Del-Rio Swink, a 55-year-old Black woman and cancer survivor who suffers from several disabilities, was thrown to the floor by an off-duty cop inside a St. Louis Walgreens after she called out a female employee for eating and spitting sunflower seeds at the counter of the store’s pharmacy more than two years ago. The off-duty…
Source: It’s impossible to find out why former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ draft stock fell, but there is one person who wants all the credit for getting him drafted: President Trump. As Sanders fell from a guaranteed first-round draft pick, President Trump, like most of America, couldn’t believe what he was seeing, so he took…
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens poses for a photo, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Atlanta’s next mayor will preside as visitors flood the city for eight matches of the 2026 World Cup. After leading Atlanta out of the COVID-19 pandemic and a coinciding crime spike, Mayor Andre Dickens believes he deserves a…
Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads “DOGE” to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) The White House and its Republican allies in Congress have said they are working to root out waste, fraud and abuse in government. The Trump administration has…
Perhaps he doesn’t understand how fractions work. That’s about the only rationalization Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith could make for his appallingly inaccurate characterization of the Three-Fifths Compromise, an agreement reached between the North and South during the 1787 U.S. Constitutional Convention that stipulated 60 percent of the enslaved population would be counted to determine…
Source: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty “I’m surprised D.C. isn’t burning right now.” That was the comment. A casual statement tossed out like it was just another hot take. A few folks virtually nodded in agreement, using it as shorthand to express how angry people should be about the home of the Trump-Vance administration. And I…
In this image provided by the National Archives, members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-female, all-Black unit formed during World War II, are shown in an undated Department of Defense photo. (National Archives via AP, File) The 6888th was sent overseas in 1945, when there was growing pressure from African-American organizations to include…
Rumors of marital issues between President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump continue to inspire sidesplitting takes online. For instance, a montage of moments where Melania, 55, appeared to be annoyed with her MAGA-leading husband in public was recently uploaded to social media. The video, shared on The Unfiltered Veteran Instagram page, featured a…
Actress Lela Rochon and her husband, Antoine Fuqua clean up nicely. The couple who have been married for 26 years recently stepped out together for the American Film Institute Honoring Francis Ford Coppola on Saturday, April 26. The next day, the “Waiting to Exhale” star shared photos of the pair from the Los Angeles event,…
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during his press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) The Democratic House minority leader slammed the Republican Party’s budget framework that intends to expand tax cuts for high income earners, increase…
