HOUSTON, TEXAS – JULY 28: Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner speaks on stage during the National Urban League Conference Plenary II: State of Black America on July 28, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League) Turner was elected in November to fill the seat left vacant after the passing…
Source: Sylvester Turner / Houston Chronicle It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of former Houston Mayor and current and U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner, according to U.S. representatives and a Houston Council member. He was 70 years old. The Houston Chronicle shared the news early Wednesday morning (March 5.) RELATED: [VIDEO] Backstage…
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Elon Musk’s quasi-government initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has sparked significant controversy for its influence on government policies, particularly through its “workforce optimization initiative,” signed by President Trump on Feb. 11. As previously reported, the polarizing initiative led to the buyouts of approximately 75,000 federal employees, followed by…
Kevin Costner is prepared to embrace life as a bachelor. More than a year after finalizing his divorce from Christine Baumgartner, to whom he was married for 18 years, Kevin Costner is ready to get back out there and have some fun. While Baumgartner is preparing to marry her fiancé, Josh Conner — who happens to…
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James waves to the crowd after making a 3-point basket to go over the 50,000 career point mark during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Lakers’ superstar LeBron James adds another landmark…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Pool via AP) In a joint session of Congress, President Trump shared his agenda and what he’s done since his inauguration. Some of those claims are misleading or inaccurate. President Donald Trump ‘s Tuesday night address to a joint session…
They’ve proposed adding his likeness to Mount Rushmore, ignoring the Constitutional mandate prohibiting presidents from serving more than two terms and making his birthday a national holiday. Now, congressional Republicans want to change the currency in their unending efforts to curry favor with President Donald Trump. Tennessee House Republican Brandon Gill said Monday he plans…
Source: Pool / Getty I, like most Black people, believe in order and decorum. I was raised by Black women who would willfully smack you in the back of the head at church for not paying attention. And I am not alone. There are thousands, if not millions of Black people just like me who…
FILE – The U.S. Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) The 443 buildings, which are currently owned and maintained by GSA, span almost 80 million rentable square feet, the agency says. The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 400 federal properties…
Maybe it’s because she’s a Black woman. Or her barbed tongue that knows no filter. But no one gets under Republican skins more than Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who, judging by the online vitriol against her, has surpassed even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the right’s most despised Democrat. Crockett seems to relish the opposition, ramping up…
