Venus Williams reaches for the ball during a doubles match with Hailey Baptiste against Eugenie Bouchard and Clervie Ngounoue at the Citi Open tennis tournament Monday, July 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Venus Williams went into the DC Open on Monday with two goals: to have fun and to win. She managed to…
Source: Dragos Condrea / Getty Once upon a time (like, right now), the measure of a Black man was how much weight he could carry — not just physically, but emotionally, spiritually, and financially. We inherited this well-worn generational armor. We’ve donned it proudly. We held emotional restraint as a virtue and carried our many…
It was only five years ago that President Donald Trump pushed the “Obamagate” conspiracy theory, erroneously accusing the former president of treason for spying on him. Now, Trump is at it again, accusing former president Barack Obama of treason and fantasizing about locking him up. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s director of national intelligence, wants Obama and…
Actress Lindsay Lohan stepped back into the spotlight this weekend alongside her iconic on-screen mother Jamie Lee Curtis, as the beloved duo reunited to promote “Freakier Friday,” the highly anticipated sequel to their 2003 hit “Freaky Friday.” The two were relaxed and playful as they posed for photographers and engaged with the media during a…
In the midst of chatter about the viral moment a CEO got caught having an affair with his HR chief at a Coldplay concert, an old image of Jada Pinkett Smith and her former lover at a concert has resurfaced. An Instagram page reshared a photo of Pinkett Smith standing next to her ex-beau, August…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Boy, President Trump keeps finding new and inventive ways to be racist. On Sunday, Trump threatened to overturn the Washington Commanders stadium deal if they don’t revert to their old, incredibly racist name. According to NBC News, Trump made the threat across several posts on Truth Social. “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should…
(Photo: Getty Images/AP) U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declined a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation that former Kentucky police officer Brett Hankison be given no prison time. A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a…
Chrissy Teigen found herself reliving her Utah pre-teen days when she attended the Backstreet Boys’ history-making residency at Sphere Las Vegas without her husband. The model and television personality, who’s married to EGOT winner John Legend, found herself reliving the magic of the ’90s and MTV’s TRL crushes as the multi-platinum boy band delivered their…
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN – JULY 23: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) As Harris’s self-imposed deadline to decide whether to run for governor of California in 2026…
Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order Thursday restoring an Environmental Justice map that had briefly gone defunct due to changes within the federal government. According to Maryland Matters, the state first revealed its Environmental Justice Screening tool in 2022. The map, which originally relied on federal data, allowed…
