Source: Mario Tama / Getty One of the most innocuous yet insidious ways voter suppression rears its head is through redistricting, a process by which a state legislature draws up voting maps along political lines. Despite a federal judge finding that their current legislative map violates the Voting Rights Act, Louisiana lawmakers have rejected a…
Source: Scott Eisen / Getty Another day, another college announcing it’s withdrawing from its commitments to DEI initiatives. The latest victim of the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on DEI is none other than the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to CNN, MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced last Thursday that it would be sunsetting its Institute…
A Colorado woman is suing a Colorado Springs police officer, alleging that he used excessive force during an arrest for suspected DUI when he slammed her to the ground and pepper-sprayed her face. The lawsuit also accuses the officer of submitting false evidence and alleges that the local police chief and district attorney failed to…
Defense attorneys in a closely watched Wisconsin murder trial are pushing to introduce new evidence they argue could point to other potential suspects in the brutal slaying of a young Black woman who vanished after going on a first date with a white man last spring. The judge has ruled that drugs and cash found…
Leilani Martin checks a list on her phone while shopping for supplies that she ran out of while braiding her hair, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Essence Beauty, a beauty supply store in Union City, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) With tariffs forcing stylists and beauty supply owners to raise prices, the Black hair care industry…
Even during the offseason, Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry continues to make headlines. His wife, Ayesha Curry, posted photos of the couple enjoying a Cancun getaway, including a shirtless vacation photo of Curry that has fans buzzing. In the viral image, Curry is flexing beside Ayesha, revealing a torso full of numerous scrapes and…
Against the many warnings of fans, Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter went ahead and tied the knot with his partner Leanna Lenee on Memorial Day weekend. Since there wasn’t a lot of support for the wedding in the first place from social media fault-finders, it is no surprise that they claim to have noticed some…
Hollywood legend Bruce Willis’ relationship with his granddaughter remains loving and impactful despite his battle with frontotemporal dementia. Willis, 70, was diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease in 2022 following an initial diagnosis of aphasia. There is presently no treatment or cure for FTD. The “Die Hard” actor’s oldest child with his ex-wife, “G.I. Jane”…
Not even a week after their father died, an Atlanta-area family says multiple squatters moved into their childhood home and began posting videos to social media inviting people to house parties. The Oliver family says their father died last week, and only two days after his passing, strangers started occupying his DeKalb County home. Shortly…
(Left to right) Rihanna, her dad Ronald Fenty and her mom Monica Braithwaite. (Photos: Getty Images) Fenty, who battled an unnamed brief illness, reportedly passed away in Los Angeles. Ronald Fenty, Rihanna’s father, has passed away at age 70. The news was first reported by Starcom Network, a Barbados-based outlet, and later confirmed by People…
