Source: The Washington Post / Getty Last month, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested for joining protestors outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in New Jersey. The case against Baraka was dropped fairly quickly, but the mayor has filed a lawsuit against the U.S Attorney who filed the charges. AP News…
Jeff Bezos, 61, and Lauren Sánchez, 55, are set to wed this summer. The billionaire Amazon founder and his bride-to-be will present their nuptials in Venice, Italy. Around 200 high-profile guests are expected to attend their marriage ceremony, which will be part of a three-day celebration from June 24 to 26. In what could be…
Local activists known as ‘comisionadas’ pose with women from Tanguí, Chocó, Colombia, at the end of a workshop in 2013. Tania Lizarazo Tania Lizarazo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro…
(L-R)All-Stars Shaquille O’Neal #34 of the Miami Heat and Allen Iverson #3 of the Philadelphia 76ers sit courtside during the got milk? Rookie Challenge, part of 2005 NBA All-Star Weekend at Pepsi Center on February 18, 2005 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph,…
Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is taking on Republicans and Trump’s MAGA supporters as she announces her bid to chair the powerful House Oversight Committee in the next Congress, promising to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she gets the job. “I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House…
R&B singer Brian McKnight has finally broken his silence on the sudden passing of his estranged son after his brother publicly shared the news online. Cole Nikolas “Niko” McKnight passed away on May 29, after a two-year battle with stage 4 colon cancer. Brian McKnight calls out his brother for revealing his son Niko’s passing…
Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty Last Thursday (May 30), the Department of Labor announced that they were beginning a “phased pause” of operations at all Job Corps locations nationwide, stating that it would be “an orderly transition for students, staff, and local communities.” In a statement, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeReamer claimed that the program no…
Cracks are beginning to show in the united front Republicans and MAGA voters usually display toward President Donald Trump as criticism over his “One Big Beautiful Bill” grows louder. Some Republican lawmakers are even breaking ranks and beginning to distance themselves from Trump’s enormous spending measure that the House passed right before Memorial Day last…
Source: RICHARD A. BROOKS / Getty I suppose anything can happen, but it’s more likely that Ciara would leave Russell Wilson for Donald Trump than it is for America to elect Rahm Emanuel as the country’s next president in four years. Or at the very least, about as likely as Black folks voting for him,…
Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates as she won the quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open against Madison Keys of the U.S. at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) “I have a lot more work left to do,” said Gauff, “but I’m going to savor this one today.”…
