Eric Spring lives in New York City. He has poor vision and cooks a good egg. Most of his money is spent on live music and produce. He usually wears plain, solid color sweatshirts without hoods because he assumes loud patterns make people expect something big. Typically, he'll bypass a handshake and go straight for the hug.
A writing assignment crafted by a high school English teacher in Texas has provoked widespread anger across social media. The assignment asked students to write about a “modern day hero” and provided a list of options. That list included Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who shot and killed two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin […] More
As we all know, people across the country have engaged with the pandemic along political lines. Nowhere has this fact been more evident than in the debate over whether to wear masks in public spaces. Spend a day on the internet and you’re likely to find a mask incident: some person refusing to wear a […] More
A new viral video captured an uncomfortable ordeal that has become a reality in the pandemic era. A crowd of middle-aged women, none of whom wore masks, marched into a coffee shop, confronted the location’s manager, and insisted that it was totally unfair to have them wear masks. They then launched into disorganized claims about […] More
Three San Antonio teens were arrested in connection to a viral video which featured a 3-three year old child repeatedly smoking marijuana. The video shows the toddler coughing throughout the nearly 30-second clip. After the video blew up on social media, 18-year-old Larissa Contreras, the sister of the child, and later her boyfriend, 19-year-old Thomas […] More
While enjoying an afternoon out with his grandson, a Latino man in Torrance, California, was forced to explain to police that he was not abducting the child, who’s skin color was a lighter shade than his. ABC 7 reported that Abel Mata, who was born in Mexico and moved to the U.S. when he was […] More
A Florida man who dubbed himself “The Antifa Hunter” was recently sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for using social media threats to advance his racist, white supremacist beliefs, according to the Orlando Sentinel. 32-year-old Daniel McMahon, as the “Hunter” is actually known, pleaded guilty to two separate acts of online […] More
A Walmart in Alaska was the recent site of an incident that managed to capture the key elements of our contemporary political moment: tension about masks and White people mistreating people of color in extremely aggressive ways. The over 2-minute-long video began in the midst of a White man’s meltdown near the exit of a […] More
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned from his post after multiple scandals struck the evangelical leader and ardent Trump Supporter, according to CNN. His departure comes after racy Instagram photos first landed him with a suspension from his presidential duties, only to be followed by recent allegations that he spent several years involved […] More
In 2017, Muhammad Muhaymin Jr. was killed by Phoenix police after they were called because he took his service dog into a public restroom. The police arrived, the situation escalated and they held a knee on his neck until he died. Muhaymin’s last words were: “I can’t breathe.” Three years later in 2020, those same […] More
Wedding guest lists have a tendency to unearth latent social dynamics. Both members of the happy couple, when they sit down to decide who will and will not be present for the big day, are forced to come clean about they’re honest impressions of the people that make up the mixing social circles. For one […] More
While showing her support at a pro-police rally in Upstate New York, a Black woman was called the n-Word by other rally goers. Tatyana Conner, a three-year veteran of the U.S. Army, told ABC 13 that she attended the “Back the Blue” rally in Sodus, NY to show her support for local law enforcement officers. But […] More
On April 24, 36-year-old Jeffrey Ryans was leaving his home for work when a pair of Salt Lake City Police Officers arrived and ordered him to get on his knees. Though Ryans, who is Black, immediately cooperated, one officer still ordered his K-9 dog to attack. Recently released bodycam footage captured the gruesome 90 seconds […] More
