Back when George W. Bush was still president, Karim Golding was a 21-year-old music promoter in Queens, trying to get some traction for the rap group he repped. Instead, he ended up ensnared in an investigation by a federal task force targeting hip hop groups. His first prosecution ended in …
Read More »
The United States is restoring a policy that grants transgender individuals protection from discrimination in the health care system, the Biden administration announced Monday. This move will reverse a Trump-era policy that stated “sex” refers to a person’s gender assigned at birth, an attempt to allow discrimination in health care …
Read More »
President Joe Biden will call for a historic investment that would provide free preschool to all three and four-year-old children as part of his sweeping American Families Plan, which will be announced during Wednesday’s address to Congress. The more than $1 trillion plan would, according to the AP, benefit five …
Read More »
President-elect Joe Biden will choose Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be Secretary of the Interior, the Washington Post reported. If nominated and confirmed, Haaland, a member of Pueblo of Laguna, would be the first Native American to lead the department, which is charged with protecting America’s natural resources as well …
Read More »
Cathy Renna, the communications director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, has worked in queer rights for nearly 30 years, through three administrations and countless setbacks. But nothing was quite like the transfer of power to the Trump administration. “It’s like having really great parents for most of your life,” …
Read More »
President Trump last week refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election. Mike Pence is right there with him. “If Vice President Biden is declared the winner and President Trump refuses to accept a peaceful transfer of power, what would be your role and …
Read More »
“Black Pill” is internet slang that has gained prominence in 2020. It’s an alternative to the Matrix’s red/blue pill binary, and, as opposed to “opening your mind,” it refers to something that makes you look to the future with harsh and utter pessimism. Last night’s debate was a bulky and …
Read More »
Jim Carrey will play Joe Biden on the 46th season of Saturday Night Live, which is set to premiere October 3rd. Carrey will likely appear opposite Alec Baldwin, who will return as President Donald Trump, and former cast-member Maya Rudolph, who will play Biden’s VP pick, Kamala Harris. SNL creator …
Read More »
In a live address on Friday, presidential candidate Joe Biden said the killing of George Floyd was “an act of brutality” that “denied him of his very humanity.” Related:Global Protests Begin After Police Killing of George Floyd Biden’s emotional speech came before the arrest of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, …
Read More »