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Grounded: This Black-Owned Plant Subscription Business Hopes Its Greenery Can Give Us Some Peace of Mind
If you’re lucky enough to have a bit of extra money to spend, you might be wrestling with what purchases to make. Something indulgent maybe, but not frivolous. Something comforting, but not disposable. Something that supports small businesses, or black entrepreneurs. Something you can feel good about. The founders of Grounded think they have the…
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream…at Senator Mark Warner's Mayo Abomination of a Sandwich
If we can find just one moment of national unity this week, let it be the collective scream we all let out as Virginia Senator Mark Warner dumped a Mitch McConnell-sized helping of mayonnaise on what we’ve been told is a tuna melt. “Senator’s mayo-heavy tuna melt met with jeers” crowed CNN. “Virginia Sen. Mark…
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Golfing While Black: Women Who Had the Cops Called on Them for Playing Too Slowly File Discrimination Lawsuit
Two black women who had the cops called on them at a Pennsylvania golf course in 2018 for allegedly playing “too slow” can now move forward with a racial and gender discrimination lawsuit against the course’s owners. Myneca Ojo and Karen Crosby filed a federal lawsuit against Brew Vino LLC, owners of the Grandview Golf…
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New York Announces Maternal Health Task Force to Help Support Pregnant Parents Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
On Wednesday afternoon, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that the coronavirus pandemic is “not gonna be over anytime soon,” suggesting that the city’s overburdened hospital system will have to continue its herculean efforts to treat the outbreak for some time. There is a sliver of good news for the city’s pregnant parents, however. With…
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New COVID-19 Model Predicts Failure to Reduce Jails Will Lead to Nearly 100,000 More Coronavirus Deaths
Since the coronavirus became a global pandemic, predictive models have been an important—and hotly debated—tool to help understand the spread of the virus and anticipate potential needs. According to the estimates coming out of the White House’s models, slightly more than 100,000 people will die from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. It’s a…
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White People Continue to Stand Alone in Their Support of Trump, Survey Confirms
As part of their storied tradition of doing the absolute least when more is required of them, white people remain demographic outliers in their support of Donald Trump, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that pits Trump against his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. According to the new poll, Biden…
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5-Year-Old Girl Becomes Michigan's Youngest COVID Death
At first, Ebbie and LaVondria Herbert thought their 5-year-old daughter Skylar had strep throat. She began complaining about a persistent and painful headache a month ago, resulting in a visit to the pediatrician on March 23 where she tested positive for the common bacterial infection. But as Detroit News reported, Skylar’s headache didn’t go away,…
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For Decades, Split-Jury Convictions Imprisoned and Silenced Black Defendants. The Supreme Court Finally Found Them Unconstitutional
It’s a rule so common, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was law across the U.S.: that in order to be convicted by a jury of your peers, that jury has to unanimously agree on your guilt. For almost a hundred years, this wasn’t the case in Louisiana, where split decision votes of at least…
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Michigan Man Completing a 44-Year Life Sentence Dies From Coronavirus Just Weeks Away From Release
Earlier this year, 60-year-old William Garrison had an important choice to make. Convicted to serve a lifetime in prison when he was just 16 years old, Garrison was eligible for parole in February, or he could serve a seven-month sentence and walk away from prison, finally, a free man. Garrison chose freedom, but because of…
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'Mondays With Michelle': Your Forever First Lady and Quarantine BFF Is Hosting a Livestream Story Time for the Kids
Pure, genuine respite may feel hard to come by lately, especially if you’re on day…39? 300?—of quarantining with the kids. Thankfully, former First Lady Michelle Obama is offering a little bit of solace to maxed out parents and caregivers—“Mondays with Michelle Obama,” a limited weekly series in which our #ForeverFLOTUS reads a children’s book out…
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