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What Were You Doing When You Were Seven? This Kid Was Spending $600 on Food and Care Packages for People Put Out by Coronavirus Pandemic
With stories and constant updates regarding the coronavirus pandemic continuing to spread across media, it has become a rare thing to come across news that isn’t bleak and anxiety-inducing. There are, however, positive and even inspiring stories connected to the crisis that come out every so often, such as NBA players pledging funds to aid…
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Rosario Dawson Will Play Ahsoka Tano in Season 2 of 'The Mandalorian' and I Think I Just Had a Nerd-Gasm
Where my Star Wars blerds at? The Star Wars franchise is about to hit us with possibly one of the most perfect casting decisions since Patrick Stewart was tapped to play Professor Xavier in the X-Men movies. According to IndieWire, actor Rosario Dawson will play Ahsoka Tano in season 2 of hit Disney series The…
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NYPD Officer Caught for Second Time Appearing to Plant Marijuana in Black People's Car
Black people have a turbulent and often volatile relationship with law enforcement. Our white counterparts often view this conflict between cops and black folk through a lens of privilege, causing them to offer suggestions nobody asked them for, including their go-to proverb: “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about.” Those white…
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Victim of Alleged Police Brutality Incident Won’t Receive Justice, but He Won’t be Charged With Any Crimes Either
It’s a rare thing when black victims of police violence receive any semblance of justice. Well, justice still hasn’t exactly happened for 19-year-old Uwimana Gasito—who was involved in an altercation in front of a Lansing, Mi 7/11 in February that led to him being handled excessively by an arresting officer—but, he is at least having…
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America Is Just Being America Again as Coronavirus Causes Surge in Gun Sales
Since news of the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the media faster than the virus itself, the general public has responded in a number of ways ranging from perfectly reasonable to wildly paranoid and frantic. Many people haven’t gone much further than taking commonsense precautions like staying indoors as much as possible and paying extra…
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‘I Am Not Going to Stop in Traffic for Two Black People’: White Man Pulled Gun on Two Black Women and 1-Year-Old After Car Accident
Every day people of the color redacted persuasion argue that racism in America is a thing of the past or, at the very least, a thing largely exaggerated by the media and by us disgruntled blacks. Yet every other day it seems we see recorded reports of unsuspecting black people walking into instances of blatant…
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Rep. Bobby Rush Isn't Here For Race-Based Coronavirus Misinformation
Congressman Rep. Bobby Rush is not here for the spreading of misinformation regarding the coronavirus crisis—particularly, race-based misinformation. CNBC reported that Rush lashed out at the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter on Friday for allowing their digital spaces to be used as propaganda hubs for false and often racist information mentioning, specifically, the debunked claim…
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Woman Allegedly Steals Car and Tells Cops She's Beyoncé. No One Needed a Maury DNA Test to Determine THAT Was a Lie
Who among us has never told a little lie to get ourselves out of trouble? The rule of thumb, though: make your lie appear plausible. In today’s “Now, sis” news, KTSM reports that a Las Cruces, New Mexico woman was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly stealing a car. The woman, who’s actual name turned out…
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Good News For People Who Like Terrible People: President Trump Tested Negative For COVID-19
Welp, if you were waiting on news to break that President Donald Trump has come down with “that Rona,” you’ll be disappointed. According to AP News, the White House released test results Saturday night revealing that the president received negative results for COVID-19 after being tested for coronavirus on Friday. Yesterday, The Root reported that…
