Our elections have been melting down. Disastrous, spectacular collapses have become commonplace in this unimaginable year already filled with a pandemic, record unemployment, and civil unrest. While the failures are complex and manifold, many have been predictable and similar from state to state. The patterns are clear. There are not …
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John Oliver examined the conditions that have allowed COVID-19 to ravage prisons and jails across the United States — and called for a wave of inmate releases to prevent swaths of unnecessary deaths — on Last Week Tonight Sunday. Prisons and jails have been hotbeds for the virus for months, …
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Five years after his departure from The Daily Show, Jon Stewart gave an extensive interview to the New York Times. The former host discussed his upcoming film, Irresistible, police brutality and the 2020 election. Out of the spotlight since he left The Daily Show in 2015, Stewart described his return …
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Top congressional Democrats and members of the Congressional Black Caucus announced a new bill to reform policing following weeks of national protests over police brutality. After first kneeling in silence to honor George Floyd, the Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer two weeks ago, Democrats introduced …
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The cyclist seen in a viral video accosting young people as they put up flyers related to the George Floyd protests was arrested Friday on charges stemming from the incident. Anthony Brennan III was charged with three counts of second-degree assault following the June 1st incident that took place along …
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Blackout Tuesday (June 2nd) was originally intended as a “day of silence” for workers in the music industry to raise awareness surrounding the George Floyd protests. It was a muddled initiative to begin with, and on Tuesday morning, it proved to be a liability: Due to an overwhelming number of …
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Billie Eilish penned a lengthy essay Saturday that supported Black Lives Matter, touched on white privilege and demanded justice for George Floyd. “I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out a way to address this delicately,” the singer prefaced. “I have an enourmous [sic] platform and I try …
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“I came to Key West [Florida] with a little bit of luggage and a lot of songs,” says Jimmy Buffett, who talks about his entire career, including its earliest days, in a wide-ranging conversation with senior writer Brian Hiatt on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition …
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Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have teamed up for an uplifting song that looks at the bright side of things for their new collaboration “Rain On Me.” The single will appear on Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, which arrives on May 29th via Interscope. On the new track the pair take turns …
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This is the 13th installment of Rolling Stone’sMusic in Crisisseries, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with thecoronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Nashville will enter Phase 2 of its COVID-19 reopening plan, allowing live music to resume in bars in a very limited capacity — …
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