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White Supremacist Who Tried to Blow Up Kansas City Hospital Plotted With Active Duty Army Soldier
Whether its crowding beaches, prioritizing “freedom over health” or, in this case, just being truly vile human beings, white people seem intent on making this pandemic worse than it already is. ABC News reports that a white supremacist who had plans to blow up a Kansas City hospital currently dealing with the coronavirus epidemic was…
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Alabama Police Officer Who Put Handcuffed Man in Chokehold Back on Duty
Good old America. Even in the midst of a public health crisis it still finds a way to keep up with the tried and true bullshit. AL.com reports that Blake Duke, a Mobile, Ala., police officer, will be put back on the streets. On February 17, Duke was caught on camera slamming 53-year-old Howard Green…
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Houston Rap Legend Scarface Tests Positive for the Coronavirus: 'You Don't Want to Play With This'
Throughout the course of his 30-plus year career, Houston O.G. Scarface has established himself as a man who’s not to be played with. But if this ongoing pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that even those we’ve thought to be invincible are susceptible to the very real threat of COVID-19. On Thursday, during a YouTube…
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Los Angeles Mayor Threatens to Shut Down Utilities in Non-Essential Businesses
We currently are in the midst of a crisis unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Despite that fact, folks seem steadfast in acting like there isn’t a fatal, highly contagious virus out in these streets. So much so that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti may have to crack down even further. According to CBS News,…
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Study Finds Racial Bias in Voice Recognition Software Used by Largest Tech Companies
A common misconception equates the use of correct English with “talking white.” It’s a false and toxic notion, but that doesn’t necessarily mean “talking white” or “talking black” aren’t actual things. Perhaps it just has more to do with tone and pitch than it does word choice or pronunciation. How easy is it for you…
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How to Play Black Spades, Part 2: The Glossary
Welcome back to The Root University’s tutorial on how to play spades. As we discussed earlier, this guide will not make you a great spades player. Its intended purpose is to introduce you to the basic structure of the game and prevent your relatives at the next family reunion from looking at you like you…
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How to Be a Successful Writer in 2020
It’s a question I’m asked during book talks, while signing books after said talks, on panels, in emails, through DMs, at happy hours, and even once in between games at LA Fitness. I try to be as transparent as possible, but the honest answer (“I can tell you what worked for me, but there’s no…
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Hospitals Face Possibility of Instituting Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Patients Infected With Coronavirus
At this point, it should be no secret that the U.S. wasn’t ready to deal with a global pandemic. Between nationwide shortfalls in testing for the coronavirus to a shortage of medical supplies, it has been a mess. Now, these issues are causing medical professionals to consider one of the hardest, most heartbreaking things they’ve…
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3.3 Million Americans Filed for Unemployment Benefits. Here's What That Means for Black People
For many economic experts, it was not a matter of if a recession would hit once the coronavirus became a pandemic, but how bad it would be when it did. On Thursday morning, the numbers from the Department of Labor were even worse than what many had initially predicted: 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment…