culture
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Georgetown’s Basketball Team Dons ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts for Warm-ups
Georgetown became the first college basketball team to wear “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts during their warm-ups, only days after some of the NBA’s own stars wore similar outfits to show solidarity with Eric Garner, the Staten Island, N.Y., dad who was killed by a police officer, Yahoo Sports reports. “We didn’t wear the shirt to…
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Allergic Reaction Causes Calif. Mother to Burn From Inside Out
A 19-year-old California woman is fighting for her life after taking a friend’s prescription medication and having an allergic reaction that caused her “body to burn from the inside out,” according to news station KABC. Yaasmeen Castanada began feeling sick on Thanksgiving and took a friend’s antibiotic, Castanada’s mother, Laura Corona, told the news station.…
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Medical School Students Across the Nation Stage Die-In's to Denounce Racial Biases in Healthcare
Medical school students across the nation put on their white coats on Wednesday and staged die-in’s as a way to protest the recent killings of unarmed black men by law-enforcement, Al Jazeera reports. “Participants say the same structural racism that results in police brutality against blacks manifests itself in the health care system, leading to poorer health, shorter…
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Medical-School Students Stage Die-Ins to Denounce Racial Biases in Health Care
Medical-school students across the nation put on their white coats Wednesday and staged die-ins as a way to protest the recent killings of unarmed black men by law enforcement and the racial biases that also exist in health care, Al-Jazeera reports. “Participants say the same structural racism that results in police brutality against blacks manifests itself in the…
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Census Projection: White Americans Will Be Minorities in 2045
The U.S. Census Bureau just announced its latest round of projections regarding the U.S. population and revealed that by the year 2045, black and Hispanic Americans will likely be in the majority, Al-Jazeera reports. “The non-Hispanic white population is barely growing, and today’s projections show that it will start to decline after 2025,” the news site explained,…
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What Today’s Movement Can Learn From the NRA
We’ve seen it before—the injustice, the reactions, and then the discussions and tweets after another tragedy makes its way into the headlines, and our consciousness. We work through hours of commentary, “think pieces,” marches, and then online petitions and panels. But what exactly should people be doing? Where should the energy go, and what should be…
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11 Gift Ideas for Fashionable, Fabulous Women
Searching for the perfect gift during the holidays can be a drag. With so many options, it can be hard to make a choice. That’s where we come in. Whether you’re shopping for your girlfriend or your grandmother, we have some Christmas and Kwanzaa gift ideas for the women on your holiday gift list. 1.…
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How to Survive the Scandal Winter Hiatus
You know that commercial break that happens right before the last seven minutes of each episode of Scandal? The one that makes you want to yell or throw a shoe at the TV screen because you believe that the suspense might actually kill you? Well, for some of us, Scandal’s 10-week-long winter hiatus feels just…
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Female Firefighter Dies in Line of Duty in Philadelphia
Joyce Craig-Lewis became the first female firefighter to die in the line of the duty in Philadelphia Tuesday after she was trapped in a basement while fighting a house fire, the New York Daily News reports. According to the news site, the 36-year-old mother of two’s heroic actions were credited for ensuring that an elderly…
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Ohio Man Cleared of 1975 Murder He Did Not Commit
After spending 27 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Kawme Ajamu was paroled in 2003. Now, at 57, he has been cleared of all charges, the Washington Post reports. Ajamu was still a teenager, 17, when he was convicted of killing Cleveland money order salesman Harold Franks in 1975, the Post notes.…