Happy Friday, unicorns. Hope you’re not eating a Chipotle burrito while reading this.

Happy Friday, unicorns. Hope you’re not eating a Chipotle burrito while reading this.
This past week wasn’t a great week for people of color. There were some highs, but there were a lot of lows.
Hello, friends! I hope your weekends were full of fun or relaxation or doing whatever it is you love to do. Unfortunately, there has been some bad news coming out of Asia, especially the Philippines especially. So, let’s get started.
Happy Friday, everyone. Perhaps the biggest news story this week is that of the U.S. government shutdown, in which all but “essential” employees are not working (or being paid) until further notice. Hopefully this does not make life difficult for too many of you reading, and if it does, we send our utmost sympathies.
In case you are one of those TL;DR kind of people, here’s a quick summary: Trayvon Martin’s case is continuing to get people talking but so far not much more; things are terrible in the world, especially in Syria, at funerals, and for Susan Powell; some basketball happened; people won a crapton of money; the Republican primary […]