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A Love Letter to All the Games That Have Gotten Me Through the Pandemic
How games helped me endure one of the worst years in all of our lives.
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Tennessee Finally Removes Bust of KKK Leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from Capitol
The bust isn’t even that old, having been erected in 1978.
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Fragile White Man Goes on Racist Rant While Announcing a Race in Iowa
I regret to inform you that the whites are at it again.
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NFL Teams Could Risk Forfeiting Games This Season Should an Outbreak Occur Among Unvaccinated Players
The NFL really issued a ‘mess around and find out’ protocol.
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Capitalism Gonna Capitalism: Companies That Spoke Out Against Georgia Voting Law Donating to Politicians Who Backed It
Comcast is among the companies who knucked knowing damn well they weren’t going to buck.
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Chicago Finally Passes Civilian Oversight Board for Police After 2 Years of Debate
The proposal was approved by a 36-13 vote on Wednesday.
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Black Man Attacked for No Reason by South Carolina Police Officer Sues Police Department for Defamation
The lawsuit also names the U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman and the city of Rock Hill.
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Black Excellence: Donata Katai Is 1st Black Swimmer to Represent Zimbabwe in Olympic Games
The predominately Black country has previously only been represented by white swimmers in the Olympic Games.
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Life Expectancy Dropped by 3 Years for African-Americans in 2020, the Largest Drop Since the Great Depression
On average, life expectancy in the U.S. dropped by a year in 2020.
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Drug Enforcement Agent Becomes 1st Federal Officer Arrested for Participating in Capitol Riot
Apparently, he was there to promote a podcast and cigar brand he was thinking about launching.
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