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Maryland Inmate Who Was Granted Parole Twice but Denied by Governors Has COVID-19
Eraina Pretty, Maryland’s longest-incarcerated woman, has spent 42 years of her 60-year sentence behind bars for a violent crime. Since she’s been in prison, Pretty has acted as a mentor to fellow inmates and has been approved for parole twice by the Maryland Parole Commission only to be denied her freedom by two of the…
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Nashville Police 'Dismissive' After NAACP President Reports Finding Bullseye in His Front Yard
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery as well as the effort to re-open states despite COVID-19 ravaging black communities has displayed how little America values black life. Now, an NAACP chapter president in Nashville has revealed that police didn’t take him seriously when he found a threatening sign on his property. According to NBC News, Keith…
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Battle of the Dons: A Compilation of Don Lemon's Pettiest Trump Moments
“What is it about Obama that really gets under your skin?” — CNN anchor, Don Lemon text As I write this, Trump is probably still rage tweeting about the first black president. We all wish Barack Obama would pick up the mic just one more time and roast him like he did at that White…
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Rep. Maxine Waters' Sister Dies From COVID-19
The past couple months have been an unprecedented time for the country as we grapple with the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19. Sadly, the devastating toll of the virus has hit close to home for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Rep. Waters has lost her sister to COVID-19. Waters grew…
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‘It Feels Empowering’: Princeton University Names Its First Black Valedictorian
Well, it only took 274 years for it to happen, but Princeton University recently named its first African American valedictorian. In late April, it was announced that operations research and financial engineering major Nicholas Johnson will be Princeton’s Class of 2020 valedictorian. “My favorite memories of my time at Princeton are memories of time spent…
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'We Are All Ahmaud Arbery': Jay-Z's Team Roc Urges Georgia to Take Quick Action in Open Letter
Ever since the recent video surfaced of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery being ambushed and killed by Travis and Gregory McMichael (which occurred back in February), celebrities have attempted to use their respective platforms in various ways to either raise awareness or figure out the next and tangible steps toward action and justice. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s Team…
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The White House Is a Coronavirus Petri Dish, Yet Mike Pence Still Won’t Wear a Mask
In the horror movie that has become the Trump administration, the president and Vice President Mike Pence are the jocks who believe there is nothing to be afraid of and walk into the haunted house to show everyone how crazy they’re being, never to be heard from again. The White House has literally become America’s…
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Anti-Lockdown Demonstrators Walk Into North Carolina Subway Armed With Guns and Rocket Launchers
In today’s episode of, “Are…Are White People OK?”—a group of 11 anti-lockdown demonstrators walked into a Subway sandwich shop in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday carrying an array of weapons, ranging from pistols to whole ass rocket launchers. According to the News & Observer—the publication that captured and published images from the event that have since gone…
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The 19 Things I Cooked in Self-Isolation and What They Say About My Mental State
“I’ll do something that makes me happy.” That’s how I justified that red velvet cake I made that I didn’t even bother to put icing on, as I was so happy to eat it just plain. Greedily, like a little kid. But it was a large and I had to eventually slice it up and…