Twitter was on fire this week after the tragic end to Game of Thrones dropped on Sunday. Not to mention, the baby filter was applied to everything and everyone tried their best to (mis)remember their favorite lyrics.Check out the tweets of the week below:Game of Thrones had a bumpy landing throughout its final season and Twitter pulled no punches. This week, they let writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss feel the full brunt of their fury.Musical chairs but nuttier. https://t.co/78mZsyy0er— Mr. Peanut (@MrPeanut) May 21, 2019can’t believe brienne of tarth became.....a blogger— Aaron Edwards (@aaronmedwards) May 20, 2019snoop dogg’s reaction to game of thrones finale is sending me pic.twitter.com/DNCNwIZDRZ— h'ghar (@snowbornstark) May 21, 2019 Still the greatest of all the thrones. pic.twitter.com/bYeR7ypAoB— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) May 20, 2019 Twitter couldn't help itself with the baby filter, taking our favorite sports commentators and puffing up their cheeks.  Stephen A. with the baby filter 😂 (via @_therealders_) pic.twitter.com/RuOm71uTUC— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) May 20, 2019The Shaq baby filter gets funnier every time 😂pic.twitter.com/H1sQXb0jTx— Sports ReUp (@SportsReUp) May 22, 2019Meanwhile, forgotten song lyrics make for the best remixes. Shine bright like my forehead...or whatever Rihanna said pic.twitter.com/gjLHnOtxay— precc🌻 (@nigerianngold) May 22, 2019WE DEPRESSED‼️...or whatever Dj Khalid said— HOT GIRL RAY🥰🔥 (@RayLynnelle) May 23, 2019round of applause .. send it to my cashapp *clap* *clap* 😭 or whatever Waka said 🤣— NOTHING 2 PROVE 💆🏽‍♀️💅🏽 (@Auria__) May 22, 2019come on vamanos, everybody lets smoke ... or whatever Dora said 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭— LAW 🥶 (@queenlaw_) May 23, 2019”Ok ladies steal his card information” or whatever Beyonce said— Mari (@galapahoes) May 21, 2019“Dust yourself off and try his friends” or whatever TF Aaliyah said 🤦🏽‍♀️— mrs. bitch (@itsblaisebtw) May 20, 2019 Monkeys have game now. Still can’t get past this monkey taking a selfie and biting his lip like he flew shorty out. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/p6K3f5cbeI— STOPPA (@StoppaOnline) May 21, 2019 Let's hope Robert Smith started a movement. On my way to Atlanta to get a Morehouse debt free man of God. pic.twitter.com/lRwFcnJI1h— Put me in C (@ajvthegreat) May 20, 2019 Y'all cease to be too much.this is the energy i want to have this summer pic.twitter.com/8qGz2IyifK— trish (@ULTRAGLOSS) May 14,...

Floyd Martin retired from his job as a mailman after 35 years. Martin worked the same route in Marietta, Georgia for decades and has grown to become a well-known figure in his community.Martin went above and beyond for his local community in Georgia. From taking special care of elderly neighbors to delivering children lollipops along with the daily mail, he did it all. Martin was loved by everyone in the neighborhood, including the cats and dogs, which he fed daily on his route. He was able to develop a very special relationship with residents in the neighborhood, knowing some of them for their whole lives. THREAD: Floyd Martin retires after nearly 35 years as a mailman tomorrow. I went with him on his route today. pic.twitter.com/qZhUVY7Sz8— Jennifer Brett (@Jennifer__Brett) May 22, 2019On his last day at work, people on his usual route surprised him with decorated mailboxes, gifts, and a block party. "I could have left them a long time ago, but I wouldn't because I love them. And the relationship [with the neighborhood] I couldn't leave it. I could have had an easier route but I wouldn't do it," Martin told a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Martin has always wanted to travel to Hawaii, and because of the community served he can fully enjoy his time off. The Marietta neighborhood started a GoFundMe to “help him achieve his dream of going to Hawaii on a well deserved vacation.” The fundraising team was able to raise over $19,000 in 8 hours, which well exceeded their original goal of $5,000.Floyd announced that the community’s sendoff was the nicest thing anyone has done for him. “You were there when I needed you, even if you didn’t know it,” Martin said to the crowd, “Continue to take care of each other, and smile when you think of...

