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‘It’s Time We Elevate This’: Gov. Northam Declares Juneteenth a Paid Holiday in the State of Virginia
Well, good people, it’s finally happening: Virginia, the state that was once home to the capital of the Confederacy, is set to make Juneteenth a paid holiday. Gov. Ralph Northam announced his proposal to make the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. an official state holiday Tuesday. “Every year we celebrate…
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I Used to Want to Drive Across America. Ya Know, See Some America and Shit. I Have Three Kids Now. *CENSOR* That.
There was a time when nothing sounded more romantic to me (in the fun and adventure sense of the word) than driving across America and seeing all that she had to offer. I grew up as an Army brat overseas in Europe, so I’ve been to most of the European countries that were a simple…
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Celebrating, Celebrity-Style: What Did the Famous Do This Christmas?
So…assuming you celebrate, what did you do for Christmas? Was it filled with family and food, celebrated with your chosen “framily,” or spent binge-watching and bingeing on Chinese food *raises hand*? Whatever your holiday looked like this year, we hope it was everything you wished it to be, because ‘tis the season to do whatever…
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Watch: Kwanzaa Is Like Christmas, Just 7 Times Blacker
This video originally appeared on Dec. 19, 2017. Have you ever looked at your kids and thought their little narrow behinds could show more appreciation for the countless Jordans and Apple products you buy them for Christmas? Have you been looking for seven ways to be a better person as you usher in the new…
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WATCH: #SleighTheGame: How Much Do You Know About the Holidays?
The holidays are for food, family and fun, so we’re giving you an extra dose of the latter as we play #SleighTheGame, which is basically holiday trivia. We tapped our social media guy, Corey Townsend and one of our biggest supporters, Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey and asked them to show us just how…
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Go See Office Christmas Party and Remember Everything You Like About the Holidays
Nostalgia is a funny thing in the movies. When it’s done right, movies whisk us back to some bygone romanticized era where we could all laugh, party and relive simpler times—think Hot Tub Time Machine’s depiction of the ’80s. When movie nostalgia goes wrong, it’s a trip back to someone else’s fantasy past, when white…