Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice carries after a catch during warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File) Rashee Rice gets 30 days in jail after a high-speed crash in Dallas injured several; the Chiefs receiver pleaded guilty to felony…
President Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is so obsessed with grooming in the U.S. Armed Forces that he’s cracking down in the name of military readiness. A number of new rules and regulations require new “standards” of grooming and appearance, according to a new report, and those new regs seem to intentionally target minorities…
Adrienne Hazel watches her son Ricky as he plays on a swing on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Sylvia Jarrus) Civil rights case resolutions in schools drop sharply under Trump as Education Department staff is slashed and complaints rise. The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the…
Source: AJ_Watt / Getty Despite making up roughly 13–14% of the U.S. population, Black physicians constitute just about 5.7% of all doctors nationwide, a startling mismatch in representation. Thankfully, the Young Doctors Project (YDP), a multigenerational mentoring and career pipeline program for high school boys, is on a mission to change this alarming statistic. Founded…
Two Black cross-country truck drivers filed a federal lawsuit this month alleging they were denied service and harassed at a Denny’s restaurant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Each man is seeking damages of $4 million. Damon Whitfield and Hector Madera, who live in Pennsylvania, work as a long-haul trucking team and were transporting a load…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped in to address zoomed in footage of Donald Trump’s bruised and swollen appearance, which has fans speculating and forming odd theories about the President. Images from earlier this week show Trump watching the championship match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain from a private box at MetLife Stadium. As…
Source: Justin Casterline / Getty The community around Rainbow Terrace Apartments in Cleveland’s Garden Valley neighborhood has faced tough times after a devastating explosion and fire on June 23. More than 40 families were displaced, five people were hospitalized, and tragically, one man lost his life. But Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders recently stepped in…
Source: ANDREY DENISYUK / Getty A white man from Ukiah, Calif., who, in June of last year, committed an inconceivable act of cowardly racism by punching an 11-year-old Black boy in the face just for interacting with white children, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after being convicted of a hate crime. According…
LeBron James and his 10-year-old daughter Zhuri Nova arrived at the NBA Summer League arena in Las Vegas as the perfect father-daughter duo, their obvious chemistry immediately evident as they settled in to support Bronny’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers. At one point, the Lakers star proudly watched his daughter Zhuri show off her…
Source: Nic Antaya / Getty A Black woman who was the former head of the University of Michigan’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office is suing the school, alleging she was discriminated against when the school fired her for antisemitic remarks she said she never made. According to the Detroit Free Press, Rachel Dawson attended…
