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Kamala Harris Makes History as First Black Woman To Be Elected Vice President of the U.S.
The delayed but ultimately decisive win in the 2020 election secured by President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), has ushered in a series of firsts for the United States: a Black person, a woman, a Black woman, will hold the title of vice president. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and…
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Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Has COVID-19, the Latest of Many Cases in the White House
Mark Meadows, Chief of Staff in the Trump White House and the man who said just two weeks ago that the administration is “not going to control the pandemic,” now has the coronavirus. Meadows tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, sources told Bloomberg News, and informed a “close circle of advisors” in the White…
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Like an Actual President, Biden Gives Thoughtful Speech Promising 'Your Vote Will Be Counted'
Almost-President-elect Joe Biden gave a speech in Wilmington, Delaware Friday night that signaled a hopeful return to baseline decency in the White House, and a move away from the crazy-making public statements we’ve gotten used to from the current President. “We don’t have a final declaration of victory yet,” Biden said, while flanked by VP…
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Tabria Majors Could Earn Her Own Stans With This Epic Remake of Beyoncé's Best Music Videos She Did for Halloween
I am admittedly a Beyoncé stan, and so hold the artist in very high esteem and consider her talents in singing, dancing, internet-breaking, and general Lemonade-ing to be unmatched. But Tabria Majors, a model based in LA, came scarily close to matching the performer’s fierceness in the epic remake of classic Beyoncé music videos (and…
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Police Pepper Spray Men, Women, and Children Marching to the Polls in North Carolina
When Trump said Make America Great Again, many of us wondered about the specifics of the great past he was seeking to bring the country back to. Was it when the law designated people with melanin as second-class citizens? Was it when the state would brutally subdue those people at will, by cracking skulls and…
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Drivers Flying Trump Flags Surround Biden-Harris Campaign Vehicles on Texas Highway, Attempt To Run Bus off the Road
After a year that’s seen white men increasingly using their vehicles to run into people whose politics they don’t agree with, I guess it shouldn’t surprise us that similar vehicular-violence is revving up in the little time left before Election Day. But the caravan of Trump supporters who surrounded Biden-Harris campaign vehicles on a highway…
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Who's Winning Halloween 2020: Saweetie, Ciara, Lil Nas X, or Fake Melania?
Though this year’s Halloween celebrations will be unconventional—at least for those decent souls still observing social distancing guidelines—that hasn’t stopped diehard fans of the season from pulling out all the stops when it comes to their costumes. Black celebrities are leading this pack with some transformations that demonstrate real dedication to the art of the…
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If You Still Weren't Sure That Racism Is Pervasive Among Cops: Meet The Louisiana State Police
Though this year (this horrid, horrid year) has been punctuated with ever-multiplying police killings of Black people, you may be one of the depressing faction of Americans who are steadfastly-dedicated to denying that systemic racism is a problem with law enforcement in this country—or in this country at all. Luckily, a bunch of newly released…
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Robocalls About Warrants, Lies About Absentee Ballots, and Other Disinformation Targeting Black Voters Ahead of Election Day
With days to go until election day, there are increasing signs of voter disinformation and suppression tactics targeting Black and Latino voters. Just this past week in Florida, numerous voters in a heavily-Democrat county received disturbing emails that threatened them if they don’t vote for President Trump. Now organizers in battleground states like Florida, Michigan,…
