(Photo: Getty Images) “In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of…
Source: JoeChristensen / Getty Bruh — what year is this? Look, we all know that the current presidential administration is bound and determined to turn the clock back and make Jim Crow great again, but two years before President Donald Trump made his triumphant (or abysmal, depending on who you ask) return to the White…
A man who threatened to kill New York Attorney General Letitia James and a state supreme court judge who presided over a high-profile civil case against President Donald Trump just got off almost scot-free. After pleading to a lesser charge of second-degree aggravated harassment, Tyler J. Vogel of Lancaster, a Buffalo suburb, was sentenced to…
FILE – Edward A. Caban, center, speaks after being sworn in as NYPD police commissioner outside New York City Police Department 40th Precinct on July 17, 2023, in New York. Mayor Eric Adams on the right. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File) In newly filed lawsuits, ex-top NYPD officials allege Mayor Adams and his deputies installed unqualified…
Casey Anthony was spotted on what appeared to be a romantic date, sparking widespread social media reaction and renewed public interest in the woman who was acquitted after being charged following the disappearance and subsequent recovery of the remains of her toddler daughter more than 15 years ago in Florida. The 39-year-old was photographed at…
Source: TSU / TSU It was supposed to be a monumental event. The first-ever ice hockey team at a Historically Black College and University was expected to begin play in the 2025-26 season, but difficulties with practice facilities, a lack of fundraising, and overall financial issues are causing another setback. According to The Tennessean, the…
A flood gauge marks the height of water flowing over a farm-to-market road near Kerrville, Texas, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) The landscape created the conditions for what some witnesses described as a fast-moving wall of water. Over just two hours, the Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose from hip-height to three stories…
Immigration advocates protest recent detentions by ICE outside the immigration court in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) The share of Americans who want immigration decreased has dropped significantly since President Donald Trump took office. Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office vowing mass deportations, the share of U.S. adults…
Giveon poses for a portrait on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton) R&B’s Giveon has returned three years after his debut with a new highly anticipated sophomore album out Friday. Giveon has been on a quest for musical and personal growth since releasing his studio debut three years ago. But the more…
Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown makes his way into Southwark Crown Court, in London, Friday, July 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to multiple charges stemming from a 2023 altercation with a music producer in a London nightclub. Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to two further charges related to the…
