Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) |Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins appears at the Time100 Gala on April 24, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) | Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black (Personal Webpage) Everett’s work…
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty New York Attorney General Letitia James has confirmed that her office is in the early stages of reviewing potential market manipulation connected to former President Donald Trump’s recent trade policy reversal — an announcement that sent shockwaves through global markets. In an interview with MeidasTouch, James responded to concerns…
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 10: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Department of Homeland Security also said that people who use a government app to tell the government they plan to return home will be “deprioritized”…
Source: elxeneize / Getty The Federal Election Commission (FEC), the independent agency tasked with safeguarding the integrity of U.S. elections, has once again been rendered powerless. According to reports, with the resignation of Republican Commissioner Allen Dickerson last week, the already fragile commission has now lost quorum, making it legally incapable of enforcing federal campaign…
Photo credits: The Pivot/YouTube and Getty Images Greg Brooks Jr. was an LSU football star who had surgery on a brain tumor and is suing the university and hospital for mishandling his diagnosis. Ryan Clark’s “The Pivot” podcast prides itself on having “pivotal conversations.” However, the podcast host was not prepared for the emotional toll…
A Black teacher from South Carolina alleges that he and his son were racially profiled by park agents at the Universal Studios Florida theme park and were held in an interrogation room for two hours, where he was accused of not having a ticket. The educator who goes by @itscoachtou on TikTok explained that he…
Source: Mitchell Layton / Getty The father of a Black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by police in Cincinnati, Ohio, is now the defendant in a murder case in which a long-serving sheriff’s deputy who was not involved in the teen’s shooting was killed. According to CNN, 38-year-old Rodney Hinton Jr. is charged with aggravated…
Source: ALEX WROBLEWSKI / Getty They told us it couldn’t happen here. That American democracy was too strong, too sacred, too unshakable to fall prey to authoritarianism, but with each executive order, federal raid, and disregard for due process, Donald Trump isn’t just challenging that belief; he’s proving it wrong. What we’re witnessing isn’t a…
Richard Lawson is keeping the details of his fizzled romance with Tina Knowles under lock and key. The “Divorce in the Black” actor and author of “Matriarch” were married from April 2015 to August 2024. Their separation was revealed in July 2023, the same month the fashion designer filed to end the union in Los…
A tense exchange inside a property mailroom has gone viral, capturing a standoff between a Black man trying to collect his package and an Asian woman who refused to let him proceed without an access code — despite his insistence that he lived there. The man who filmed the encounter later posted the footage to…
