More than 440 anti-DEI bills have been introduced in 42 states since the 2023 Supreme Court decision that ended race-conscious college admissions. J Studios/Getty Images Diversity, equity and inclusion, which has become the catchphrase DEI, represents a commitment to fairness and to tackling racism and exclusionary policies that limit access to resources and perpetuate injustice….
(L-R) Ryan Coogler and Zinzi Coogler attend the Warner Bros Pictures “Sinners” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on April 03, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Zinzi Evans Coogler has been behind the scenes of some Ryan Coogler’s biggest moves from his first screenplay to ‘Sinners’ success. It’s…
President Donald Trump appointed 27-year-old Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary in January 2025, marking the beginning of his second term. In addition to criticism about her age, Leavitt has faced scrutiny over her relationship with 60-year-old real estate developer Nicholas Riccio. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defends marriage to 60-year-old husband. (Photo…
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) The Trump administration announced that collections will resume on federal student loans in default on May 5. A little over a month after significant layoffs at the Federal Student Aid office in the Department of Education, the Trump Administration has announced that collections on defaulted federal student loans will resume next…
Former Rep. Barbara Lee makes her first public appearance as Oakland’s Mayor-elect, alongside interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins, center, and Councilmember At-Large Rowena Brown at the Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center in Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Lee, 78, a trailblazer who represented the city in…
A federal appeals court in Louisiana ruled that three organizations representing Black residents can continue with their civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish that seeks to stop the construction and expansion of polluting petrochemical plants in majority Black neighborhoods. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the plaintiffs sufficiently made the case for…
Source: Handout / Getty Attorneys for white supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof are still working at overturning the killer’s death sentence, which, of course, is more of a chance than Roof gave the nine Black people he shot and killed at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015. Since the day…
Maia Campbell as “Cinny Hawkins” in “Trippin’” (Screenshot via YouTube) OPINION: After recently popping back up on Instagram letting the community know she’s doing great, we’re reflecting on some of Maia Campbell’s most iconic roles. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on…
Ivanka Trump’s got the internet talking after recent swimsuit photos were taken of her surfing. Paparazzi captured a few flicks of the 43-year-old catching some waves but she might have made some fans catch feelings. Trump, President Donald Trump’s older daughter he fathered with her mother Ivana Trump, was spending some time vacationing in Costa…
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images) “Black Americans’ fight for true reparations will not be co-opted and misappropriated for racist anti-immigrant fear-mongering operations,” said Dreisen Heath, a reparations researcher. White House aide Stephen Miller argued that Americans who have been harmed by undocumented immigrants and immigration policies enacted by the…
