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How to Win an Oscar If You’re Black
The #OscarsSoWhite, they called the police on the BET Awards. The #OscarsSoWhite, Pete Buttigieg was almost nominated for an award. The #OscarsSoWhite, Cuba Gooding Jr. tried to marry his statue. On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards and, as usual, they’re rooting for everybody…
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Terry Gilliam Is Tired of White Men Being Blamed for Everything. I Blame White Men for This
These days I kind of hate that I love the movies 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas so much because…boooooy, did their creator turn out to be a living, breathing dumpster fire of non-biodegradable trash. Filmmaker and Monty Python member Terry Gilliam recently sat down for an interview with Alexandra Pollard of the…
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Trump's Environmental Proposals Are So Bad His Own Science Board Is Against Them
In news that is surprising to probably no one, a recent batch of environmental policies proposed by the Trump administration have been labeled trash. CNN reports that members of the Environment Protection Agency’s very own Scientific Advisory Board have voiced concerns against numerous proposals released by the Trump administration. This is notable because in 2017…
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New Study Suggests Transgender People Understand Their Gender Identities From Youth
Today in news that is inexplicably going to piss off a particular segment of people, a new study has shown that transgender kids may have an understanding of their gender identity at a young age. NBC News reports that a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that transgender youth are…
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#NotAllHistorians: Some White People Are Upset That the New York Times' 1619 Project Isn’t Centered in Whiteness
“For 400 years, we have been told that black people are a problem. We are indoctrinated into this lie from the moment we take our first breath. No people have been more legislated against and studied than black Americans. That is because our very existence in our country gives lie to the exceptionality mythology of…
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Former Kentucky Governor Ignores Science; Pardons Child Rapist Because Victim's Hymen Was Intact
Matt Bevin, former governor of Kentucky and sentient piece of garbage has come under fire for pardoning 41-year old Micah Schoettle. Schoettle was sentenced to 23 years on charges of rape, incest, and sodomy. His reasoning? The 9-year-old victim’s hymen was intact. Slate reports that Bevin, who was recently defeated by Democrat Andy Beshear, has…
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Meet the Black Woman Who Is the Brains Behind the Green New Deal
Rhiana Gunn-Wright is constantly figuring out how best to engage black people on environmental justice and crafting policy that empowers them against under-investment and structural racism. As she sees it, environmental justice is central to black liberation. But, as Gunn-Wright explained to me, issues like climate change aren’t explained to people in ways that relate…
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It’s Time to Fully Welcome LGBTQ Members Into the AME Church
A hand grasped the supplicator’s shoulder and pulled him upright in the middle of his “Our Father.” Absalom Jones, a regular parishioner at St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, along with Richard Allen, prayed at their usual space in the lower pews at St. George’s, but this particular Sunday was different. The leaders at…
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Study Shows Link Between Police Shootings of Unarmed Black People and Health of Black Babies
Fatal police encounters are devastating for the communities in which they occur: families are irreparably ripped apart; trauma spreads through neighborhood institutions like schools and churches; and trust between the community and law enforcement (and, oftentimes, other branches of local government) is broken. Any one of these problems present tremendous challenges to the health and…
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Zwarte Piet and My Run-In With Blackface
In November 2006, my band was in the midst of a European tour. Though we loved exploring unfamiliar cities, we ached for the comforts of home as the holidays approached. None of us were from the same place—we were born in cities spreading from New York to Anchorage, but we shared an understanding of what…