Politics
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Meet Kim Janey, Boston’s First Black Female Mayor
If you had Boston’s new mayor being both a woman and a person of color, please bring your Bingo card to the front so that I can call you a liar to your face. On Monday, Kim Janey took the mayoral reins from Marty Walsh, who resigned to serve as President Joe Biden’s labor secretary—and…
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Menthol Cigarettes Were Aggressively Marketed to Black People. Now Congress Is Looking to Ban Them
Kool cigarettes have undergone more makeovers than the Kardashians. Initially, they used a cartoon penguin named “Willie,” who was a chef, a soldier and a doctor. Then, in the 1960s, they kicked Willie out into the cold and tried using a country frost approach that included images of water and snow. Then in the 1970s…
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8th Woman Claims Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Her. Now He’s Using Black Leaders to Try and Save Him
It’s Monday, so you know that means that another woman has come out to claim that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed her. For those keeping count, that makes eight women who have claimed that the single and allegedly highly inappropriate chin divot in the mayor’s mansion stays on some fuckshit. According to the New…
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Black Lawmakers Rally Behind Shalanda Young to Head Office of Management and Budget
Shalanda Young is the top choice for Black lawmakers in Congress to become the next director of the Office of Management and Budget, but the White House is still weighing other names for the role. Neither the Republican nor Democratic sides of the isle have concerns over Young, but Politico reports that the Oval Office…
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Sen. Duckworth Introduces Bill Addressing Environmental Racism
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced a bill Thursday that aims to provide health equity and climate justice for underserved communities and communities of color that have historically been impacted by environmental injustices. The Environmental Justice for All Act acknowledges that communities of color face public health challenges that make them much more susceptible to…
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Trump’s Boo Vladimir Putin In His Feelings After Biden Calls Him a ‘Killer’
There was a time when the president of the United States couldn’t go to sleep before kissing his shirtless photo of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But that feels like eons ago, back when Trump would use his back channels to play “you hang up first” with the Russian president. Well, it’s a new day and…
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We Must Protect Kamala: Man Arrested Outside Vice President Residence Had Rifle and a Lot of Ammunition
President Joe Biden is old. Not, “I forgot my wallet in the house” old, but “I forget where the house is” old. As such America only has one hope left: Vice President Kamala Harris. Did I mention that Kamala knows the difference between the Wu-Tang Clan and Wuhan, China? She also once wore bamboo earrings and…