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A school board meeting in Austin, Texas went off the rails this week after a local mother scolded officials for having a sexually explicit book at the library of one of its middle schools. On Wednesday, Kara Bell interrupted a COVID-19-related board meeting to request that the aforementioned book be removed from her daughter’s school. “I do […]
Uncertainty looms over female students in Afghanistan. In the weeks since the Taliban seized control of the country’s capital, many schools in the region have remained closed out of concerns for security. Al Jazeera reports college women, as well as girls at the elementary and junior high levels, have been able to attend classes at institutions that’ve remained opened; however, a […]
Bhad Bhabie has dropped off her new single and video for “Miss Understood,” the first release under her new independent record label, Bhad Music. Directed by Tiny Tapes and Orazio, the visual features the rapper scantily clad and surrounded by dollar bills, neon lights, and paparazzi as she raps the chorus, “They say I’m trouble, […]
An FDA panel voted against recommending Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots for people 16 years of age and older. The independent panel believes that two doses of the Pfizer vaccine can still safeguard Americans against the transmission of the very contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, and doesn’t think that a booster shot is necessary right now, The New […]
While the notorious Rikers Island jail complex in New York is set to be closed by 2027, the conditions in the meantime are receiving revived criticism from a number of lawmakers. New York State Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, who recently toured the facilities, told CBS News she saw garbage spread across the floor, as well […]
Community members are outraged after a video surfaced showing a student at a Los Angeles-area high school being body-slammed by a school resource officer. The teenage girl was thrown to the ground by an officer from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department around two weeks ago at Lancaster High School, ABC 7 reports. The footage […]
Spotify and the Ringer joined forces for No Skips With Jinx and Shea earlier this year, and now the music show has returned. Hosted by Shea Serrano and Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins, the show focuses on a different album each episode with a deep dive on rap records considered to be classic. Discussing everything from the production that […]
Nearly five years after the release of his 2016 debut album Introverted Intuition, Lance Skiiiwalker returns with his new EP Tales From the Telescope. The five-track offering marks the first new material from the TDE rapper since the spring of 2020, when he dropped his latest single “In The World” with Nick Hakim, alongside a remake […]
Wendy Williams was reportedly hospitalized this week for mental health reasons. According to TMZ, the 57-year-old talk show host was voluntarily admitted to a New York City hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Though the publication reports Williams was transported to the facility on Tuesday, other outlets indicate she was taken at around 8 a.m. Wednesday, shortly after officers arrived at […]
A Soviet-era chess master is suing Netflix over a “sexist” line featured in The Queen’s Gambit. Deadline reports Nona Gaprindashvili, a pioneer in the world of women’s chess, filed a $5 million lawsuit against the streaming giant on Thursday, nearly a year after the limited series hit Netflix. The Emmy-nominated show tells the story of Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), an orphaned chess […]
