HBO Sports has announced that Megan Rapinoe, star of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, will be hosting a televised special this Saturday, August 1st from 10:00-10:30 p.m. ET, available on all HBO platforms. Seeing America With Megan Rapinoe will feature the athlete in conversation with U.S. House of Representatives …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Shahid Buttar on Police Reform, Kente Cloth, Running Against Nancy Pelosi
In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast,Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined once again by Shahid Buttar, the San Francisco attorney and community organizer who is running against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Our hosts break down Congressional Democrats kneeling for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while wearing African …
Read More »New Protest Anthems: Songs of the Uprising for George Floyd
In the wake of George Floyd‘s killing by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25th, streaming numbers for protest songs have soared. Vintage tracks like N.W.A’s “Fuck tha Police” that specifically call out police violence serve as a reminder that our current national crisis is nothing new. As Black Lives …
Read More »White Fox News Host Screams Over Black Co-Host While He Spoke About Systemic Racism
In a moment that reflects all too well on one of the ills that confronts American society and is playing out before us during the protests: a white host on Fox News decided that his Black colleague had spoken long enough while trying to make a point about systemic racism …
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