A law punishing same sex relationships with up to 14 years in prison was allowed to stay in place after a ruling by Kenya’s High Court. The law has been in place since the British colonized Kenya in the 19th century and criminalizes "carnal knowledge against the order of nature.In their ruling, the court stated that the laws in question did not target the LGBTQ community and they were not convinced that people’s basic rights were being violated, according to KUTV. The ruling was a shock to those fighting the case, who when the ruling was given were preparing for a victory and an appeal in a higher court."We are prepared for it to be a protracted struggle. We are well aware that the court process is very long and we are well aware that this is a heavily contested issue," Waruguru Gaitho, a human rights lawyer at the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), said before the ruling. “Allows multiple appeals.” “So we will continue to make our case for equality."Some religious leaders were happy with the ruling. Alfred Rotich, a Catholic bishop in the country told Reuters he was celebrating this ruling by the High Court because Kenya “cannot be another Sodom and Gomorrah.”Activists who were hoping the law would be overturned are disappointed in the decision by the High Court. Nonetheless, they plan to continue an appeal to move the country closer to equal rights for the LGBTQ community.“Kenya’s High Court has relegated people in same-sex relationships in Kenya to second-class citizenship, based on the absurd claim that the penal code is not discriminatory,” said Neela Ghoshal, senior LGBTQ rights researcher at Human Rights Watch in a statement. “Rights cannot be trampled upon in the name of social disapproval. The Court of Appeal should revisit this ruling...

Missouri joined the growing list of states in recent weeks to pass a ban on abortion. The new law will prohibit the procedure after eight weeks, with no exception for rape or incest. Governor of Missouri Mike Parson signed the bill into law on Friday. The legislation, House Bill 126, only allows the procedure after eight weeks in cases that meet the definition of a medical emergency. In the case of the bill, a medical emergency will be defined as: "[A matter which] so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert the death of the pregnant woman or for which a delay will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment."Unlike some abortion bans in other states, Missouri lawmakers claim they are not passing the bill in order to force an overturn of Roe v. Wade (1973), but to make a law that would hold up in the courts as they are now."We do not want to run through the courts and try to overturn Roe v. Wade like some of the legislators in other states, like Alabama. We just want to save as many lives as we can while withstanding judicial challenges," Missouri Rep. Nick Schroer, a Republican sponsor of the bill, told NPR. "We want to get as close to the line as possible on what previous judges have thrown out."The debate around the bill caught national attention after U.S. Representative Barry Hovis (R-MO), a former police officer, shared his experience investigating rape cases to relay his belief that Democrats were blowing the exception out of proportion.Well... here’s Republican Missouri State Rep. Barry Hovis using “consensual rapes” as a justification for helping to pass Missouri’s new abortion bill. @ksdknews pic.twitter.com/zvUgg8pTgv— Jacob Long (@JacobLongTV) May 17, 2019"Most of my rapes were not the gentlemen jumping out of the bushes that nobody had ever met. That was one or two times out of a hundred," he said. "Most of them were date rapes or consensual rapes, which were all terrible."Hovis later apologized for his comments, alleging he misspoke.The Missouri law would make it that any person who performs an abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy could be punished with up to 15 years in prison. Women would not be jailed for having the...

Father Jean Claude Jean-Philippe was arrested in March for drugging and raping a woman who was a member of his church in Homestead, Florida. The Miami Herald revealed in a report on Friday that Jean-Philippe admitted to raping the woman after members of the church made efforts to cover up the crime. Jean-Philippe is the parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was considered to be a member of the woman's inner circle. According to the police report, Jean-Philippe invited the 44-year-old woman to his home in October and she agreed having been there many times. He gave her a tea and she blacked out. When she woke up, she allegedly found herself naked on a table covered in oil. He was standing next to her in only white underwear. She told police she smelled semen and that his eyes were glassy. "I just remember waking up in his room...I woke up in the bed. I was scared, because I didn’t know what was going on. He hugged me and said that everything was okay. That nothing bad happened,” the woman told Miami-Dade Detective Humberto Tabares. She put on her clothes and rushed out. “I was afraid, because I started thinking that this man who said he cared about me and look what he did to me. What else could he do?”She approached him at church next week but he deflected. Afterwards, she spent weeks wondering whether she should push the issue and tell others. She summoned the strength to tell someone and decided to turn to senior clergyman Silverio Rueda.“He told me that things happen, and they happen for a reason, and that I was — that I was touched by God,” the woman told the cops.“If I was touched by God, and that I was blessed, and that if I said anything, I could be hurting the church. And with his hand, he made a sign across his mouth saying to, quote, close my mouth.”She was terrified by the experience and waited until February of this year before telling another priest. The priest was horrified and asked her to call the police. He was arrested in March, but the Archdiocese claimed they only learned of the allegations on March 4. Rueda told the The Miami Herald she was a liar. Jean-Philippe lived on church property and was close to the woman, having officiated her wedding and served as the godfather of her children. With help from Miami-Dade police officers, she called Jean-Philippe before his arrest and pressed him on what happened. He admitted he had massaged her and tacitly apologized, saying he was only "flesh and bones."During his arrest he admitted to police that he did in fact rape her that day. The 64-year-old is currently out on bail awaiting trial. “Effective immediately, Archbishop Thomas Wenski has removed Fr. Jean-Philippe from Sacred Heart Catholic Church, placing him on administrative leave," the church wrote in a statement."The Archdiocese of Miami continues to fully cooperate with law enforcement as this allegation against Father Jean-Philippe continues to be...

