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Checkmate: Far-Right Conservatives Use Kyrie Irving Like A Pawn In A Game Of Anti-Vaxxer Chess

Posted by kmoj — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:38 GMT

Source: Steven Ryan / Getty Kyrie Irving seems to trend on Twitter every day. But not for his insane layup package, or smooth silky 3-point shot. He isn't vaccinated, and the choice has left his teammates without a point guard. His decision to not get the vaccine interloped with New York City's vaccine requirements means Irving might never take the court as a Net this season. Now, everyone except for Kyrie Irving has something to say about Kyrie Irving - especially the right-wing anti-vaxxers.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/checkmate-far-right-conservatives-use-kyrie-irving-like-a-pawn-in-a-game-of-anti-vaxxer-chess/

Invoking Emmett Till's Lynching, Rep. Bobby Rush Calls For Federal Probe Into Jelani Day's Death

Posted by kmoj — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:37 GMT

Source: Michael A. McCoy / Getty In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rep. Bobby Rush requested a federal review of the disappearance and death of Illinois graduate student Jelani Day. A student at Illinois State University, Day went missing at the end of August. It took several weeks before officials could identify him, but many questions remain unanswered. "As I learned the details of Day's case, I was reminded of the lynching of Emmett Till, whose body was found floating in a river in 1955 and still, decades later, no one has been held legally accountable for his death," Rush wrote.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/invoking-emmett-tills-lynching-rep-bobby-rush-calls-for-federal-probe-into-jelani-days-death-2/

College Football Player Charged With Murder Of Trans Woman He Claims Catfished Him On Tinder

Posted by kmoj — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:37 GMT

A suspended college football player has been formally indicted on murder charges stemming from the killing of a trans woman he met on a dating app. Isimemen David Etute, a freshman who was recruited to play linebacker at Virginia Tech, was hit with second-degree murder charges in the death of Jerry Paul Smith in May. A grand jury returned the indictment on Wednesday. Etute, who was arrested back in June for the May 31 killing, has said that Smith presented himself as a woman named Angie on Tinder.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/college-football-player-charged-with-murder-of-trans-woman-he-claims-catfished-him-on-tinder/

Citizen's Arrest Law Used To Defend Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Is Rooted In Slavery

Posted by kmoj — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:36 GMT

The citizen's arrest law that Ahmaud Arbery's accused killers used in an attempt to justify their deadly violence could play an outsized role in their murder trial. And in a case with such heavy racial overtones, the fact that the law is rooted in slavery surely will not help their causes. Jury selection got underway last week as the trial officially got underway ahead of opening arguments, which will undoubtedly include a reference or two (or more) about Georgia's citizen's arrest statute and whether accused murderer Travis McMichael, who held the shotgun that killed Arbery, had legally acted in self-defense, as he claims.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/citizens-arrest-law-used-to-defend-ahmaud-arberys-killers-is-rooted-in-slavery/

'Colin In Black & White' Review: DuVernay Adds Another Dimension To The Exiled Quarterback

Posted by kmoj — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:36 GMT

Source: Colin in Black & White / Courtesy of Netflix For years after the 2016 protest which effectively got him blackballed from the NFL, Colin Kaepernick didn't do public interviews. His message, long detailed and long explained in 2016, had morphed into a stance of letting the world prove him right. By protesting police brutality and the fallacies of the criminal justice system, Kaepernick chose a unique approach to lay bare America's modern sins at the feet of a base too prideful to acknowledge him and even too afraid to listen.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/colin-in-black-white-review-duvernay-adds-another-dimension-to-the-exiled-quarterback/

The working poor deserve a place to call home

Posted by kmoj — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:59 GMT

October 27, 2021 - by Troy Bowman Rent stabilization is a first step in that direction At one time, having a decent job allowed you to afford a place to live, a car to drive, money for bills, and even some extra money to spare. Today, it's not even close. Too many people have to work two jobs to even afford a place to live. The paycheck from the first job goes to rent, and then part of the paycheck from the second job might go to rent too.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/the-working-poor-deserve-a-place-to-call-home/

COVID-19 PFIZER VACCINE IANA

Posted by kmoj — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:57 GMT

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Vaccinated? You may be eligible for a booster shot

Posted by kmoj — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:33 GMT

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Walz highlights state's plan to vaccinate kids ages 5-11 following FDA advisory

Posted by kmoj — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:32 GMT

Photo: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File. In this May 14, 2021, file photo, Colin Sweeney, 12, gets a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as his mother Nicole pats his shoulder at the First Baptist Church of Pasadena in Pasadena, Calif. Tommy Wiita Updated: October 27, 2021 12:49 PM Created: October 27, 2021 12:33 PM On Wednesday, Gov. Tim Walz highlighted the state's plan to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 5-11 after the U.S. Food and Drug Advisory Committee voted to recommend the use of the Pfizer vaccine to that age range. ... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/walz-highlights-states-plan-to-vaccinate-kids-ages-5-11-following-fda-advisory/

Maximize Your Protection against COVID-19

Posted by kmoj — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:36 GMT

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Get Vaccinated at Century College.

