Did You Thank Beyonce Today? + Joker Flop à Deux? + A Great Week Mr. Coates + Africans Trapped In Lebanon + White Boy Of The Month + 120 New Diddy Accusers & Updates
Good evening, have you thanked Beyonce today? You better.
The Fanboys Have Abandoned Joker (Deadline)
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Dockworkers Strike Suspended ‘Til Jan 15 (AP)
And, No, You Can’t Return Your Panic-Bought Toilet Paper (LA Daily News)
Were The Pussycat Dolls Actually A Prostitution Ring? (NY Post)
Will A Revamp Give YouTube TV A Real Competitive Edge? (Hollywood Reporter)
Is Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban The Final #Nepobaby Straw? (Vogue)
Just read this if you don’t want to get dog walked on your own morning show like ol’ dude on CBS. You can buy Ta-Nehisi Coates’ new book, The Message, here.
“Even in this terrible situation that we are in, they still reject us.” — Miriam, Migrant Worker
Lebanon is home to over 150,000 migrant and domestic workers, mostly Asian and African, who work in the country under an exploitative system known as kafala, described many as a framework mirroring modern day slavery. Freshly abandoned by their employers, some with their passports withheld, wages stolen, often at times held against their will and subjected to physical abuse. A disenfranchised existence capped with the racism and classism they experience as aliens living in a mono-ethnic society. Just as African students fleeing the war in Ukraine were ripped from public trains and forced to walk miles to escape, African migrant workers in Lebanon are struggling to find safe shelter, solidarity, and escape as Israel’s bombs continue to rain down around them. (More on AJ+)
The activist group Anti-Racism Movement Lebanon and others are sharing ways to donate and help:
Learn more about ARM Lebanon’s mission and work at www.armlebanon.org.
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