A suburban Kansas City, Missouri, school board president apologized after she equated having blonde hair to having brown skin during a meeting.Lee’s Summit school board president Julie Doane made the flub on Thursday during a discussion about racial equity, reports The Associated Press. A consultant was explaining racial inequality to the board and brought up how he doesn’t have to worry about the police pulling him over because he’s white. Doane refuted his argument by bringing up her hair color.“Honey I’m blonde, I do,” she replied.The discussion ended with the board voting against allocating $97K for racial equity training for school staff. In their next vote, the board voted in favor of spending $650K on a literacy program, according to The Kansas City Star. The decision upset Dennis Carpenter, the district’s first Black superintendent. He threatened to quit so they could “find a leader you can trust.” This was his second attempt to institute racial equity training in the district. He previously pitched a $7K program.“Every piece that I’ve put forward in this district to try and ensure equity, it was met with opposition,” Carpenter said during the meeting. “If you don’t believe that of all inequities in the district, the greatest one isn’t racial, I don’t know what rock you’re living under. … We’ve got work to do.”Carpenter’s tenure in the predominately white and affluent suburb has been met with contention by residents who nicknamed him the “race doctor” and told him he’s focuses on white privilege too much.On Monday, Doane apologized for the insensitive remark in a newsletter typically used to give a recap of the meetings.I am impressed with @LSR7 school board president Julie Doane. After reflecting on some *ahem* less-than-sensitive comments last week, it seems she has done some soul-searching and growth. Hoping this growth leads to action in the district and Lee's Summit community. #ClearTheAir pic.twitter.com/wuyunoi14P— Joe Milliano (@MrJoeMilliano) May 23, 2019“I’m sorry for the insensitive manner in which they were made,” Doane wrote. “I look forward to learning more about how we can all work together moving forward in this...

Italy has seen a massive spike in violence against immigrants and minority communities since the 2018 election ushered in Matteo Salvini and his far-right government.There were 12 shootings, two murders and 33 physical assaults of immigrants just two months into Salvini's tenure and it continues to get worse. While some see the country's trend toward the far right as frightening, others have used it as a call to action.  Antonella Bundu became the first Black woman to run for mayor of a major Italian city when she decided to run in her hometown of Florence in March. She specifically mentions Salvini as a source for inspiration for her campaign. "Salvini has almost institutionalised racism and discrimination," she told Al Jazeera.  “The real provocation is not that I am a woman, or even a black woman. The real irritation for some is that we have succeeded in creating a coalition of parties of the true left, whose values are anti-fascism and the struggle for freedom,” Bundu told The Guardian last month.“We represent the left of equality, the left that is close to the people, the left that Italy has always had within itself, but that recently seems forgotten. Florence is the city that received the gold medal for its resistance against the fascists. The time has come to remind people.”She is now one of nine candidates running in the May 26 Florence mayoral elections. It is seen as a three-way race between Bundu, her hard-right rival Ubaldo Bocci and a center-left party that would back her if there was a runoff."Salvini has almost institutionalised racism and discrimination." Meet the woman resisting the right: Antonella Bundu - the first black woman to run for mayor in Italy's Florence. pic.twitter.com/4THVjRDK1q— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 24, 2019She worked for Oxfam and has spent years as an activist in Florence. The 49-year-old has a Florentine mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her father studied architecture and lived in the city for many years."When people see me, they instinctively tend to be a little wary and this is because they still struggle to accept the existence of a multicultural society. If I think about it, there are several episodes of intolerance, more or less serious, that I have suffered," she said in an interview with Lettera Donna last week.  Bundu has had to face racism and opposition from members of her own party who think her candidacy will allow the far right to win the race, but she believes her candidacy can bring a spotlight to those often left out of the conversation in Italy. "Florentines should choose us if they want a city that is for everyone. Not only because of a principle of human solidarity, which is also important in itself, but because only starting from the needs of those who are worse off can we be sure of making our beautiful city a city for everyone,“ she said last week.  "Florence must return to being a city whose beauties and riches are first of all available to those who live and live it every day. We need a modern integrated mobility, a city that takes care of creating and redistributing job opportunities without resorting to exploitation and undeclared work, which takes care of the environment and social and cultural spaces, a true antidote to real insecurities and...

