WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 13: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes President Trump’s key agenda items like major tax and spending cuts, would require at least…
A Texas family is preparing to launch a legal battle against a property developer that secured permits to demolish their family home last year and build a duplex on the land the company doesn’t legally own. In March 2024, Robert Alexander visited his childhood home at 118 Kimble Lane in Austin to find it gone,…
Vanessa Bryant, 43, has fired back at the gossip mill claiming the widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant is expecting a baby Over the weekend, whispers began to circulate about Vanessa possibly expecting a child with another man — and the chatter grew loud enough for the Los Angeles native to weigh in. Vanessa Williams,…
Source: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed by a Black dancer in Houston, Texas, who claims she has been discriminated against by several Houston clubs that place limits on how many Black women they will hire to perform. According to The Hill, professional dancer Chanel Nicholson filed…
Ryan Coogler (Photo Credit: Getty Images) x Tyler Yarbrough. (Photo credit: Tyler Yarbrough) Ryan and Zinzi Coogler, along with members of the cast and crew of “Sinners,” hosted a multi-day festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After opening in April in theaters around the world, Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster vampire film “Sinners” finally came home. On Thursday, May…
Anna Mae Robertson age 101, was one of the last surviving members of the “Six Triple Eight” (Screenshot: YouTube/American Veteran Center) Anna Mae Robertson, 101, was one of the last surviving members of the “Six Triple Eight,” an all Black, all-female WWII battalion. Anna Mae Robertson, a trailblazing World War II veteran and one of…
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: Vanessa Bryant attends the after party for the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala Presented by Paul Mitchell at Pacific Design Center on November 09, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Baby2Baby) Using a photo of Rihanna to make a point—as most smart people know to do—helped…
The woman, testifying under the pseudonym “Mia,” pushed back at defense lawyer Brian Steel’s suggestions that she fabricated her claims to cash in on “the #MeToo money grab against Sean Combs.” A former personal assistant who accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape testified Monday that she continued sending the hip-hop mogul loving messages for years after her…
An investigation is underway into a police officer at the center of a video posted to social media that’s sparked outrage in one Pennsylvania town after he was seen punching a Black man multiple times before taking him into custody. The cellphone video captured the arrest of 42-year-old Wayne Vick during a traffic stop on…
Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty The GOP’s party line has been that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are “racially divisive.” Yet this war against concepts deemed “racially divisive” doesn’t seem to include honoring the Confederacy and celebrations for Confederate figures, as Alabama is one of several states that mark the first Monday of June…
