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  • Alicia Keys’s Slip-Proof Head Wrap Tutorial Is A Must-See

    Essence Magazine:

    Tutorials have been our saving grace while adapting to life at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The instructional videos that explain everything from how to remove a gel manicure to protective styling techniques have helped us to avert quarantine beauty blunders. If you’re wondering how to prevent a head wrap from shifting, there’s a tutorial for that too. 

    On Thursday, Vogue released a new episode of Beauty Secrets starring Alicia Keys, who shows fans how she achieves her luminous glow and a foolproof method for tying head wraps.

    “There are so many gorgeous ways to wrap your head,” Keys explains—but pro tip: “the less slippery the material, the better,” she says. “If it’s too silky, it falls off. So you have to get a scarf that’s probably more cotton.”

    Once Keys creates a sculptural updo with her scarves (she uses two), she secures her head wrap with a hair tie for extra security, and then it stays all day. “All day!” says Keys. “My head wrap is popping and so I can just go do whatever I want to do.”

    If you’re also interested in seeing how the Grammy Award–winning singer starts her morning and how she cleanses and calms her glowing skin, then check out the must-see video below.

    This video was shared to YouTube by Vogue.

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  • Trump wants to win over black voters while his base wants him to be tough. His base is winning.

    Trump wants to win over black voters while his base wants him to be tough. His base is winning.

    Washington Post – Politics:

    Trump can’t get black voters to see him as an ally when his base wants him to have an iron fist.

  • ‘The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.’ ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts.’ Twice in 25 hours, Trump tweets conspicuous allusions to violence.

    Washington Post – Politics:

    Trump’s dual tweets echo a long-running effort to raise the specter of advocating violence — while exploiting plausible deniability about it.

  • No, Twitter is not violating Trump’s freedom of speech

    Washington Post – Politics:

    Twitter is a private company that can regulate its content how it wishes

  • Shameik Moore Apologizes For Controversial Police Brutality Tweets

    Essence Magazine:

    Shameik Moore apologized Thursday for a series of controversial tweets in connection to the murder of George Floyd and other recent instances of police brutality. 

    The Wu-Tang: An American Saga star wrote on the social media platform that Black people were capable of saving or protecting themselves from racist violence. 

    “Look… all I’m saying is.. in the MOMENT.. when we are experiencing racism.. can we the black community find ways to avoid being killed? Or hunted,” wrote Moore in one tweet.

    “See I have a very strong opinion that the black community hates to hear.. but needs to hear… we need to learn how to deal with police… and or racism… because THIS is the part of the scenario we have failed to fix,” he wrote in another tweet.

    Look… all I’m saying is.. in the MOMENT.. when we are experiencing racism.. can We the black community find ways to avoid being killed? Or hunted

    — Shameik Moore (@shameikmoore) May 28, 2020

    See I have a very strong opinion that the black community hates to hear.. but needs to hear… we need to learn how to deal with police… and or racism… because THIS is the part of the scenario we have failed to fix. https://t.co/xEZ1SdgSUx

    — Shameik Moore (@shameikmoore) May 28, 2020

    The tweets, which came days after a video showing a White police officer in Minnesota murdering a Black man named George Floyd went viral, were met with swift backlash.

    Hours later, Moore claimed his tweets “were taken out of context” and asked his followers to join him in an Instagram Live session where he could properly apologize “against” his “team’s advice,” he noted.

    “Again, I’ll just say for the people watching: I did not mean to offend any of the Black community,” the Dope actor said while speaking on Instagram Live with his friend Jeremy Strong. 

    “My heart is in a place of growth. I want us to grow,” he continued, adding that he felt the problem was “how I said it” and “when I said it.” 

    “It was wrong timing,” Moore added. “I f–ked up in that way.” 

    The Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star said he failed to fully think through the implications of his statements and that these themes will be explored in his future film work. 

    “I didn’t consider that what I’m saying could be taken so left, because I feel like I am Black and I feel like I do things behind the scenes people don’t even know about,” he said. “There’s scripts being formed literally about what we’re talking about, but if I had just stuck to my art then it just would have been like, ‘Oh, this movie’s dope.’ ‘Oh, this video’s dope.’ So that’s where I went wrong and I’ll apologize.” 

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  • Power Up: Trump wants masks to be a 2020 wedge issue. But Americans, including Republicans, support them.

    Washington Post – Politics:

    Many GOP lawmakers took a pro-mask stand this week.

  • On the Runway Moving

    The New York Times – On the Runway:

    On the Runway’s daily features can now be found at the blog’s topics page, as well as at the Styles home page.

  • Intersection: Artfully Chic in Chelsea

    The New York Times – On the Runway:

    In the latest Intersection we visited Chelsea during the Frieze Art Fair and spotted people who said their style influences range from their grandmothers to the avant-garde fashion company Comme des Garçons.