Seven years ago, Lukhanyo Mafu was caring for plants as a gardener at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. Now, he has received his college degree from the same institution that he used to work for.The University of Fort Hare has a long history of admitting honorable and progressive students. From Nelson Mandela to Robert Mugabe, the university has long list of accomplished graduatesThree years before the abolition of the apartheid, Mafu was sentenced to prison for a crime he says he did not commit. In 2012, he was released on parole. Later that year, he began work as a gardener at the University of Fort Hare, where he earned $5 an hour.Just seven years ago Lukhanyo Mafu was tending and pruning plants at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), where he was employed as a gardener, earning a meagre R50 a day. Today his a Graduate Social science. Now this is Black Excellence 👑✊ pic.twitter.com/eYCJwJHdi9— Themba Rumbu (@ThembaRumbu) May 18, 2019With the help of a good friend and academic staff member of the University, Mafu decided to apply to the University in 2014, Awonke Tshefu.. After initially being rejected, Mafu applied a second time and was accepted to the university. Mafu recently received his degree in social sciences and dreams of becoming a social worker one day.“I would like to get my criminal record expunged as I believe prison is a place of rehabilitation and I have been rehabilitated” said Mafu, “All I want to do is make my mother and siblings proud by getting a decent job and building them a decent home”.Mafu continues to inspires members of his community to pursue an education and he even has been known to bring them...

A loving father honored his daughter’s memory by treating her classmates to a day filled with fun.Jeremy Smith paid for 111 second graders to play at SkyZone in Florence, Alabama, reports WHNT. He took his daughter Jaleia to the trampoline play center for her eighth birthday last year. Sadly, she passed away following a car accident on September 27. The tragic incident happened just three weeks after her birthday celebration.Smith wished his daughter was there to have fun with her friends.Skyzone Field Trip for 2nd Grade- Honoring our friend, Jaleia Smith. Thank you Jeremy Smith for the wonderful memories. @TuscumbiaCitySc @DARRYLAIKERSON @VeronicaBayles pic.twitter.com/FOKMQo5qH8— G.W. Trenholm (@GWTPrimary) May 20, 2019“I’m not going to say it’s tough,” he said. “I going to say I just wish my daughter could have been here with them. This is one of her places that she loved to come to.” Jaleia’s classmates also miss her presence, according to ABC7.“Try to have as much fun as we can, but sometimes we can't have as much fun as we would have if she was here," said classmate Mia Awaad.Smith wanted to give the kids a celebratory close to the school year because of the support he received after Jaleia died.Our thoughts and prayers are with the Jaleia Smith Family and the staff and students ⁦@GWTPrimary⁩ pic.twitter.com/bSlJ2QYUmD— Tuscumbia City Schools (@TuscumbiaCitySc) October 2, 2018“Everything they helped me through with my daughter’s situation; all the support they gave me,” said Smith. “So, I just wanted to thank G.W. Trenholm for being there with me through my sorrows.”After Jaleia died, the school retired her school lunch number and planted a tree in her memory. Her classmates also left messages on the chalkboard for their late...

