Source: Pictorial Parade / Getty The Black Manifesto, written by civil rights activist James Forman in 1969, wasn’t just a call to action, it was a demand for reparations, justice, and power for Black Americans. Forman, the executive director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), presented the Black Manifesto to the National Black Economic…
Farmers, among Donald Trump’s most loyal constituencies, are expected to be hit harder than just about anyone by the president’s tariff policy. Though he put larger tariffs on hold, an across-the-board 10 percent tariff on goods from 60 countries remains. Trump exempted tariffs on herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers but farmers remain fearful that other countries…
Hailey Kilgore as “Laverne ‘Jukebox’ Thomas” and Mekai Curtis as “Kanan Stark” in episode of 6 of season 4 of “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.” (Courtesy of STARZ) OPINION: While the vengeance of Unique is the storyline that bridges season 4, the evolution of Jukebox has been the most interesting storyline. Editor’s note: The following…
Serena Williams watches Novak Djokovic of Serbia play Lorenzo Musetti of Italy during the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Hard Rock Stadium on March 25, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Serena Williams celebrates the one-year anniversary of her beauty brand, WYN Beauty, during a pop-up events in Los Angeles. …
SELMA, ALABAMA – MARCH 09: LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the voting rights group Black Voters Matter, lead people in a chant as they walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” on March 09, 2025 in Selma, Alabama. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) “This moment that seems like…
Source: Justin Hamel / Getty Launch complete. Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin Space Flight NS-31 has successfully crossed the Kármán line, the recognized line of outerspace, and returned to earth carrying Gayle King, Katy Perry, and the rest of the all-woman group of celebrities-turned-astronauts. Jeff Bezos was on-site to open the door to the rocket that…
There are golden lapel pins, and then there are loyalty pledges masquerading as innocent golden lapel pins. FCC chairman Brendan Carr recently chose the latter — slapping a golden pin of Donald Trump’s head on his suit jacket like he was auditioning to lead the Ministry of MAGA Propaganda (and let’s not give Trump any…
Shaquille O’Neal is at the center of an online discourse over his recent encounter with Donald Trump. The two men were spotted greeting each other during the UFC 314 showdown at Kaseya Center in Miami on April 12. Videos of the interaction sparked warring words between liberals and MAGA who share vastly different outlooks on…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty The Trump administration says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported and sent to El Salvador’s Terrorist Confinement Center, is alive. “He is alive and secure in that facility. He is detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador,” Michael G. Kozak, a senior official…
The director of an event center in metro Memphis claims he was fired because local officials did not want the “Black acts” he was booking to perform there, and he’s now suing in federal court to get his job back and monetary compensation. In his lawsuit, J. Todd Mastry, who was the executive director of…
