It was 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, and Lakeya Foushee had just gotten off an eight-hour shift from her job at Wingstop in North Carolina and was planning on sleeping a few hours before waking up for her second job as a server at another restaurant. But once she and her friend sat in the…
Visitors walk outside the main plantation house at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation—open since 2014 as a museum dedicated to education about the legacy of slavery in the U.S.—lost its federal grants as a result of Trump’s attack on DEI. Unfortunately, the government’s efforts to erase Black…
(Photo: Getty Images) “We cannot allow the normalization of these kinds of slurs,” said Rep. Al Green after Harshbarger used the racial slur while discussing him during a recent interview. A Republican congresswoman used a racial slur when addressing her Democratic colleague, Rep. Al Green of Texas, drawing outrage about the use of a term…
Excenia Mette. (Photo credit: ABC 7) Excenia Mette was killed on Tuesday, April 22, while attempting to defuse an argument in Harlem, New York. The community of Harlem is reeling from the loss of a well-known grandmother and activist who was killed after being struck by a stray bullet. On the evening of Tuesday, April…
Tina Knowles is embracing a new chapter in her life at 71, as she recently stepped back into the dating world nearly two years after her divorce from actor Richard Lawson. The mother of superstars Beyoncé and Solange recently opened up about finding love again while promoting her new memoir “Matriarch,” which details her journey…
Source: Jason Armond / Getty On the surface, being one of the very lucky few who didn’t lose your home in the Eaton wildfires sounds like an answered prayer — but for Altadena residents whose homes miraculously withstood the mighty flames, an even bigger fear has been unlocked involving their health. During wildfires as severe…
Shipping containers sit on the container ship Alexandra at the Port Newark Container Terminal, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The lawsuit says Trump’s tariff policy has been subject to his “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.” A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S….
After going public with allegations of police misconduct, Memphis policy organizer Amber Sherman was kicked off a Police Reform Task Force in a move she called “a cop out.” On the morning of April 10, Amber walked down Mount Vernon Road and came upon a search warrant in progress. She noticed an energy drink placed…
An aerial view of the Jet Set nightclub days after its roof collapsed, killing more than 200 people, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) The owner of Jetset nightclub says that if there had been something he could have done to prevent the collapse, he would have done it….
Rev. Jamal Bryant calls for “full Target boycott” after the rtailer fails to meet the boycott efforts demands to restore DEI efforts (Photos: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin & AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Rev. Jamal Bryant calls for a “full Target boycott” after the retailer fails to meet the boycott efforts’ demands to restore DEI efforts. The…