This piece was submitted from a member of our enthusiastic community of readers. If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, check out our how-to post to learn more.“Effective advocacy of both public and private points of view, particularly controversial ones, is undeniably enhanced by group association,” Supreme Court Justice John Harlan wrote in 1958. “It is hardly a novel perception that compelled disclosure of affiliation with groups engaged in advocacy may constitute as effective a restraint on freedom of association as [other] forms of governmental action.”Harlan’s words echoed the opinion of the sitting SCOTUS in its decision in National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) v. Alabama.The dispute between the day’s premier civil rights organization and the “Heart of Dixie” arose when state officials crusading to uphold Jim Crow tried to silence the NAACP. When the NAACP bucked back, the state of Alabama demanded that they divulge a list of all members’ names and addresses. This decree posed a threat to NAACP who would be making themselves vulnerable to harassment, intimidation and/or worse if they complied. The group’s monetary support would also be jeopardized. The issue made it to the highest court in the land and justices unanimously ruled in favor of the NAACP’s right to privacy in a 9-0 vote.Yes, society has changed (somewhat) in the 60+ years that have passed since that landmark decision, but the more things change, the more they stay the same. There are still advocates for many causes challenging the existing system. At the same time, the state remains paramount and will use its omnipotence-- even if unethically-- to squash any resistance. Times may be different, but political advocacy still needs protection from government obstruction. Blavitize your inbox! Join our daily newsletter for fresh stories and breaking news.In recent months, a situation concerning the government and those helping/reporting on the Central American migrant caravan of around 5,000 seeking asylum at the Mexican border. The refugees’ journey through Mexico to the United States’ front door in 2018 has been well-documented. When the caravan arrived at the San Ysidro Port of Entry (the largest land border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana), it was greeted by American advocates, journalists, and attorneys. According to reports, government agencies created a database of 59 of those activists, journalists, and lawyers and had them under surveillance. In the months that followed, journalists and those aiding caravan members felt like targets due to the intense pressure applied to them by border officials during inspections. Some were detained for hours by the authorities and questioned about their activities before being denied entry into Mexico. The skepticism was validated in March when NBC San Diego released a report of alleged government corruption after a compilation of documents and screenshots titled “San Diego Sector Foreign Operations Branch: Migrant Caravan FY-2019, Suspected Organizers, Coordinators, Instigators and Media,” was leaked. The intelligence gathering campaign dubbed “Operation Secure The Line” was a collaborative effort by agents in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Border Patrol and the San Diego arm of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Furthermore, the graphic emblazoned on the cover of the documents (dated January 9, 2019) features the American and Mexican flags over a banner with “ILU-OASIS-OMEGA” on it. According to a Homeland Security official, the “ILU” element indicates that the documents were produced by the International Liaison Unit (ILU), a body that coordinates intelligence between the United States and Mexico. The documents list individuals who the powers-that-be felt should be monitored and targeted for screening at the border. Each name is accompanied by a photo ripped from either that person’s passport (which may or may not have had an alert placed on it that could flag them for additional screening) or his/her social media accounts. Personal information for each such as birthday, “country of commencement” and supposed role in relation to the caravan is also included. A colored “X” drawn on a photo means the person has been interviewed, arrested, or had their visa or SENTRI pass revoked. Additionally, the government created dossiers for everyone listed, which the DHS whistleblower denounced as an abuse of power.In response to these revelations, 103 civil liberties and press rights organizations have banded together to call out the DHS for this seemingly unconstitutional spy game. The methodology of the operation appears to violate the First Amendment rights of the individuals listed based on viewpoint. The determined coalition is demanding that the DHS cease all surveillance and that an investigation into how it all started and its full extent be opened. Also, full disclosure of the information collected has been called for.The DHS has not commented on the matter. The CPB issued statements explaining its motivations for participating in the investigation. According to the agency, the people listed in the database were all on hand for violence that broke out at the border in November. They added that journalists were being watched to learn more about the violence. “It is protocol following these incidents to collect evidence that might be needed for future legal actions and to determine if the event was orchestrated,” reads one of the statements. There is a recent instance of the people taking the state to task over privacy issues. In October, a federal judge ruled that the Memphis Police Department violated a consent decree between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee and the city of Memphis by surveilling several Black Lives Matter protestors through the department’s “political spying program.” It appears that the coalition holding down the activists, attorneys, and journalists targeted in the caravan investigation has the passion to endure a standoff with the feds, but can they win? They’re receiving support from high places. Most notably, presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris is behind them, evidenced by a tweet she posted on May 11 that reads, “My colleagues and I are calling on DHS to answer for its disturbing surveillance of journalists, activists, and lawyers in recent months. This abuse of power is contrary to the ideals of our country - DHS should be focusing on actual threats to our homeland, not...

