Republicans have never wanted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of then-Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren in the wake of the financial crisis, to exist. But now that they’re running the federal government, they’re finding some new and innovative ways to shill for banks and other financial…
File this under “Yeah, We Knew That Already, but Thanks for the Confirmation”: An analysis of police data shows that blacks and Hispanics make up the majority of arrests for marijuana possession—even in areas where the population is mostly white or other ethnic groups.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was quick to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. It is a decision that caused him to lose favor with Donald Trump, who famously said that he never would have appointed Sessions as attorney general if he had known the recusal was going to happen.
I love Netflix; I’m not gonna lie. It is the perfect companion when you live alone. I usually turn on something good to play as background noise while I’m working during the day or falling asleep at night. It’s become a comfortable habit.
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
I am asked, frequently, by people who happen to be white and also happen to read my work (or perhaps happened to listen to me speak) about how to be a better white person. I’m often compelled to answer, “Go to the gym, I guess, and be nice to bartenders.” Which is an adequate answer, but not quite the answer they’re…
Meek Mill has won his battle to be freed from prison on bail.
Following the deadly shooting of four people at a Nashville, Tenn., Waffle House early Sunday morning, business owners and lawmakers have tried to find ways to support the victims and survivors of the brutal attack.
My mother, God bless her (she’s still around, but still), grew up in a certain village in rural Nigeria. And to survive this upbringing, she had to adopt some beliefs, behaviors and coping mechanisms that would seem paranoid to untrained and Americanized eyes like mine.
Video showing a rookie cop shooting a black teenager in the back as the 18-year-old was running away seems to contradict previous statements by the officer involved, who said on camera that the shooting victim had pointed a gun at the officer.
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President Donald Trump welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House Tuesday, but the president of women who wear cowboy boots with their swimsuits doesn’t seem to understand that other world leaders are not auditioning for The Apprentice and therefore aren’t looking for jobs, and they aren’t his…
An Alabama woman who lost her job after her employer said that dreadlocks “tend to get messy” has petitioned the Supreme Court to decide if the company’s policy is discriminatory.
Updated Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 3 p.m. EDT: A $2 million bond set for accused Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking has been revoked by a Tennessee judge. CNN reports that the order was signed by Tennessee state Judge Michael Mondelli today. No reason was given for revoking the bond, which was set Monday after…
Luxury fashion was once a magical realm where black designers rarely held a place at court, let alone reigned among the kings and queens of fashion. Today, global fashion search platform Lyst, in partnership with the Business of Fashion—an online news organization widely regarded as the first and last word on…
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Black people call them hats. Seasoned black women call them crowns. White people call them chapeaux. Whatever your pick, on Tuesday, first lady Melania Trump donned what looked like a cross between an Easter Sunday hat made famous by mint-candy-carrying black women who can barely shuffle but will praise-dance you…
On Monday, conservative right-wing zealot Sean Hannity paused his public fellating of Donald Trump and explained why it was totally cool that he received millions of dollars in government assistance and personally benefited from the “big government” and “welfare state” he publicly rails against.
Is there such thing as a “retrosuperfuturistic” beard? I have a feeling we’re about to find out, because Rick Ross is dropping a grooming line, y’all.
