at the store wearing swastika face coverings. The incident reportedly occurred Saturday, one day after the state’s mask mandate went into effect. A viral video shows the man and woman at a cash register as other customers confront them […]
Many Americans have conceded to the fact that they’re voting for Joe Biden not because he’s a great person, but because he’s the lesser of the two evils. But just because some want President Donald Trump out of the office doesn’t mean Joe Biden has free reign to spew out false narratives. On Thursday, Charlamagne […]
For many, the inarguable ease of sanctioned marijuana sales and usage made possible by progressive states’ legality shifts can likely obscure the fact that—despite such promising developments in parts of the country—far too many others remain behind bars for weed-related offenses. In the latest episode of Complex World, NBA veteran and Viola founder Al Harrington […]
The Boston Red Sox expressed their solidarity toward the Black Lives Matter movement by erecting a Black Lives Matter banner on the exterior of Fenway Park on Wednesday night. This act was met with heavy pushback and anti-Black Lives Matter rhetoric, however, from some fans of the team who were upset that the Red Sox showed support […]
A large portion of Lil Baby‘s commercial appeal is his realistic accounts of things he’s experienced. So while it may have seemed off-brand to some for him to release his pro-Black Lives Matter song “The Bigger Picture,” it actually continues the trend that propelled him to super-stardom. Baby touched on his environment and the current state of […]
A video of a group of white men holding a Black man against his will has gone viral. Now, two of the white men have been charged after the alleged assault, which happened on the Fourth of July near an Indiana lake. Yahoo News reports that Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox have been charged with […]
Ellen DeGeneres is at the center of controversy, once again. In a recent BuzzFeed News report, one current and 10 former employees of The Ellen DeGeneres Show claimed they experienced a toxic work culture that conflicted with the host’s “be kind” mantra. “That ‘be kind’ bullshit only happens when the cameras are on. It’s all for show,” a former employee […]
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha exposed the racial abuse he experienced prior to Sunday’s Premier League match at Aston Villa, the New York Times reports. On Saturday, Zaha tweeted out several racists images and comments he received from an Aston Villa fan account, tweeting, “Woke up to this today.” The racist messages include […]
A top writer for Fox News‘ host Tucker Carlson resigned from the network after he was exposed for posting bigoted comments online. According to CNN Business, writer Blake Neff had spent years secretly writing racist, sexist, and homophobic remarks on AutoAdmit, an unmoderated online forum widely refer to as the “4Chan for law students and lawyers.” The outlet reports Neff […]
