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The Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. While other museums may include slavery in their exhibits, the Whitney Plantation is the first of its kind to focus primarily on the institution. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 million of his own…
August 24, 2015 3:35 PM ET END CLASS=”STORY-META” Caroline Rose plays music as if she’s just met her new best friend: It’s fresh, fun and performed with contagious enthusiasm. The title of the first song she played at the Tiny Desk — “Yip Yip Yow” — hints at the fun to come in this brief,…
Sometime this month, the world woke up and discovered it was no longer enamored with the Fat Jew, a collector of other people’s jokes best known for submerging himself in large vats of food. The fallout was quick—he’s already lost a TV development deal with Comedy Central and a gig with Seamless. But things can…
Just what are cadets to learn from the Kobayashi Maru scenario in Star Trek? While it’s the perfect foreshadowing and opening for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, with its discussion of death and sacrifice, and is later used to show the cockiness of Kirk and the rigidity of Spock in the 2009…
I disapprove. (iStock) Dear Would-Be Bakery Customer, Here at this bakery we pride ourselves on our quality cakes. However, I cannot in good conscience bake the cake you requested. We heard Ted Cruz on the subject of providing services to people whose beliefs you do not share! Please see the following list for reasons your…
One year ago, the Internet became a much stranger, much darker place when the Gamergate controversy kicked off, via a blog post attacking independent game developer Zoe Quinn. The 9,425-word blog post (by Quinn’s ex-boyfriend) alleged that Quinn had a relationship with gaming journalist Nathan Grayson that enabled her to garner favorable reviews, but this…
Go to www.addthis.com/dashboard to customize your tools This morning we mentioned that DC Comics was down over $2 million on planned revenue/expenditure for 2014/2015. Here’s where the other shoe gets dropped. I understand from a number of senior sources that DC editorial have been told to “stop Batgirling” and go back to “meat and potatoes”….
INFOLINKS_ON Last week Marvel announced “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” starring a Black, teen female On August 13, Entertainment Weekly and various other media outlets announced a new monthly series from Marvel Comics titled “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.” Written by Any Reeder and Brandon Montclare, the main creators of the critically-acclaimed Image Comics series…
Russia ordered several internet service providers to block Wikipedia throughout the country after the volunteers who run the user-generated online encyclopedia refused to delete an article — then abruptly reversed its decision less than 24 hours later. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications watchdog, reversed its decision to order internet providers to block a page on Russian-language Wikipedia…
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