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:17 GMT

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First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:14 GMT

Photo: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File. FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2007, file photo, Prince performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami. The music icon died of an accidental opioid overdose at his Paisley Park studio on April 21, 2016. Associated Press Created: October 25, 2021 10:42 PM Minnesota's Congressional delegation on Monday introduced a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to pop superstar Prince, citing his "indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture," The Associated Press has learned.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/first-steps-made-in-congress-to-honor-pop-superstar-prince/

On-Air Radiothon, November 7th to November 14th

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:06 GMT

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Youth football league moving games from Minneapolis over safety concerns

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:53 GMT

Ben Henry Created: October 25, 2021 10:15 PM A youth football league has decided to not have any more games in Minneapolis for the rest of the year. Following the shooting of a 15-year-old near Phelps Park on Tuesday as a fourth-grade football game was wrapping up, the Twin Cities North Youth Football League made the decision to not schedule games in the city for the rest of its season. The league's commissioner, John Swanson, said the victim was at the game to watch a family member play. ... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/youth-football-league-moving-games-from-minneapolis-over-safety-concerns/

Get Vaccinated. Get a $200, Gift Card.

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:50 GMT

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Notable Black Anti-Vaxxers Who Won't Endorse The COVID-19 Vaccine

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:48 GMT

Lenox Hill Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Doctor Michelle Chester at Long Island Jewish Medical Center on December 14, 2020, in New Hyde Park on Long Island, New York. | Source: Scott Heins / Getty UPDATED: 5:45 p.m. ET, Oct . 35 Originally published Sept. 14 Public health officials have said they need all hands on deck to promote the COVID-19 vaccine. But when those hands are attached to celebrities' Twitter fingers, there's no telling what kind of messages about the pandemic, let alone the vaccine, will be posted for their legions of loyal followers to heed blindly.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/notable-black-anti-vaxxers-who-wont-endorse-the-covid-19-vaccine/

Charlottesville Civil Trial Attempts to Hold Planners Of White Supremacist 'Unite The Right Rally' A

Posted by kmoj — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:46 GMT

"We have had a number of issues with effective returns in criminal trials for reasons ranging from ingrained problems in our legal system that have to do with long histories of white supremacy, to all kinds of procedural problems that have derailed justice in one way or another," University of Chicago historian Kathleen Belew said in an interview with NPR. "Civil trials are a really good tool in hitting the pocketbooks and the membership lists of white power groups." Source: The Urban Daily via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/charlottesville-civil-trial-attempts-to-hold-planners-of-white-supremacist-unite-the-right-rally-accountable-over-four-years-later/

REV. JESSE JACKSON SR. CELEBRATES 80TH BIRTHDAY IN HARLEM AFTER RECOVERING FROM COVID-19

Posted by kmoj — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:10 GMT

by Charlene Rhinehart October 24, 20211085(Image Credit: Instagram) Rev. Jesse Jackson celebrated his 80th birthday at the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem, New York. Families and friends gathered at the location on October 22 to salute the civil rights leader. He turned 80 on October 8.https://fdf6ec76604d827fdeb2f6f075bfce5a.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html "In New York today with @real_sharpton," Jackson wrote on Instagram. "So grateful to him for celebrating my birthday by hosting a birthday salute and book signing tonight. Cannot wait! ... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/rev-jesse-jackson-sr-celebrates-80th-birthday-in-harlem-after-recovering-from-covid-19/

Get Vaccinated at Century College, Wednesday, 10/27 10 am to 3 pm

Posted by kmoj — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:41 GMT

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Snoop Dogg's Mother Beverly Tate Has Died

Posted by kmoj — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:40 GMT

She had been fighting an undisclosed illness. CELEBRITYBy Nigel RobertsOctober 24, 2021 (Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic) Snoop Dogg announced on Sunday(Oct. 24) that his mother Beverly Tate has died. His father confirmed her death and asked for prayers, adding that the family needed prayers now more than ever, TMZ reported. Snoop took to Instagram and posted tributes to his mom. "Mama thank u for having me," he captioned one of the posts. In the other one, Snoop wrote, "Thank u god for giving me an angel for a mother Her cause of death was not revealed.... Read more via: https://kmojfm.com/wp/2021/10/snoop-doggs-mother-beverly-tate-has-died/