Black TikTokers Are Not Happy With The App’s New Management
Why Trump’s Bizarre AI Social Media Trolling Is Much Scarier Than We All Thought
Nicki Minaj Calls Herself Trump’s “No. 1 Fan” at White House Event and Social Media Is in Shambles
Maryland Hairstylist Who Dragged Teen Client By Her Weave on Camera Finally Learns Her Fate
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Detroit Figures Out How to Charge Poor People for the Right to Not Die From Coronavirus
If you had one shot, one opportunity to help someone, would you capture it or would you let them die of thirst? His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti…Hopefully, it’s not the coronavirus. Because if you live in Detroit, you might not be able to…
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State Department Wants to List a White Supremacist Group as Foreign Terrorist Organization for First Time in U.S. History: Report
For years and years, black people and people of color all over America have been calling for white supremacist terrorism to be given the same energy as Islamic terrorism. Recently, our concerns have been vindicated as we’ve seen report after report after report of government officials, on both the state and federal levels, finally coming…
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Supreme Court to Decide When It's Appropriate to Give Juveniles Life Without Parole
Sentencing children to life in prison with no possibility of release has long been a controversial aspect of the American justice system. Now, it appears the Supreme Court is set to weigh in on when it’s appropriate. The New York Times reports, the Supreme Court will decide whether or not a judge must deem a…
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Man Maya Moore Advocated For Has Conviction Overturned
Two years ago, Maya Moore made the surprising choice to put her WNBA career on hold to advocate for 39-year-old Jonathan Irons. Moore believed that Irons was wrongfully convicted and has fought to have him released from prison. On Monday, her efforts look to have paid off. ESPN reports that Irons’ initial conviction was overturned.…
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Fulton County School System Closes After Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus
More and more states are having to adjust to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We’ve seen companies mandate employees work from home, large-scale events and festivals canceled and now one of the largest school districts in Georgia is having to drastically respond to the virus as well. WSB-TV reports that the Fulton…
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To Combat Price Gouging, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Introduces State-Sanctioned Hand Sanitizer Made from Cheap Prison Labor: 'We Are Problem Solvers'
In times of crisis, heroes often come from an unlikely source. In 2018, as the Mendocino Complex fire tore through hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Northern California, it was inmates enrolled in a volunteer firefighting program who fought to extinguish the flames in exchange for a measly $2 a day—and time taken…
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Ruling Allows Lamonte McIntyre Lawsuit to Move Forward in the Craziest Police Corruption Case Ever
A federal court has refused the defendant’s request to dismiss Lamonte McIntyre’s claims against a Kansas City, Kan., police officer who allegedly sexually assaulted his mother and the Kansas county that wrongfully convicted him of a 1994 murder that landed him in prison for 23 years If that first paragraph sounds hyperbolic, then you might…
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It's a Fraud: Televangelist Jim Bakker Ordered to Stop Selling False Coronavirus Cure
The grifter/scammer/absolute fraud seems to always pop up in the event of a crisis. They typically come through with the one magical fix to cure whatever ailment is plaguing society. The novel coronavirus(COVID-19) outbreak has proven to be no different. According to ABC News, the office for New York Attorney General Letitia James has sent…
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Donald Trump Will NOT Catch the Coronavirus, So Don't Pray For It to Happen or Try to Speak It Into Existence
I’m not quite sure when exactly it happened, but at some point in the past week my coronavirus-related anxiety shifted from “this is a thing I should think about, I guess” to “this is a thing I should actively worry about.” Even if we’re able to effectively contain the spread of it, it now seems…