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Austin Chenge, a GOP candidate for Michigan governor, is facing backlash over his stance on Black History Month. On Monday, Black Army veteran announced he would abolish the annual observance in the state if he’s elected, stating that the month was not only “unfair” it was also potentially illegal. “I will cancel #BlackHistoryMonth in #Michigan,” he wrote on social […]
The sports world is mourning the death of boxing legend Leon Spinks. USA Today reports the former heavyweight champion died Friday night at the age of 67, following a years-long battle with cancer. His wife, Brenda Spinks, was reportedly by his side at the time of his death. The St. Louis native rose to prominence in 1978, when […]
City Girls‘ recent nightclub performance has generated some controversy. On Friday night, members Yung Miami and JT took the stage at Bajas Beachclub in Tallahassee, where they were performed for a massive crowd that failed to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines. Footage of the in-door gig has since surfaced on social media, showing the many of the attendees standing shoulder-to-shoulder without […]
It has not been a good week on the internet for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. As someone taking home five times the average American’s income, we figure she’ll be fine, but the rookie congressional representative from Georgia has been repeatedly called out this week over her history of fringe-right beliefs and advocacy of harmful conspiracy theories. […]
Today marked a momentous occasion in American history as Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala D. Harris were sworn in to become the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America, respectively. The ceremonious inauguration brought together many of the country’s top elected officials along with family members of the newly-elected Presidents to the U.S. Capitol but as the event went on, some of […]
Hours after publicly conceding defeat, President Donald Trump announced Friday he will not attend Joe Biden‘s inauguration this month. And Biden has co-signed the decision. “I was told on the way over here that [Trump] indicated he wasn’t going to show up at the inauguration—one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on,” the president-elect told reporters. “It’s […]
A prominent human rights attorney is facing backlash this week, after she was accused of posing as a Latina throughout her career. According to a recent Prism report, Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan has spent years advocating for Latin communities while presenting herself as a Puerto Rican woman from New York; however, records obtained by the outlet show the 43-year-old white woman—who was said […]
Over the weekend Twitter swarmed the mentions of a person dubbed “Bean Dad” (who had previously gone by the non-Twitter name John Roderick) over his refusal to open a tin can for his kid. A sentence like that probably doesn’t need added context, but we’ll try. On Saturday, Roderick shared a (too long) thread that told a story of […]
A 2020 Beats by Dre commercial featuring Flo Milli is receiving renewed attention this week. The ad was first unveiled as part of a headphones campaign launched by the Apple-owned Beats back in November. The campaign, also featuring ads centered on Cordae and Naomi Osaka, was put together in promotion of the new Beats Flex headphones, […]
The Wall Street Journal faced backlash this weekend after publishing an op-ed that took aim at Jill Biden. Written by Joseph Epstein, the piece in question calls on the future first lady to drop the “Dr.” title from her name, as she is not a medical doctor. The op-ed, titled Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not […]
