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2020 American Black Film Festival Postponed Until October
For the past 23 years (with the occasional exceptions of the flagship Acapulco and subsequent New York and Los Angeles events) each summer, everyone in black Hollywood has descended unto Miami Beach to celebrate the biggest and best of both up-and-coming and established black creators and talent in film. From fabulous white parties to fashionable…
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Watch Rep. Katie Porter Straight Punk CDC Chief Into Free Coronavirus Testing for All Americans
If I were ever in a situation in which I had to fight more than a few people at one time, there is only one person in the world I’d want with me: my older sister Stephanie. Two reasons why Stephanie is the easy choice: First, she’d try everything she could to get us out…
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Trump Didn’t Know People Died From the Flu. So Who Is Going to Tell Him How His Grandfather Died?
On Friday, while touring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters in Atlanta—and this was only after his punk ass backed out of the trip when it was reported that a worker in the center may have tested positive for the virus—Donald Trump noted that he was shocked to hear that people died from…
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Trump Claims the U.S. Shouldn’t Be Worried About the Coronavirus, So Why Was He Scared to Visit the CDC?
President Contaminated HawSpit—also known as the Human Racism Virus—keeps telling America that we’ve got nothing to fear when it comes to the coronavirus. In fact, he basically said that if blacks have their peppermints and ginger ale, they should be good. He also recommended that if white people use whatever they use to keep illness…
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NBA, NCAA Among Sports Leagues Preparing for Coronavirus Outbreak: 'Health and Safety Is Paramount'
The NBA prides itself on putting fans first, and with the deadly coronavirus terrorizing airports and immune systems throughout the world, the league is putting precautionary measures in place to protect its million-dollar athletes. From ESPN: Among the NBA’s short-term recommendations to teams in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, players should utilize fist-bumps over…
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The CDC Delivers The Final Verdict on Whether or Not to Wash Your Chicken
I grew up in a home with parents who couldn’t cook for shit, so my affinity for food as an adult is tainted by trauma. I remember many a night where my sister and I were presented with either finishing our food or getting the belt, and us willingly taking that ass whooping just so…
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No Signs of Foul Play in Death of CDC Employee Timothy Cunningham
Officials say they’ve found no signs of foul play in the death of Timothy Cunningham, a CDC employee who disappeared nearly two months ago. Cunningham’s body was discovered Tuesday, pulled from the Chattahoochee River in Northwest Atlanta. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Fulton County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Gorniak told reporters that the…
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Timothy Cunningham, the CDC Employee Missing Since February, Has Been Found Dead
Atlanta police say a body pulled from the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta this week has been positively identified as Timothy Cunningham, an employee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who mysteriously vanished almost two months ago. As the Washington Post reports, authorities have yet to provide further details about the discovery of Cunningham’s…
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CDC Director, Trump’s Top Health Official, Resigns After Investing in Tobacco Stocks
It shouldn’t be this hard to understand, but if you are the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, then you probably shouldn’t be investing in tobacco stocks. I mean, that should probably go without mention. I don’t think you should have to tell a dog walker not to walk your dog into…
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Trump Administration Forbids CDC From Using 7 Words in Budget Documents, Including ‘Transgender,’ ‘Diversity’ and ‘Fetus’
You may call folks shrill for saying that the country under President Donald Trump is sliding into fascism, but in a minute, all of us will be speaking in panicked, high-pitched tones. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that there is now a list of words that are prohibited from appearing on any official document from…