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Reactions to MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia: Some Dems Acknowledge Necessity of Action, Big Mad Republicans Blame Wokeness

The fallout from Georgia’s new voter suppression laws and the Major Baseball League’s decision to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta in reaction to them, continues. Activists, Democratic leaders and the Republicans whose actions drove the MLB’s decision to make a bold move against restrictions at the ballot box spent the weekend taking different sides…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

April 5, 2021
News, Obituary

Sarah Obama, Paternal Step-Grandmother of Former President Barack Obama, Has Died at 99

Barack Obama’s paternal step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, has died at the age of 99. She died on Monday at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, a close relative confirmed, according to BBC News. The family did not reveal the cause of death but said she had been ill for a week and did not die from COVID-19.…

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Ishena Robinson

Published

March 29, 2021
News

Damian Williams Could Become Manhattan’s First Black U.S. Attorney

Damian Williams, a longtime New York prosecutor who currently heads the Securities and Commodities Task Force in the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, is now being considered to lead the office. If confirmed, Williams would be the first African American to serve as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney. Senate Majority Leader Chuck…

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Ishena Robinson

Published

March 24, 2021
Politics

Tucker Carlson Has a Crush on Barack Obama

Tucker Carlson, former President Trump’s favorite Bass boat shoe, is in love with former President Barack Obama. That can be the only explanation for his obvious obsession with a president who hasn’t been in office in years and who spends his time living his best life with his beautiful wife, Michelle. The couple stays booked…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 24, 2021
Politics

Texas Sen. John Cornyn: Why Do We Keep Treating Migrants Like Humans?

Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is known for saying insensitive, racist-y, fucked up statements. He blamed the insurrection on the Capitol on “lax security,” called then-President Trump’s second impeachment “awfully vindictive,” “completely unnecessary” and “ill-advised,” and doesn’t believe that there is systemic racism. But his comments Monday might take the cake—all of the cakes: the…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 22, 2021
Politics

The Filibuster Is White Supremacy

I do not love America. To be fair, I don’t quite know what “America” is. Is it defined by the piece of paper that once counted me as three-fifths human or a series of borders on a map? Is America defined by the laws that govern it, or is it the people governed by the…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 22, 2021
News

Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Honor Rush Limbaugh While Blocking Efforts to Honor Black History

It’s often said that Black people suffer from an unreciprocated loyalty to the Democratic Party. Conservatives who pretend it’s not racist AF to liken Black people consistently voting blue to slaves stuck on the plantation would have America believe that the negroes have simply been duped by Democrats because of our tiny, negroid minds, we…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 18, 2021
Entertainment, Media

Exclusive: Our Forever President Addresses Race Relations, Social Activism on Newest Episode of Skimm This

With his political obligations in the rearview, our forever President Barack Obama has settled into a comfy life of content creation. The production company he founded, Higher Ground Productions, with the love of his life has blessed us with films like American Factory and Crip Camp, as well as popular podcasts like The Michelle Obama…

By

Jay Connor

Published

March 11, 2021
Politics

President Biden Signs COVID Relief Package Ahead of His Primetime Address to the Nation

In an effort to avoid having an entire nation blasting Rihanna’s 2015 banger “Bitch Better Have My Money” during his televised address this evening, President Joe Biden has signed the COVID relief package a day earlier than expected. According to the New York Times, the Biden administration upped the timeline on the signing in an…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

March 11, 2021
Beauty + Style

'There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel': Michelle Obama Talks Mental Health and Quarantine Coping Mechanisms

Michelle Obama’s new show Waffles + Mochi drops next Tuesday on Netflix, and as she promotes her new gig, the mom-in-chief also gave some insight into the Obamas’ quarantine coping mechanisms during an exclusive video interview for the newest issue of People magazine. “These have been challenging times. Many people have struggled: jobs lost, people…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

March 11, 2021