This piece was submitted from a member of our enthusiastic community of readers. If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, check out our how-to post to learn more.First of all, who knew that Netflix had a genre called "Fight the System"? The newest Spike Lee offering See You Yesterday is nestled right in this category. I just needed to record that in our collective memory for future consumption.Now let's get into this film.Temporal relocation. Police brutality. Black excellence. This film is better than Avengers: End Game. (I don't care Fight me.) See You Yesterday is an innovative, original amalgamation of STEM and #BlackLivesMatter. When the film starts, you see two Black teenagers (CJ and Sebastian) hacking into an alley surveillance camera to record their experiment for a science fair. This experiment if successful will create a socioeconomic gateway out of the struggle of Black life. That alone speaks to the film's layers. Shortly after their first successful trial, police attempt a 'stop and frisk', but they're thwarted by CJ's resilience and their friend's camera phone. Within the next few scenes, we are yanked through their first successful trip through time, the police shooting of CJ's older brother Calvin, and Calvin's funeral. It is a direct parallel to the way our timelines look. There are so many hashtags and unarmed victims that it feels like a ride we can't get off. Calvin's death dramatically shifts CJ's focus. She and Sebastian begin making plans to go back in time and save him. It's a heartbreakingly relatable sentiment. How many of us have wondered what we could have done differently to avoid the racist acts of others? When can we get a break from the incessant injustice? What did we do to deserve this? This film reminds us that none of us deserve this.Blavitize your inbox! Join our daily newsletter for fresh stories and breaking news.During pointless work icebreakers when we get asked what decade we'd go back to, for Black people the question it's usually not a fun way to get to know our coworkers. There is not a single time when Black people were seen as human. Think back to the three/fifths clause when white people only considered us partially human. Then there's the point in history where our children were spit on and hosed and assaulted just for wanting to go to school or eat inside a restaurant. This year alone, an unarmed grandmother was killed by police in Texas, Oklahoma police shot an unarmed a 14-year-old Black boy when he was playing in his own backyard, and white women consider themselves good Samaritans when they kill innocent Black victims. Sadly, that's not even close to the end of the list.There is no decade in this country that was kind to us. What struck me most about this film was the relentless audacity of our people. Unlike so many time travel films before it, See You Yesterday is the manifestation of our wildest dreams. It is a fantasy that repeatedly forces us to keep the real world in the back of our minds. The characters assert through a beautifully written script that anti-Blackness is not our fault. CJ in particular offers a lens of incomprehensible hope. We balance our fears and dreams throughout each act of the movie the way we do in real life whenever this country passes new voting rights legislation or elects a Black person to office or graduates a historic amount of Black women from a military institution.Aside from the themes that speak to your soul, the soundtrack is everything. For the sci-fi fans, the eloquent nods to time travel films of the past are icing on the cake. Writer Fredrica Bailey wanted a strong female lead which allowed us to witness glorious displays of Black girl magic and Black boy joy. Bailey's co-writer Stefon Bristol worked with her to create a protagonist who encompassed what it really means to grow up in a paradoxical world of endless possibilities and life threatening exclusion for Black youth.See You Yesterday is definitely in my top 20. As I write this, I am watching it for the third time since its release.  The spirit of this script is captivating and you're guaranteed to identify with at least one, if not all the characters. With any luck, there is a pair of young Black engineers re-calibrating history in real life to give our people a better chance at happiness in some alternate reality. Until then...see you...

Kameela Russell has been missing since May 15, and her employer is calling on anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to contact the Miami Gardens Police Department. Kameela’s family is incredibly worried about her and we @MDCPS are praying for her swift and safe return. Please take a moment to look at her picture and call police if you have seen her. pic.twitter.com/S75aGzSauH— Alberto M. Carvalho (@MiamiSup) May 19, 2019"Kameela's family is incredibly worried about her and we @MDCPS are praying for her swift and safe return," Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho tweeted on May 19. "Please take a moment to look at her picture and call police if you have seen her."According to the Miami Herald, Russell's family last saw her in Miami Gardens. The Miami Norland Senior High School exam administrator was operating a 2014 black Audi A6 with Florida plates HBQJ20, donning purple braids, grey leggings, a striped shirt and tennis shoes. Per Local 10, the mother of two was supposed to pick her children up from a family member's house on the 15th but never arrived. Russell's aunt, Donna Blyden, doesn't believe Russell lived with any mental or physical illness. At one point, Blyden thought she saw her niece's vehicle outside her driveway the same day she went missing. When she checked later on, there wasn't an Audi in sight. Russell's last Instagram post was an April 29 video celebrating the graduation of some former students of hers. "Listen up…class of 2019, from Walter C. Young, if I don't get an invitation for your graduation, some bodies are going to hit the floor, and that’s a promise. Love you, mean it. Bye," the 41-year-old said.Anyone with tips about Russell's disappearance can contact the Miami Gardens Police at 305-474-6473 Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at...