Source: Racist white men have always chased Black women. In 1835, when Harriet Jacobs tried to carve out dignity from the hell of enslavement, her owner stalked her for years because he was determined to possess and break her. When Celia, a 19-year-old enslaved girl in Missouri, finally resisted her master’s rapes and killed him…
Kathy Lampley stands in front of her trailer in Delhi, La., Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates) Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields in Louisiana. In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data…
Capitol Police officers adjust security barriers around the East Plaza at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. With just days to go before federal money runs out with the end of the fiscal year on Tuesday, Sept. 30, Congress has failed to pass legislation to keep the government running after becoming deadlocked during…
A Black man filling up his tank at a Walmart gas station began recording as soon as he heard a white woman shouting at him. The reason for the confrontation became clear almost immediately: the stranger was furious because she believed the man’s car allegedly smelled “like weed.” Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a State…
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump never could have imagined that a screenshot snapped from an interview would someday make her the star of countless memes and social media roasts. The late mother of Donald Trump has become the internet’s newest obsession after a still image from an old video surfaced online, transforming the Scottish immigrant into…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris exits the stage after the first stop of her book tour for her new book about her presidential campaign, “107 Days,” at Town Hall in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) “What’s happening to the Palestinian people is outrageous,” Kamala Harris addresses pro-Palestine protesters during ‘107 days’…
(Photo: Getty Images) “This is a four-quarter game, and we are only in the first quarter,” said Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., of President Donald Trump’s second term. As the Congressional Black Caucus holds its 54th Annual Legislative Conference this week in Washington, D.C., members of the powerful caucus acknowledge the challenges they face as a…
A peace vigil that’s been standing for decades across the street from the White House has been dismantled at President Donald Trump‘s request thanks to commentary from a reporter who characterized it as something that anti-Trump. The White House Peace Vigil was actually a protest calling for nuclear disarmament and an end to global conflict….
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 23: A statue depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands is seen near the U.S. Capitol on September 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The group responsible for the statue says the U.S. National Park Service dismantled it after 24 hours due to a…
(Photo: Getty Images) “These folks have lost it,” Congresswoman Yvette Clarke told theGrio at the 54th Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. The Congressional Black Caucus vowed to push back against the racist attack of its member, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, after Laura Loomer, a conservative ally of President Donald Trump, called the Texas congresswoman…
