serpentwithfeet has shared another new song from his forthcoming new album DEACON. Listen to “Same Size Shoe” below. The song is an exploration and discussion of the singer-songwriter’s dating life. “I prefer to date and love on Black men,” serpentwithfeet said in a statement. “I don’t want to be with anyone who can’t go to
Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, January 27, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States will pay the more than $200 million it owes to the World Health Organization
Dantiel W. Moniz is a Florida native. That may not always be a celebrated American locus, but Moniz’s writing is joining a burgeoning regional literary canon including Lauren Groff, who blurbed the book, and Kristen Arnett. Moniz’s fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and now her first complete collection, Milk Blood Heat, covers a
The 2018 Best Picture Oscar winner Green Book is today remembered more for the controversy regarding its depiction of race relations than its actual story. Viggo Mortensen came in for a huge chunk of the criticism since many believed his role in the film was a classic example of the “white savior” trope in movies.
CBS is keeping two of the most popular comedies on TV for another season. The network announced today that it has renewed its popular Monday night comedy block of The Neighborhood and Bob ♥ Abishola for the 2021-2022 broadcast season. On a highly competitive night, The Neighborhood, currently in its third season, is television’s #2
How to Survive Underground Te-Ping Chen Share article 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. “Gubeikou Spirit”by Te-Ping Chen Pan entered Gubeikou Station at top speed, hurtling through the
Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, speaks during the Sooner Than You Think conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cathie Wood said Ark Invest is still bullish on Tesla and continues to buy
A Black franchisee is alleging that McDonald’s racially discriminated against him by pigeonholing him into operating low-volume restaurants in Black neighborhoods and forcing him to downsize his store base years later after grading his locations unfairly. Herbert Washington, a former Major League Baseball player and the chain’s largest Black franchisee in the U.S. at one
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft is operating “perfectly” ahead of its Feb. 18 landing on Mars that will be a key milestone for the agency’s future Mars exploration plans. The spacecraft is scheduled to land the rover Perseverance on the surface of Jezero Crater on Mars at about 3:55 p.m. Eastern Feb. 18. That
Garmin Enduro has been unveiled with a solar charging lens that is touted to extend its battery life by up to 65 days. The new multisport smartwatch also includes customisable power management modes. For fitness tracking and training, Garmin Enduro comes with GPS support and offers a list of features, including VO2 Max for tracking
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (L) (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (R) (D-NY) stand back to back in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and
Moneybagg Yo said he’s made a bundle during the pandemic and that he didn’t want it to end — something he immediately regretted and took back. The Memphis rapper issued a mea culpa Monday after a pair of cringe-worthy tweets about the coronavirus — and how it had affected him (and his net worth) as
President Joe Biden tried to avoid dwelling on his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, as he delivered a public-facing sales pitch for Congress to quickly pass his massive coronavirus relief bill. “I’m tired of talking about Donald Trump. I don’t want to talk about him anymore,” Biden said Tuesday night during a CNN town hall
The parallel between fast cars and high fashion is self-evident. Both modes operate in a luxury world that is sometimes unattainable, always aspirational, and downright sexy. LaQuan Smith lives in this world. But it wasn’t always like that. “Nothing was given to me on a silver platter,” Smith, 31, told ELLE. “I had hustle to
Still considered the benchmark of superhero cinema, two DC classics will continue on in the pages of new comics coming our way soon. Sure, Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman and Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman saw multiple sequels. But these new stories will be a continuation of what happened in the original movies before their follow-ups ever
Perhaps he’ll die. Big Sky has a thing for music, but it’s safe to say, we’ll be humming that chilling tune for the rest of the evening and thinking about Merilee Legarski, a woman sick and tired of being sick and tired. A woman who sensed justice slipping away and decided to take matters into
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. In Cherie Jones’s debut novel, How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, the fictional Barbadian town of Baxter Beach looks like paradise.
U.S. stock index futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday after the Dow closed at a record high. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 11 points. S&P futures were unchanged, while Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.13%. The move comes after the Dow closed at a record high during regular