A 46-year-old attorney in Houston is dead after he attempted to calm down an angry McDonald’s customer who was screaming at the cashier for getting his order wrong. Jeffrey Limmer, an associate at the Lewis Brisbois law firm in Houston, was shot and killed May 4 after bickering with a man ahead of him in…
Source: Tinnakorn Jorruang / EyeEm / Getty Officials in Tennessee are working together to combat the issue of sex trafficking among Black and brown children throughout the state. According to WKRN, on April 17, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Tennessee Metro Police Chief John Drake met with the director of the Tennessee Bureau…
Source: Bettmann / Getty Here’s a question: Why do Republicans think it’s relevant which political party started the Ku Klux Klan or supported slavery? White conservatives and the GOP have crafted this narrative that political affiliation and ideology are synonymous and that the two major American political parties have changed so little in 150-plus years…
Standup comedian Gary Owen revealed that he recently welcomed a set of twins, though he jokingly claims one is white and the other is Black. Owen appeared on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” this week to talk about his career, his life, his children and his nasty divorce from ex-wife Kenya Duke that has made…
On May 7, Ciara posted a photo on social media with the caption, “Motherhood can be your soft girl era too.” Now, many of her fans are calling her “out of touch,” saying the “soft life” is merely wishful thinking in this economy. Ciara is a wife and mom of four, three of whom she…
One of the largest donations to a historically Black college or university is now coming under scrutiny from some alumni and HBCU advocates because of the donor’s guarded background. Investor Gregory Gerami is behind the historic nine-figure donation to Florida A&M University. His $237.75 million gift reportedly is one of the largest awards ever bestowed…
Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has publicly apologized for her comments regarding Black kids in the Bronx earlier in the week. On Monday, Hochul addressed the backlash she received for comments that she made about Black children in the Bronx during a panel discussion. Hochul was being interviewed by Washington…
R. Kelly‘s literacy issues have been called into question for years, and even more so when the imprisoned singer attempted to use it as a legal defense to abstain from paying the alleged victims who appeared in the “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries. But his ex-wife, Drea Kelly, recently confirmed she was the one who taught…
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rogert Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force The family of a U.S. Air Force officer who was shot and killed last week by a police officer in Florida claims the bodycam footage from the deadly incident contradicts the initial police narrative and leaves more questions than answers. The Okaloosa County…
The New Hartford Central School District in upstate New York is under investigation after displaying racist imagery that compared NBA champion LeBron James to a monkey at an art exhibit. On May 4, the district held an art show, and at the center of the scandal was a display, believed to have been created by…
