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Black Millennials Are More Likely to Have a Second Job Than Their Peers, But Don’t Want to Drive Your Uber, According to New Survey
Think of a millennial in the workplace, and a host of stereotypes probably pop up. Maybe you envision a beanie-clad, kombucha-swilling engineer hunched over a laptop in an open office. Or maybe a 30-something manager sorting invoices over cold avocado toast. Or maybe you picture someone juggling a bunch of gig jobs: wrapping up a…
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‘Feeling Cute, Might Shoot Your Baby Daddy Today’: Corrections Officers Show Their Collective Asses in Social Media Challenge
There’s something about the power of euphemism: you call someone a “prisoner” or an “inmate” and, suddenly, all sorts of dehumanizing, terrible, violent things that would be unfathomable to subject a “regular” person to become possible. Become necessary. You call someone a police officer, guard, or a “corrections officer,” and suddenly the power to humiliate…
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Rihanna Comes Through Drippin' in Rainbow Goodness for Harper’s Bazaar May Cover, Teases New Fenty
It’s not quite summer yet, but in her latest cover for Harper’s Bazaar, Rihanna brings us the heat. After all, who better to pick for the cover of a beauty issue than Rihanna, a global pop star who parlayed her star power to launch one of the most buzzworthy beauty brands in the last few…
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Nia Wilson's Family Proposes Tracking Fare Evaders in Wrongful Death Suit Against BART
Nia Wilson’s family was supposed to be planning a graduation for her, not a funeral. But last summer, in a crime that sent shockwaves through the San Francisco Bay Area and the country, the 18-year-old high schooler was fatally stabbed in the neck on the platform of an Oakland Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.…
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New Video Shows Student's Account of What Chicago Police Did to Her Was Exactly as Bad as She Said
You can believe Chicago police, stalwarts of truth and integrity, or you can believe surveillance footage. But in yet another incident involving a young black person, you cannot believe both. This time, surveillance video released last week from a Chicago high school contradicts earlier CPD statements that they were provoked to punch and use a…
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Make It Last Forever: Cory Booker Says Relationship With Rosario Dawson Is the Real Deal
Last month, senator and presidential hopeful Cory Booker teased the possibility of meeting actress Rosario Dawson at the White House altar in her white dress (or whatever coloring of dress she chooses). Now he’s doubling down on his declarations of love for Ms. Dawson, telling a New York morning show that the couple is looking at…
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Los Angeles Mourns Its Native Son Nipsey Hussle Today. Here's How to Watch
In Los Angeles today, all eyes will be on Nipsey Hussle’s memorial service. The funeral is expected to draw several thousands of mourners on the streets of L.A., where the funeral procession will do a 20- to 25-mile “Victory Lap” through the communities Nipsey advocated so fiercely for. The 21,000-seat Staples Center, where the rapper’s…
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Nipsey Hussle's Mother Shares Words of Encouragement: 'He’s Even Greater Because He Has No Limits'
In the wake of her son’s death, Nipsey Hussle’s mother says she has “perfect peace” knowing her son’s memory now has “no bounds and no limits.” Nipsey, born Ermias Ashgedom, was fatally shot outside his Marathon Clothing store in South Los Angeles on March 31. Days before the iconic L.A. rapper is scheduled to be…
