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Charlottesville City Council Votes to Finally Remove 2 Confederate Statues From Local Parks
Who knew it would only take 4 years and a whole race riot?
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It's Pride Month, So Let's Celebrate With Some of the Best Comics Centered on LGBTQ Characters
They’re here, they’re queer, and they’re going to save the goddamn world.
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Fox News Blocks the Blue, Refuses to Air Ad Featuring Police Officers Condemning Capitol Riot
Fox News, the outlet that has perhaps been most instrumental in orchestrating the Back the Blue campaign, refused to air an ad that featured Capitol police officers criticizing the Republican politicians who have tried to downplay the events of Jan. 6. According to Newsweek, the minute-long ad featured multiple Capitol police officers recounting their experiences…
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Issa Rae Will Wear the Mask in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sequel, Has Been Cast as Spider-Woman
How do you do, true believers? I’m doing pretty okay, myself. I spent the weekend catching up on Donny Cates’ run on Venom and while that shit fucks, hard, that’s not the Spidey news you’re here for, is it? Over the weekend, it was announced that Jessica Drew a.k.a Spider-Woman would not only be appearing…
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Former Cop Who Issued Warrant in Breonna Taylor Raid Is Trying to Get His Job Back
The more of these stories I write and read, the more it becomes apparent that police culture revolves around the belief that by virtue of being a cop you shouldn’t have to face consequences, so it’s not surprising that the cop who issued the warrant that led to Breonna Taylor’s death is currently in the…
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A County in North Carolina Cancels Coke Machines Because CEO Believes People Should Be Able to Easily Vote
I’m sure you knew this, but Republicans are some weirdos. They spent the last year yelling about “cancel culture,” only to spend this year canceling anyone who doesn’t go along with their lies. Republican state legislators in North Carolina got in on the canceling action by voting to remove Coke machines from all government facilities…
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Good-Ass Games: Knockout City Packs a Lot of Punch in a Small Package
Y’all. I missed variety. I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but a year spent alone doing the same thing again and again and again has left your boy…different. Now that I’ve been able to get back to seeing movies, watching the Suns straight body the Lakers with my boys, and generally not having my…
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District Attorney in Pennsylvania Responds to Accusations of Systemic Racism by, uh, Being Systematically Racist
I’m no social scientist, yet I can’t help but theorize that white men are possibly the most sensitive group in this country—by far. If dealing with a thin-skinned president for four years didn’t clue you in on that, then you’ve had to have noticed how white men across the country continue to lose their shit…
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PSA: Y'all, This is Probably the Best Time Ever To Be a Blerd
Growing up, it always felt like the things I was deeply interested in and the things that had that good-good representation were always on two separate planes. Now, I wasn’t up here being one of those Black people who love to say they weren’t like other Black people. I’m pretty sure I happily consumed like…
