Source: Nic Antaya / Getty A Black woman who was the former head of the University of Michigan’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office is suing the school, alleging she was discriminated against when the school fired her for antisemitic remarks she said she never made. According to the Detroit Free Press, Rachel Dawson attended…
A white man who punched a young Black boy in the face in a racially motivated attack last summer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to felony charges, including a hate crime. Paul Jonathan Bittner, 43, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault of a child and commission of a…
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin may have unknowingly sparked chaos after drawing attention to a couple caught on camera, allegedly triggering not one, but two breakups. The British band was playing the second night of their two tour dates at Gillette Stadium in the Boston suburb of Foxborough, Massachusetts, on July 16 when its lead singer,…
Source: picture alliance / Getty Boy, I tell ya, 2025 has really been the year of finding out how many companies don’t value Black dollars. Cell service provider T-Mobile is the latest company announcing an end to its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to appease the Trump administration. Last week, T-Mobile sent…
Former President Barack Obama addresses the Obama Foundation’s 2024 Democracy Forum on December 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The 2024 Democracy Forum focused on “pluralism” and exploring how diverse communities can work together. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Barack Obama admits he would have struggled to raise a son after not having a relationship with…
(Photo: Getty Images) After U.S. Attorney General Bondi reneged on her previous claims that convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s client list was on her desk, Rep. Jasmine Crockett asks, “When were you lying?” The political campaign to pressure the Trump administration to release the full findings of the federal investigation of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues…
“We gotta have an agenda for the diaspora.” Jamal Bryant urges Black communities to fight against Trump-era immigration policies. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) “We have been deluded into believing it is a Latino and Mexican issue,” Jamal Bryant stresses immigration’s impact on Black communities. Jamal Bryant is advocating for more than just…
Tensions are starting to flare after President Donald Trump’s Justice Department recommended just one day in prison for a Louisville police officer involved in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The officer, Brett Hankison, was convicted last year of violating Taylor’s civil rights when he fired his gun blindly into her apartment during a…
Simone Biles, 28, was one of the big winners at the 2025 ESPY Awards by taking home two trophies from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on July 16. At the Shane Gillis-hosted event to honor individual and team achievements in sports, the professional gymnast was named Best Women’s Athlete and Best Championship Performance during…
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty A prison—no, a concentration camp—squats in the middle of the Florida Everglades, slick with humidity and menace. Its perimeter is crawling with coiling pythons, prowling alligators, and water thick like swamp stew. But the only sign greeting visitors is deceptively simple, a bright blue highway placard that reads, almost cheerfully,…
