February 2020

‘He Hasn’t Been Here’: Why Joe Biden Lags in Super Tuesday States

LOS ANGELES — On the day before in-person early voting was to begin across California’s most populous county, there was no sign of life at Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign office in East Los Angeles last Friday. A metal gate out front was padlocked shut, with a missed-delivery notice from the Postal Service wedged into

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Women Share The Absurd Stereotypes They Face For Dyeing Their Hair

Too bold! Too radical! Too wild! Many women have encountered judgment for the choices they make with their hair, particularly with color. Women who dye their hair lime green or peacock purple are scrutinized to the point where their personal and professional worth is measured by this parameter. And as if that wasn’t enough, culturally

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Pete Davidson Says His ‘Career Would Be Over’ If He Acted Like Ariana Grande

Pete Davidson believes a double standard is at play when it comes to how he and Arianna Grande are publicly perceived after their whirlwind 2018 summer romance ended as tragically as accidentally getting the word “‘BBQ grill’” tattooed on one’s hand  … or yelling at college students for using their phones. And nothing is more

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It’s Facebook vs. the Bloomberg Campaign vs. the Internet

Several high-profile Instagram accounts posted sponsored content for Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign on Wednesday afternoon. World Star Hip Hop, Funny Hood Vidz, Banger Buddy, Nugget, and Wasted, all accounts with millions of followers, posted ads in the form of fake “relatable” tweets and edited videos. The posts do not make use of Instagram’s official system

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Trump Has a Problem as the Coronavirus Threatens the U.S.: His Credibility

WASHINGTON — When Hurricane Dorian crashed through the Atlantic Coast in September, President Trump assumed a take-charge role in response. But he undermined his own effectiveness after it became apparent that before displaying a map in front of the television cameras in the Oval Office, he had altered it with a Sharpie pen to match

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