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President of the 2nd Largest Teachers' Union in Favor of Schools Returning to In-Person Learning
One of the continually controversial aspects of the pandemic has been how we should handle a return to in-person learning. For well over a year now, school has primarily been conducted in either a virtual classroom or a hybrid in-person/virtual environment. The head of the second largest teacher’s union in the country has called for…
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Minneapolis Judge Postpones Trial for the 3 Ex-Cops Charged in George Floyd’s Death Until 2022
A judge ruled on Thursday that the trial of the three former Minneapolis cops charged in aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd would be postponed until March of next year. According to NBC News, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were originally scheduled to stand trial in August. All three men,…
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Nothing Bitter About It: Regina King to Direct Adaptation of Bitter Root, a Comic You Really Should Be Reading
When I’m not busy getting internet randos in their feelings, I’m generally reading a large amount of comic books. Bitter Root is one of the best series I’ve read in recent years, with every issue leaving me going “Man, if only Hollywood made cool Black shit.” Well, apparently my call has been answered, as a…
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Georgia Man Free After Spending 2 Years in Jail for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
It’s really hard to have faith in a system that routinely allows cops to get away with things that would see the rest of us locked up, while at the same time incarcerating innocent people over weak cases with questionable evidence. A man in Augusta, Ga., spent two years in jail for a crime he…
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Judge Rules Derek Chauvin Could Face Longer Sentencing Since He Treated George Floyd With ‘Particular Cruelty’
When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder in the death of George Floyd, there was slight relief but one nagging question in the back of many our minds: “OK, but what’s the sentence going to be?” While there was, and still is, concern that Chauvin will face the lightest…
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Need a Ride? Biden Administration Partners With Uber and Lyft to Give Free Rides to Vaccination Sites
Now that vaccines are becoming more widely available, we have a genuine shot at being able to move into a new normal sooner rather than later. For some though, simply getting to a vaccination site can be an obstacle unto itself. To help combat that problem, the Biden Administration has partnered with Uber and Lyft…
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Citizen’s Arrest Law Repealed in Georgia Ahead of First Federal Hearing in Ahmaud Arbery Case
The shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery stood out last year because unlike so many instances of an unarmed Black man being shot, it wasn’t by a cop; it was by a group of white men who grabbed their guns and wanted to play cop. Arbery’s tragic death has led to the state of Georgia repealing…
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Mask Off: Dr. Fauci Says CDC Guidance on Indoor Mask Wearing Will Loosen as More People Get Vaccinated
I’ve been all about masks during the pandemic. Honestly, wearing my mask and glasses is the closest thing I’ll ever have to a secret identity, so I’ve had some fun with it. That said, now that I’m fully vaccinated and back to doing hoodrat shit with my friends (within reason, of course), I’m looking forward…
