Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, was killed by police during a traffic stop on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. His death has sparked demonstrations in the Minneapolis suburb and around the United States, and reignited the national conversation around policing practices and violence against black Americans. Wright was …
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St. Louis rapper Mvstermind, Malaysian singer Yuna and Indian musician Zakir Hussain are among the musical guests slated for the second season of Tell Them, I Am, which will launch on April 12th, the first day of Ramadan. Created and hosted by Misha Euceph and produced by former President Barack …
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George Floyd’s family has reached a $27 million settlement with the city of Minneapolis to avoid a civil wrongful death trial stemming from the May 2020 killing of Floyd by police officers. The $27 million is the largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in U.S. history, …
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Update, Sat. Dec. 12th, 4:15 pm: This story has been updated to include the FDA and CDC approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. On Friday, December 11th — two days after the single deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. so far — the Food and Drug Administration …
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Both Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster have declared “pandemic” to be the 2020 Word of the Year. In posts on their respective websites Monday, November 30th, both publications explained their reasoning, with Dictionary.com calling “pandemic” the one word that “kept running through the profound and manifold ways our lives have been upended …
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Ron Jeremy is facing a new civil lawsuit from Charity Carson, who has accused the adult film star of sexually assaulting her at a Los Angeles hotel in May, Variety reports. In the suit, which was reportedly filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Thursday, November 12th, Carson accused Jeremy …
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UPDATE (10/29):Senator Bill Frist, Billie Eilish, Governor John Kasich, Lizzo, Salma Hayek Pinault, Tan France, and Senator Tom Daschle have been added to the Every Vote Counts event, with additional performances by Brandi Carlile. Viewers can also now watch Friday, October 30th at 9 p.m. ET via Amazon Music, Apple, …
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Over the past few years, the QAnon movement, a baseless conspiracy theory referring to the belief in a cabal of deep state leftist pedophiles, has gained tremendous traction — and extremist researchers believe it’s largely been due to social platforms turning a blind eye to such content. That seems to …
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TikTok is home to many NSFW trends (see: the ubiquitous WAP dance), many of which are fun and sometimes empowering. Yet some of these fads have been embraced by the younger segments of TikTok’s user base, prompting concern among some members of the community, particularly considering that TikTok videos frequently …
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has authorized schools throughout the state to re-open this fall so long as they meet certain guidelines. At a press conference Friday, August 7th, Cuomo said school districts can re-open so long as they’re in a region that’s in phase four of re-opening (which the …
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