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A group of demonstrators holding up signs, with one reading "Forced birth is an act of violence"
July 13, 2022
As the White House was responding to the overturning of Roe, the outgoing comms director decided that was the time…
July 12, 2022
OPINION: The Missouri senator got put in his place by U.C. Berkeley Professor Khiara Bridges during a Senate hearing on…
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
July 12, 2022
The latest outrage in the culture war occurred when a visitor to Monticello was upset that Jefferson's history as an…
A gun and bullets on an American flag
July 11, 2022
After the July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park near Chicago, you just might think, “How many more times?”
July 11, 2022
A recent Los Angeles Times headline asked if California was “ready for more Black people to legally carry guns in…
youtube music, A still from a YouTube music video for kids about nursery rhymes. YouTube Music to play in the car, thegrio.com
July 10, 2022
Bring the bounce, 808s and energy to your car with JoolsTV's trap nursery rhymes - the perfect YouTube music for…
Sign for Grambling State University
July 8, 2022
Grambling’s athletics department fits the very definition of a "hot mess" after firing the volleyball coach who cut the entire…
July 8, 2022
Omarion, the former B2K frontman and watermelon aficionado’s alleged zen lifestyle is looking real flimsy these days.
A flag in recognition of Juneteenth is displayed
July 8, 2022
Two weeks ago our country celebrated Juneteenth. Earlier this week, our country celebrated the Fourth of July.
July 7, 2022
In America, our law determines that some rights are so fundamental that they should not be left to the varied…
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., right, administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
July 7, 2022
The notion that the new justice can save the court is, of course, preposterous. But her presence on the court…
A male mass shooter
July 7, 2022
Did Jayland Walker deserve to be shot at least 60 times out of a possible 90 rounds fired? Hopefully, any…
Kevin Durant thegrio.com
July 6, 2022
The first time I saw Kevin Durant on a basketball court in person was really memorable. It was his first…
Singer Usher
July 6, 2022
Usher, thee ageless singer ran through a quick medley of hits sounding as good in 2022 as he did two…
Tennis player Althea Gibson
July 6, 2022
Althea Gibson ranks among the greatest all-time champions based on her 11 Grand Slam titles, but also considering the racism…
July 5, 2022
Oh, white people. You do things that are highly offensive, and when you get called out on it you suddenly…
Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets
July 5, 2022
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in four U.S. women suffers severe intimate physical violence.
July 5, 2022
We celebrate white Juneteenth with a long-overdue response to the (fake) Willie Lynch Letter, explaining the invention of whiteness.
Jayland Walker's death
July 4, 2022
The Jayland Walker shooting video is hard to watch. It hurt me to my soul to see the bodycam footage of…
July 4, 2022
First of all, I had no idea there was such thing as National Watermelon Month. I found out recently when…