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Jenna Marbles, whose reach on YouTube included more than 20 million subscribers, has announced she’s leaving her main channel. “I wanna hold myself accountable and it’s painful to do it and it’s not fun and it hurts,” she said during the final moments of an 11-minute video titled “A Message,” uploaded Thursday. “I’m ashamed of things I’ve done and said […]
Another day, another viral “Karen” moment. A video posted on social media this week showed a June 22 altercation between two customers at a Sacramento 7-Eleven. The footage begins in middle of a heated argument in which an unidentified white woman calls a Black woman a racial slur. It’s unclear what exactly started the argument, but the white woman […]
Doja Cat was the subject of controversy last month after landing at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Say So,” and now she’s trying to put the situation in the past yet again. Footage of Doja in group chats filled with alleged alt-right types surfaced online, while an old song saw her […]
Bomani Jones took Will Cain to task on his own ESPN Radio show Wednesday for comments about how NASCAR immediately responded to the story of the noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace. Earlier today, Cain appeared on First Take where he criticized NASCAR for “rushing to judgment” in their statement when they classified what was found […]
Attempting to stack up political confidence ahead of an election by touting polls is, as recent history has made quite clear, not a good idea. Still, it’s hard not to at least pay a bit of attention to a fresh poll from the New York Times and Sienna College in which Joe Biden takes 50 percent and […]
Walmart announced Tuesday it will remove the Mississippi state flag from its stores, citing the growing debate around Confederate iconography. “We know the design of the Mississippi state flag is being discussed by various stakeholders,” Walmart said in a statement to CNN Business. “While the issue continues to be discussed, we’ve made the decision to remove the Mississippi […]
Donald Trump took to his usual bully pulpit of Twitter on Tuesday, threatening anyone who tries vandalizes or destroys a monument or statue with up to 10 years in prison. People were quick to point out the hypocrisy in Trump placing more of an importance on the well-being of a statue than American lives. The threat came as a direct response […]
The Atlas Restaurant Group, owner of Ouzo Bay in Baltimore, issued a statement on Monday apologizing to Marcia Grant, a Black mother, after a video shows a manager denying her service because her child, Dallas, was allegedly in violation of dress code policy. A similarly-dressed white kid nearby didn’t face the same scrutiny, CBS Baltimore reports. “We sincerely apologize to Marcia Grant, […]
Paul Chin’s music hits that spot—weighty with bass but still gossamer, tangled with minimal drum and bass and pierced with the kind of delicately strung, distant-sounding synth that makes your heart ache. If you have a honey at home, this is the music for getting close with the lights low. Chin’s latest EP is the type […]
On Monday night, protesters gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square and attempted to remove a statue of the slaveholder Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the U.S., but were unsuccessful. They used rope, which they tied to the statue, to try and pull it down. The bronze statue of Jackson was made by sculptor Clark Mills and […]
