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Coronavirus, News

Dear Target, I Miss You. *Sniffle*

I haven’t physically gone inside a store in weeks. Sure, I’ve done shopping. I’ve purchased several pairs of shoes (well, three pairs of shoes and two pairs of Yeezy Slides) since being on lockdown of sorts. I’ve had to actually force myself to stop going onto Amazon.com to buy shit I don’t need and would…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

April 22, 2020
Beauty + Style

Lululemon Under Fire After Employee Promotes 'Bat Fried Rice' T-Shirt on Instagram

You would think a global pandemic would at least put a temporary freeze on fashion designers finding new ways to be racist, but here we are. NBC News reports that Lululemon has come under fire as Trevor Flemming, a former art director for the company, posted a link on his personal Instagram account promoting a…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

April 22, 2020
Coronavirus, News

Popular Pittsburgh Nightclub Owners Protest Stay-at-Home Order, Outed as…Just Really Stupid White People

An understandable but deeply misguided take on the armed (and mostly white) idiots in the streets protesting stay-at-home orders is that they’ll just spread the coronavirus to each other, like a regifted MAGA fruitcake. Unfortunately, all that does is make everyone else more vulnerable, too. But, there is actually a form of social Darwinism happening here,…

By

Damon Young

Published

April 22, 2020
Coronavirus, News

Trump and Fox News Now Acting Like They Weren’t Out Here Pushing ‘Game-Changer’ Drug to Beat Coronavirus

It only took a few weeks and some light testing for President Trump and Fox News to back up after openly promoting and pushing an anti-malaria drug to beat COVID-19 like America had suddenly become Hamsterdam. Once touted by Trump as a “game-changer,” the president has gone full Mariah Carey “I don’t know her” meme…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 22, 2020
Beauty + Style

Undercover: Stay Safe—and Chic—in Masks Made by Black Designers

We’ve now lost count of the days that we’ve been sheltering-in-place, but as the blooms emerge and the days grow longer, we are understandably longing to spend time basking in the spring sunshine—but safety first. And news flash, Beloveds—when the day comes that we finally venture back outdoors en masse (Alexa, play “Brand New Day”…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

April 22, 2020
Entertainment

No Cover, No Overpriced Bottle Service: DJ D-Nice Is Bringing Back Club MTV to 'Save The Music'

Thanks to Derrick “D-Nice” Jones, we’ve gotten our fair share of club culture from the comfort of our homes as the persistent DJ has been pulling all-nighters for several weeks now. Even though the routine rigamarole of being cooped up in our homes is wearing thin and we are antsy to go outside and engage…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

April 22, 2020
Coronavirus, News

Will Smith and Dr. Anthony Fauci Discuss COVID-19's Prevalence in the Black Community

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and truly one of America’s last hopes, was the latest guest on Will Smith’s Snapchat series Will From Home, where he informed viewers about COVID-19 facts, and more specifically, its devastating impact on the black community. The episode hit the social media…

By

J'na Jefferson

Published

April 22, 2020
News, Opinion, Opinion

'Open the Economy' Is the New 'White Lives Matter'

“Give me liberty or give me death” — A slaveowner text What is America? Is it a plot of dirt littered with the discarded bones of those who stood in the way of white manifest destiny or is it a Constitution? Is it an assemblage of huddled masses yearning to breathe free or is it…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

April 22, 2020
Coronavirus, News

Pro-Life Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Says 'There Are More Important Things Than Living' When It Comes to Coronavirus

One of the strangest aspects of the coronavirus pandemic has been seeing the pro-life GOP members casually talk about “acceptable” loss of life and how the economy takes precedence over keeping people alive. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has been leading the charge with a series of controversial statements, and instead of walking them back…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

April 21, 2020
Politics

White People Continue to Stand Alone in Their Support of Trump, Survey Confirms

As part of their storied tradition of doing the absolute least when more is required of them, white people remain demographic outliers in their support of Donald Trump, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that pits Trump against his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. According to the new poll, Biden…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

April 21, 2020