Retired NBA player Stephen Jackson continues to stand up for his late friend, George Floyd after the Minnesota man was killed by convicted ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020. On a recent edition of Mike D’s “One on One” podcast, Jackson told the story of wanting to confront controversial internet personality Charleston White over his…
Malcolm Ali In the words of our guy D.L. Hughley, “If you’re a single, rich, straight white guy — you don’t have any kids and you’ve got a lot of money — there is nothing that Trump can do or has done that affects you on the margin.” That was his latest hot take while…
John Fleming had committed no crime when he was accosted on a city bus three years ago by Michigan cops who accused him of shoplifting from a Walmart, kneeing and punching the then-30-year-old Black man before dragging him off the bus despite him repeatedly telling them he had receipts for his purchases. Once off the…
Source: Collin County jail / Collin County jail The knife rested comfortably in the kangaroo pouch of my borrowed Polo Hi-tech. It was 1994 and much like everything I wore back then, none of it was mine—mostly because my body betrayed me. By the time I was in 12th grade, I’d reached my full adult…
(Left to right) Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman and Mary J. Blige’s music added to the National Recording Registry (Photos: Getty Images) The 2025 National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress archives albums by Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and more. Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of…
FILE – Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) A federal appeals court says a civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish over…
A Georgia teacher was fired from his job after a video that circulated on social media showed him writing a racial slur on a whiteboard in a class full of students. The brief clip shows the teacher at Walnut Grove High School standing in front of a whiteboard after writing the N-word and excluding the…
Maury Povich and his wife, Connie Chung, have a love story fit for reality TV, yet it is still somehow the perfect fairy tale. In December, the couple will celebrate 41 years of marriage, though their romantic relationship dates back to 1977. The longstanding couple’s life together has been the talk of the town among their fans…
Outspoken NBA legend Charles Barkley stirred the pot once again with his decades-long feud with San Antonio, refusing to back down from his notorious comments about the city’s women during his appearance at the March Madness festival. The 62-year-old Hall of Famer took the stage on Sunday, April 6, just one day after his alma…
Source: tiero / Getty Another day, another blow to Americans who truly want to believe that hate, racism and bigotry will die away as the youth of today replace older generations at the forefront of society. In Nebraska, two high school students are set to face consequences after they were seen on social media posing…
