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BuzzFeed’s ‘Community’ Scam Is a Nightmare Come True
BuzzFeed is offering to give prizes to its 'community' if they produce viral posts for free. It's just another exploitative media scam. → Read More
Netflix’s ‘Tigertail’ is an emotional intergenerational film about diaspora and regret
'Tigertail' follows a Taiwanese man looking back on the regrets of his life as he mourns the loss of family and attempts to repair his relationships. → Read More
Netflix’s ‘The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez’ seeks justice for L.A.’s child abuse victims
The story of Gabriel is deeply upsetting. Explored in Netflix's The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, this 8-year-old's story shows how systems fail children. → Read More
Netflix’s ‘Gentefied’ is actually made for people of color
Through drama and comedy, Netflix's 'Gentefied' explores a Mexican-American family's challenges with gentrification, identity, and history. → Read More
Which 2020 Democratic candidates post the most cringe?
Cringeworthy content is the kind of content that when you see it, it makes you cringe. And 2020 Democrats are leading the pack. → Read More
Why women are getting mysterious greeting cards from 'Jenny B.'
Women who are not pregnant are receiving mysterious cards saying, 'Holy guacamole! You’re going to avo baby!' signed Jenny B. It's a marketing scheme. → Read More
Review: Netflix’s ‘Until Dawn’ is just watchable enough
In Netflix's 'Until Dawn,' a haunted house of comedians try to outwit one another, but muster little more than background entertainment. → Read More
Where is the cast of Netflix’s ‘Singapore Social’ now?
Is Tabitha from Netflix's 'Singapore Social' still with Louie? What happened to Vinny and Cristina? Did Sukki keep dating Tim? Is Nicole with Alson? → Read More
Netflix thriller ‘Earthquake Bird’ can’t solve its own mystery
Despite this thriller of a plot, 'Earthquake Bird' fails to convince viewers of the powerful relationship that leads to the disappearance of a rival flame. → Read More
Fox & Friends Is Terrified of Greta Thunberg
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is a force so powerful that Fox News has finally started taking her seriously—as the enemy of children everywhere. → Read More
Yet Another Person Has Died in ICE Custody
Pedro Arriago-Santoya, a 44-year old Mexican national in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, died on Wednesday at the Piedmont Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, GA, BuzzFeed News reported. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody since October. → Read More
It Socks to be Ryan Zinke
Former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke violated the Hatch Act, a federal law that prohibits federal employees from using their positions to promote partisan politics when he tweeted a photo of himself in MAGA socks last June, according to a December letter from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel which was leaked to the Washington Post and published on Thursday. → Read More
At Least 1,000 TSA Employees Still Haven't Been Paid What They're Owed From the Shutdown
More than a month has passed since end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and several hundred inquiring TSA agents are still left wondering: Where’s our money? → Read More
Witnesses Say Muslim Man Was Killed in Islamophobic Attack in Indiana
An Indiana man was taken into custody on a preliminary murder charge after a road rage incident last weekend, during which witnesses said he yelled religious and ethnic insults at a Muslim-American man before shooting and killing him. However, there is no opportunity under current law for Passarelli to be charged with a hate crime despite witnesses alleging that he hurled xenophobic slurs at the… → Read More
Trump Administration Reportedly Considered Denying Asylum Hearings to Kids
Last summer, when the Trump administration began publicly separating children and parents at the border, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted that the Trump administration didn’t have a family separation policy and was simply enforcing laws that already existed. In a policy draft obtained by NBC News, however, it is clear that Nielsen lied, and that the… → Read More
Meet the immigrant influencers who want to sell you activism
Antonion Arellano, Shan Boodram, and Sara Mora are just a few of the immigrant influencers on social media embracing their identity and status for change. → Read More
Black man assists drunk neighbor home, gets arrested
Police are looking into the arrest of a Black man in the Washington D.C. area after a video went viral showing community members protesting the arrest. → Read More
These ‘d*ck appointment’ YouTube makeup tutorials are what you need for the holidays
Learn how to take care of your face (and sexual health) with these dick appointment makeup tutorials from these beauty YouTubers. → Read More
‘This is not who we are’ meme wants you to realize this is exactly who America is
Despite the United States committing atrocious acts for centuries, many people still think 'This is not who we are.' This meme says they're wrong. → Read More
Christine Blasey Ford will donate GoFundMe remainder to trauma survivors
Months after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford is still going out of her way to help other survivors of assault. → Read More