Month: June 2020

Despite what A Game of Thrones fans will tell you, crime fiction is really the genre you want for tales of fire and ice. Iceland is our epicentre this week, as we start our new books column off with Cold Malice, the latest from Quentin Bates, a sailor and journalist who lived in Iceland for
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Merritt Corrigan. (WPA Intelligence/ Twitter) A new member of Donald Trump’s administration previously said that America is in the clutches of a “homo-empire” that pushes a “tyrannical LGBT+agenda”. Merritt Corrigan was recently appointed by Trump as deputy White House liaison at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), America’s foreign aid agency. The new Trump
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Terry Crews is clarifying his controversial “black supremacy” tweet.  Over the weekend, the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star found himself facing backlash after sharing his thoughts on racial injustice. “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy,” he wrote. “Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together.” Shortly after posting, “Terry
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall for $4.99 Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson for $2.99 Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad for $2.99 This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia
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Beyoncé was among the speakers for Barack and Michelle Obama’s YouTube “Dear Class of 2020” virtual graduation ceremony today. During her commencement address, she discussed the protests surrounding the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Watch her entire speech below. “Thank you for using your collective voice and letting the worlds know
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Books are pretty amazing things, aren’t they? Open the cover and you can be transported to another place. Who needs an air ticket when you have a vivid imagination? Some books even take you time travelling too, and Paul D Marks’ The Blues Don’t Care falls slap bang into the middle of this category. It
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Lady Gaga is giving us a “million reasons” to love her. In the last few months, many high school and college students have had to adjust their graduation plans due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Moreover, YouTube recently said today’s “Dear Class of 2020″ virtual graduation ceremony is meant to “center around the timely themes of hope, resilience
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There are plenty of other movies that explore race and social justice (and this article is just focusing on the African American experience. There are other films that highlight the Asian, Latinx and Native American communities, among others), but in this crucial moment, we thought it important to spotlight the talents of African American creatives.
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender for $1.99 Black is the Body by Emily Bernard for $4.99 And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosely for $4.99 The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nahesi Coates for $4.99
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Dsanchez/CPR / BACKGRID Michael B. Jordan called for Hollywood studios to “invest in Black staff” during a protest in Los Angeles, Calif. earlier today.  On Saturday, the Black Panther actor addressed a crowd during a protest against police brutality in response to the death of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who was killed by the Minneapolis Police Department in May. The Creed
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