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Theo Wargo We’ve seen high-profile celebrity trials play out in public on many occasions, but there arguable hasn’t been anything quite like the recent sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Shocking allegations, a star-studded witness stand, lawsuits on top of lawsuits and even a 10-minute cameo from the ever-polarizing Kanye West were just some of the standout moments over the past seven weeks. However, Diddy’s fate has now officially […]

Source: UCG / Getty When I was a kid, I never saw myself in the classroom. Not in the books we read. Not in the stories my teachers told. Not in the lessons about families, love, or community. As a Black queer boy, I learned early what it meant to be invisible — to grow up surrounded by silences so heavy they shape how you see yourself and what you […]

Source: picture alliance / Getty It has been more than a decade since 2014, when a Michigan state-appointed emergency manager decided it was a good idea to save money by a contract with Detroit’s water system and switched to the Flint River, causing the Flint water crisis by ditching a system that didn’t need treatment to prevent corrosion that put lead in the water pipes for one that did. It’s […]

Source: Mario Tama / Getty In the months since the Eaton and Palisades wildfires ravaged through the LA County area, a local lawmaker is now calling for an official statewide audit to examine the fire responses to ensure that when future issues of a similar nature arise, the county is better prepared. Democratic assemblyman John Harabedian, who represents Pasadena, recently announced his decision to request a state audit, as impacted […]