this episode of Death, Sex & Money, audio producer Christopher Johnson talks about the music genre called ‘The Quiet Storm,’ and why its smooth and sultry songs were so important to the “new Black middle class” of the 1970’s. slate.trib.al/lBSCIKE
The Sexy Soundtrack for the ‘New Black Middle Class’
“The Quiet Storm is something that is both massive to a certain demo in this country, but also kind of hidden in some ways”
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It's been 5 years since the world lost Biz Markie On the anniversary of his passing, we're publishing an previously unpublished interview w/ the Biz about his all-time favorite rappers & producers, the Bridge Wars, the Juice Crew & more By @davidmadavidma.bsky.social www.powmag.net/p/biz-markie...
My Favorite Rappers Weren’t on Records: An Interview with Biz Markie
David Ma unearths a conversation with the departed legend.
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The landlord for the U.S. ICE facility violated the city of Portland’s land use approval at the South Waterfront facility and could face $934 monthly fines. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/07/portland-can-fine-ice-detention-facility-landlord-for-now.html
Ukraine has reduced Russia to a nation of fuel felchers. [Do NOT look up the term]
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · last mo.Russians are trying to buy fuel in Kazakhstan and transport it back to Russia. In response, Kazakhstan has deployed mobile inspection teams to prevent fuel from being taken out of the country and avoid shortages at home.
ICE is ending a policy that provides public reports and investigations into deaths of formerly detained people that occurred within 30 days of their release from ICE custody. Daphy Michel's death was an avoidable tragedy, but it isn’t the first. Congress must hold ICE accountable.
A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide
The death of a woman from Haiti seeking asylum in the U.S. who died from hypothermia days after her release from federal custody was ruled a homicide by a Pennsylvania county medical examiner's office. Daphy Michel was 31 when she died March 2. An attorney for her family said she had psychiatric ...
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[multiple pictures appear of me posing with Hitler, both of us smiling warmly] Uh I’m not political.
Ottawa's Alicia Kayley, dubbed the "Indigenous Adele," releases her debut double single "New Beginnings" and "Don't Break My Heart" via Crystal Shawanda's New Sun Music. Out now. zurl.co/UFEy7
The "Indigenous Adele" Ottawa's Alicia Kayley Makes Her Debut With Two Singles On Crystal Shawanda's Record Label - That Eric Alper
New Sun Music is proud to announce the simultaneous release of “New Beginnings” and “Don’t Break My Heart,” the debut double single from Alicia Kayley, dubbed the “Indigenous Adele” by the Ottawa Citizen, out now. A rising voice in Pop/R&B and Blues/Soul, Kayley arrives fully formed on these first two offerings – together painting a […]
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Workers at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles have decided to go on strike if federal immigration enforcement agents are deployed at the venue when it hosts FIFA World Cup matches in June and July. www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...
Los Angeles World Cup stadium workers threaten strike over ICE deployment
Workers represented by a local union say ICE presence would create a climate of fear during the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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#ResistanceRoots Yuri Kochiyama was born on this day in 1921 in San Pedro, Calif. She became a radical, intersectional political activist following her family’s internment during WWII. She dedicated more than 50 years of her life to social justice, black liberation and interethnic solidarity. /1
BREAKING: Minnesota has INDICTED ICE officer Christian Castro in the non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. 4 counts of assault & 1 count of lying. This is the SECOND ICE officer charged by the Hennepin County DA. No charges yet for the murders of Good and Pretti. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Minnesota county charges ICE officer in shooting during immigration crackdown
A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.
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HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)
In the next Mario, Princess Peach should get tricked into traveling to Thailand and have her passport seized and forced to work in a callcenter scamming American seniors about unpaid Lake Norman slip fees or their grandson's boat will get reposessed.
I bought this brilliant EP on its release day. Fantastic gatefold, inside covers and vinyl label design plus great songs. ‘I Fought The Law’ and ‘Capital Radio’ are well known but ‘Gates Of The West’ and ‘Groovy Times’ are very underrated and quite often fly under the radar. #TheClash #punk
Punk Rock History@punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 3mo ago'I Fought The Law' is a song by The Clash, released on their EP 'The Cost of Living' on this day in 1979 The Clash • I Fought the Law • Live at the Lyceum • 28 December 1978 #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory #otd
What does it cost our Humanity to look the other way when Women, Children, and Young Men of promise are ripped off the street and disappeared? What does it cost us as a Society, to normalize such barbarism? - Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez (D- New York) - May 8, 2026.
hot take: everyone should be allowed to rob a bank once in their lifetime as long as nobody gets hurt and they have a really good reason they need the money
Trump's ICE is forcing immigrants to wear dirty ripped underwear, withholding medicication & vital medical care, feeding immigrants moldy, worm infested food all in our name & Trump's billionaire buddies profit with billions of our taxpayer dollars while torturing innocent people. #ICELawlessness
In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands... These 23 protest songs are soundtracking the movement to stop it
Anti-ICE Songs Soundtracking The Resistance
As the Trump administration calls for increased funding for war and policing, and more and more people die in ICE custody and at the hands of ICE officers, some artists are refusing to stay silent.
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Dillon Brooks is the Chris Gaines of Marcus Smarts.
Absolutely dying at right-wing radio host Sid Rosenberg getting so angry that Mr. and Mrs. Met hugged @mayor.nyc.gov that he started calling them antisemites and became a Yankees fan.
