In The Department Of ‘Better Than Nothing,’ A Woman Will Be On The New Ten...
Progress for American women came on Wednesday as it so often does: very late, and by half. Though activists led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire have been fighting for a woman to appear on...
View ArticleHow The Charleston Shooting Is Linked To The Confederate Flag, According To A...
On Friday morning, Dylann Roof confessed to the murder of nine African American worshippers at the historically black Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Accounts of the shooting,...
View ArticleThe Best Non-Apologies From Brian Williams’ Apology Tour (So Far)
Brian Williams, the man who misremembered getting shot out of the sky, is embarking on one of America’s most time-honored pastimes: the apology tour. Once an anchor who could count himself among the...
View ArticleShaq’s New Podcast: Half Amazing, Half Amazingly Sexist
The iPod is in the dustbin of history, but podcasts — the on-demand audio shows the devices spawned — are big business. Case in point: Shaquille O’Neal, an NBA legend turned media mogul, launched his...
View ArticleTear Down That Flag: Republican Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Toss Confederate Flag...
The Confederate flag flies in front of the South Carolina State House in Charleston. A Confederate flag license plate is attached to the front of 21-year-old Dylann Roof’s car. Roof, who reportedly...
View ArticleRock Musician Challenges Progressive Seattle’s Quiet Racism In Run For City...
With its vibrant international cuisine, multitude of languages audible on the street, and legacy as home to both Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana, it’s hard not to think of Seattle as one of the signature...
View ArticleTaylor Swift: 1, Apple: 0
A new day, a new victory for the most powerful human being in the music industry: Taylor Swift. Sunday morning, Swift wrote an open letter to Apple on her Tumblr, simultaneously expressing her...
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Amazon Waves Goodbye To The Confederate Flag
If you wanted to buy a Confederate flag last week, you would’ve had options. Even in the immediate aftermath of the murder of nine black churchgoers at Emanuel A.M.E. in Charleston, you could buy it...
View ArticleIf You’ve Always Thought Whole Foods Was Too Expensive, You Were Right
Whole Foods is expensive. Everyone knows it and yet somehow so many people still shop there; we’ve all just come to accept that Whole Paycheck is what it is, just like how people who would rather not...
View ArticleI Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing, Except That One Slave Owner: Affleck’s Actions...
What happens when you uproot your family tree and unearth more dirt than you bargained for? PBS announced Wednesday that the next season of Finding Your Roots will be postponed after an internal...
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Ben And Jerry’s Celebrates Marriage Equality With ‘I Dough, I Dough’ Ice Cream
Instead of the classic “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough,” Ben & Jerry’s consumers this summer can enjoy spoonfuls of equality by choosing “I Dough, I Dough.” The flavor was renamed by the company on...
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What Happens When The Contentious Confederate Flag Debate Comes To A Sleepy...
Last week, following the tragic murder of nine African American worshippers by a white shooter at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, national attention suddenly focused on the favorite emblem of...
View ArticleMedical Experts Talk Kim Kardashian, Sex Selection, And The Fear Of ‘Designer...
Wednesday morning, the phones at The Fertility Institute were ringing off the hook. Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg knew exactly who to thank for the influx of calls: the Kardashians. Kim had just announced...
View Article‘Put Down Your Torches': On Amy Schumer’s Alleged ‘Blind Spot Around Race’
Has anyone enjoyed more universal acclaim this year than Amy Schumer? The comedian is rapidly approaching untouchable status but, as is the law of celebrity physics, no rise comes without backlash. A...
View Article‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’ Director On Filmmaking, Grief, And Why High...
The movie is called Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, so you get the idea: it’s a quippy, almost flippant title about someone with a fatal illness. That’s the balancing act of the film, based on the...
View ArticleWhy Misty Copeland? How The Star Broke A Ballet Color Barrier
You have to watch the video. “Misty, take a bow,” says Kevin McKenzie, ABT’s artistic director, and the camera pans over to Misty Copeland, who is smiling and crying simultaneously as people clap and...
View ArticleRedditors Revolt, Shut Down Site After Top Administrator Is Fired
Longtime and beloved Reddit administrator Victoria Taylor was reportedly fired Thursday without notice, sparking the take down of multiple threads in a site-wide protest. As the site’s talent...
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21 Great Americans Who Aren’t The Founding Fathers
Every Fourth of July, Americans gather to celebrate, among many things, Independence Day and the Founding Fathers. America is basically obsessed with old white dudes. Just look at the money we use:...
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Former Disney CEO: Women Who Are Funny And Beautiful Are ‘Impossible To Find’
Michael Eisner, who was the CEO of the Walt Disney Company for 21 years, told an audience this week that “really beautiful women… that are funny” are “impossible to find.” Eisner seemed aware his...
View ArticleAva DuVernay Passed On Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
Ava DuVernay will not be directing Marvel’s Black Panther. It’s not that the rumor was nothing but rumor. Marvel made her an offer. She considered taking the gig, but ultimately decided to pass. As...
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