Month: January 2021

CEO and President of the NAACP Derrick Johnson told CNBC that his organization supports legislation reintroduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to create a formal commission to explore reparation options for Black Americans.  “This is the initiating process that members of Congress, particularly members of the Congressional Black Caucus, have been pushing for since
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What an hour of television! The reservoir break’s effects meant Hollywood was overrun with water and mud, and the 118 was on the ground assisting where they could on 9-1-1 Season 4 Episode 2. And unbeknownst to them, Athena was fighting for her life in a house that was literally falling down the Hollywood Hills. The
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A doctor on his village rounds confronts the same symptoms again and again, including uncontrollable laughter. The first patient of the day is an old woman. The doctor hears her laughter as he walks through the doorless entryway of the small house. Today it is a quiet, throaty laugh, measured but sustained, coming from a
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Struggling AMC Entertainment said early Monday it has raised or signed commitments for $917 million including additional financing since December, calling it “enough cash to “make it through this dark, coronavirus-impacted winter.” “This means that any talk of an imminent bankruptcy for AMC is completely off the table,” said CEO Adam Aron in a statement.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures after media announced that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 7, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against former President Donald
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One Fjord Away from a Second Date If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Compaction Birds Early Saturday morning I drove up the coast from the border, toward Thy.
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