Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order Thursday restoring an Environmental Justice map that had briefly gone defunct due to changes within the federal government. According to Maryland Matters, the state first revealed its Environmental Justice Screening tool in 2022. The map, which originally relied on federal data, allowed…
William McNeil Jr. (Photo credit: William McNeil Jr.’s Instagram) William McNeil Jr. has retained Ben Crump and Harry Daniels to represent him after a Feb. 19 traffic stop quickly escalated when he asked for a supervisor. A man in a now-viral video of a February traffic stop in Jacksonville, Florida, in which the officers smash…
You can now add basketball to the list of fun, everyday activities that suddenly become “illegal” in the eyes of a “Karen” when Black people do them. A group of men was playing a casual game of basketball on a court in an apartment complex where one of them lived when a white woman approached…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty In today’s episode of Trump Demonstrably Knows How Stupid His Supporters Are, President Donald Trump, on Sunday, posted an AI-generated video showing former President Barack Obama being arrested, which appears to be his petty, childish, delusional response to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard releasing a report on Friday, alleging that…
(Photo: Getty Images) The surviving children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urge that the unsealed files be “viewed within their full historical context.” The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his…
Tonya Walker’s family last heard from her in October 2023. The mother of four had been unhoused at times, but had never been out of contact before, much less vanished without a trace. When she was nowhere to be found as Thanksgiving neared, her loved ones launched an exhaustive search for the 51-year-old throughout Sacramento,…
The opinions expressed in audio and on this page are those of the author. In a week that perfectly captured the chaos of authoritarian decline, Donald J. Trump made headlines for three surreal and deeply telling reasons: his failing veins, his bizarre claim to have changed Coca-Cola’s recipe, and his administration’s decision to incinerate hundreds…
Host Malcolm-Jamal Warner speaks onstage during the 2023 Beloved Community Awards at Hyatt Regency Atlanta on January 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly known as the Salute Greatness Gala, the Beloved Community Awards is a part of the weeklong celebration of the 2023 King Holiday Observance. The event recognizes community leaders, businesses, and organizations that…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most famously known for his role as Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died in a drowning incident. The actor, 54, was in Costa Rica on a family trip. The New Jersey native would have celebrated his 55th birthday on Aug. 18. Per ABC News, Warner drowned when he became stuck in…
A Florida sheriff’s department has launched an internal investigation following the release of a viral video showing officers breaking a car window, punching a driver in the face, and forcibly removing him from the vehicle during a February traffic stop for driving without headlights. The incident, which occurred on February 19, 2025, involved a confrontation…
