A Trans Woman of Color Died After She Was Forced to Work With Covid
A memorial for Gómez outside of the Burger King where she worked. Employees at the Pico Blvd. Burger King in Santa Monica, California went on strike this week after Angela Martinez Gómez, a transgender woman, died from COVID-19. Management refused to let her leave work even after she showed numerous symptoms and her employers later […]
A Black Michigan Girl Was Jailed for Missing Homework
Grace*, a Black 15-year-old from Pontiac, Michigan, was incarcerated in May for violating her probation because she was behind on her school work. Her school, Groves High, switched to remote learning during the pandemic. Grace’s incarceration went against the legal and educational communities’ suggestions to allow leniency for juvenile offenders during Covid-19 and to promote […]
Chance The Rapper Supports Kanye West’s Candidacy
On Monday, Chance the Rapper took to Twitter to defend his support of Kanye West’s bid for president. After West tweeted a video for his new song dedicated to his late mother, Chance retweeted it saying “and yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh.” This led some Twitter to go back […]
Grant Imahara, Former MythBusters Host, Dies at 49
“MythBusters” host Grant Imahara died at age 49 of a brain aneurysm on Monday. Imahara was a talented electrical engineer and was famous for his work in robotics and love of nerd culture. He was also a well known figure in pop culture and one of the few recognizable Asian men in media. Imahara was […]
Naya Rivera’s Body Was Found In Lake Piru
The body of “Glee” actress Naya Rivera was recovered from Lake Piru on Monday afternoon after she was reported missing last Wednesday while on a boat outing with her son. Rivera’s son Josey was found alone, sleeping aboard a rental boat and later told authorities that they both had gone swimming and that his mom […]
The Death of Robert Fuller, The Man Found Hanging From a Tree in California, was Ruled a Suicide
The death of Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old Black man who was found hanged from a tree last month, was ruled a suicide Thursday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department. Fuller was one of several Black men found hanging from trees across the country in June at the height of Black Lives Matter protests.
