In Wills County, Illinois, in 2020, Aliyah was only four weeks pregnant when she began her sentence at the county jail; over the course of her pregnancy, she lost 67 pounds, recounts being put on the wrong medications against her will, and was repeatedly denied medical appointments and recommended blood work. At one point, she was attacked by guards and almost thrown to the floor because she accidentally took a shower during a lockdown. Aliyah was repeatedly handcuffed and shackled during her pregnancy... Читать дальше...
In recent weeks, a startling trend has emerged on TikTok. No, it's not the audio of a certain off-putting heterosexual couple who eat out and go on vacation a lot. Instead, multiple young women have shared that they've been sucker-punched on the streets of New York. It all started on March 17, when a woman called Olivia Brand reported she'd been randomly punched by an unidentified man while walking on the sidewalk. “I literally got punched in the head on the sidewalk," she said in the video. "He goes... Читать дальше...
On Tuesday, NBC confirmed that it's officially parted ways with its most recent hire, former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who was slated to be a contributor and earn a $300,000 annual salary as the company fields layoffs and cuts. The decision to pull the plug on McDaniel, who's previously pushed 2020 election denialism and contributed to sowing distrust of American journalism, came after significant backlash—from both the public, and top NBC and MSNBC talent including Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, and, on Monday night, Rachel Maddow. Читать дальше...
An Alabama Democrat won a special election for a state House seat on Tuesday, flipping the Republican-controlled district where Trump won by one point in 2020. The Democrat, Marilyn Lands, campaigned heavily on the state’s total abortion ban as well as the recent crisis around IVF access—in February, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are “children” and eligible for wrongful death lawsuits, leading multiple fertility clinics to pause their IVF services. "Today, Alabama women and... Читать дальше...
Let it be known that we at Jezebel have long been hip to Nelson Peltz's heinousness. We were there for the gallingly lavish wedding the 81-year-old billionaire business magnate threw his nepo baby, Nicola, and his far more amusing nepo baby-in-law, Brooklyn Beckham, one week after hundreds of migrant workers protested “modern-day slavery” and various human rights violations outside of his $23 million Palm Beach office. And we didn't miss an update when the former planners of said wedding—the third that were hired... Читать дальше...
