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Photo: Seth Wenig (Getty Images) The New York state assembly speaker has authorized an impeachment investigation into embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who knows good and damn well he should step his ass down. Advertisement According to CBS News “New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he authorized the Assembly Judiciary Committee to begin the investigation, which he said will have the power to interview witnesses and subpoena documents.” So for those of you keeping score, that means that there will be two independent investigations into sexual misconduct claims by six wome...

Photo: Dutchmen Photography (Shutterstock) Today is March 10, which means it’s a Mar10 Day! To celebrate the plumber with the meanest mustache in the game, Nintendo has reduced the price of some straight-up bangers by 35 percent. Advertisement According to Yahoo, you can currently cop some of Mario’s best adventures on the Switch for just under 40 bucks. If you’ve been a longtime Nintendo fan, you know that it’s an event whenever they decide to put some of their games on sale. In fact, today’s discounts mark the lowest prices for some of the games included. And just what games are i...

White People Don't Make No Sense This headline is grammatically correct. In African American Vernacular English, “no” is a determiner equivalent to the thermodynamic concept of absolute zero. It is the amount of “mess” that James Brown’s papa was willing to take. It describes how much of a joke Rakim considered himself to be. In 1994, researcher Rock Master Scott, in conjunction with the Dynamic Three, concluded that “no” was the exact volume of water needed when the roof was on fire and partygoers collectively decided to let the motherfucker burn. Advertisement And white people...

Photo: Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court (AP) Justice for the shooting victims—as well as their families—of Kyle Rittenhouse is already looking like it’s going to be an uphill battle what with conservatives across the nation adopting him as their new favorite gun-happy mascot and the fact that even violating court orders didn’t result in any real consequences for the 18-year-old. Advertisement You know why conservative white America hates the Black Lives Matter movement so much? It’s because Read more Well, now it appears that the battle won’t just be uphill—it will be long AF....

Here’s the thing about new books: They are the catalysts that inspire readers to try, do, and feel new things. “Black Girl Magic” is not just something that exists as a campaign or chant at rallies, but something to hold onto within ourselves and use to catapult over whatever obstacles come our way. The books released this week give us so much Black girl magic, it’s hard to keep track. There is Jasmine Mans’ Black Girl, Call Home, a collection of poetry detailing her experiences as a queer Black woman and navigating her identity. Act Your Age, Eve Brown is the third installment of...