Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley attends The Color of Conversation during 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on August 07, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) Rep. Ayanna Pressley pens a letter to the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging him to act after over 300,000…
Using an imaginary warrant, a Texas sheriff’s deputy arrested an innocent Black woman named Lenisha Janea Parker before using her house key to ransack her home. Harris County sheriff’s deputy Kenneth “Daniel” Price then transported her to jail, where she was strip-searched and locked in an overcrowded cell over the weekend, not even allowed to…
Source: Mark Wilson / Getty Donald Trump’s relationship with members of the press has always been combative—especially Black press members, but his latest exchange with NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor underscores just how volatile and dismissive Trump can be when challenged, especially by a Black woman. While meeting with the press on Sunday as he…
“Dancing with the Stars” viewers were thrown for a loop when it appeared longtime troupe dancer Emma Slater could be exiting the show. Slater, 36, will partner with comedian Andy Richter, 58, as competitors for the upcoming 34th season of “DWTS,” set to premiere on ABC and Disney+ on Sept. 16. This week saw Slater…
Hundreds of Arkansas farmers gathered last week in Brookland, pleading for emergency financial relief as they struggle under mounting debt, rising costs, and collapsing crop prices. Many in the room had voted for President Donald Trump, yet they now fear the survival of their farms — and their families’ livelihoods — are at stake. Chris…
Derek Dixon and Tyler Perry. (Photo credit: Instagram/Getty) “The Oval” actor Derek Dixon shares more details about his sexual harassment claims against Tyler Perry since filing his lawsuit. Actor Derek Dixon, who accused Tyler Perry of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed in June, is getting ready to share details about his experience with the…
Baltimore Ravens superstar Lamar Jackson, 28, got into an interaction with a Buffalo Bills fan during his team’s 41-40 loss in New York on Sept. 7. Jackson led the Ravens into Highmark Stadium to face the Bills and reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Josh Allen. Buffalo’s Matt Prater kicked the walk-off, game-winning field goal to…
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty We all know that studies have consistently shown Black people are stopped, searched, harassed, arrested, shot and brutalized by police disproportionately compared to other racial groups in the U.S., especially white people. Even as fewer Americans in general are experiencing contact with police officers (according to data from the Bureau…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is far from done with Donald Trump‘s who recently revealed plans to put an octagon cage on the White House lawn for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) match. Dana White, the chief executive of the UFC, met with Trump in August about the proposed match and later confirmed, “It’s absolutely going…
