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‘And Just Like That’ Is Desperately Trying to Prove It Has Black Friends
The ‘Sex and the City’ reboot wants to undo its colorblind legacy by including Black characters. Unfortunately, they’re treated as luxury accessories.
A Far-Right Rapper Who Remade Hip-Hop Into White Power Anthems Now Faces Jail
Mr. Bond flew under the authorities' radar for years, until the Halle synagogue attacker soundtracked a Twitch stream with his music.
Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers Are Going to Prison for Life
Father and son Gregory McMichael, 65, and Travis McMichael, 35, were both sentenced to the maximum of life in prison, without parole.
Black Hair in Video Games Is Terrible. These 3D Artists Are Changing That.
The Open Source Afro Hair Library, slated to launch on Juneteenth 2023, will be the gaming world’s first free database of 3D-modeled Black hairstyles.
It Only Took Louisiana 129 Years to Pardon Homer Plessy
Homer Plessy’s arrest led to the infamous Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson.
BLM Activists Who Toppled Slave Trader Statue Cleared of Criminal Damage
The four protesters didn't deny pulling down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in June 2020 and rolling it into Bristol harbour, but said their actions were justified.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Called Kwanzaa a ‘Fake Religion’
Kwanzaa is not a religion but a seven day celebration mirroring traditional harvest festivals among various African cultures.
126 Native Americans Are Buried in Unmarked Graves at This Golf Course
The spot, between the fourth and fifth holes, is where Indigenous patients forced to attend an insane asylum just because they were Indigenous were buried.
Ron DeSantis Introduced the ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’—and Name-Dropped MLK
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just unveiled a new anti–critical race theory bill he’s calling the “Stop W.O.K.E. Act”.
Louisiana Judge Is Sorry Her Family Had a Blast Calling a Burglar the N-Word
Conveniently, Lafayette City Judge Michelle Odinet says she can’t remember a thing.
A Muslim Woman Was Barred from Teaching Because of Her Hijab
Fatemeh Anvari, a grade 3 teacher in Quebec, Canada, was removed from her post because a law in the province prevents her from wearing a hijab at work.
You Should Go Read All 400 Books Texas Just Removed—They’re Awesome
One of the state’s largest school districts removed 400 books—mostly about race, gender, and sexuality—off its shelves just in case they are “vulgar.”