FILE – Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to supporters and media after a court appearance in Newark, N.J., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) The lawsuit seeks damages for “false arrest and malicious prosecution,” and also accuses Alina Habba of defamation for comments she made about his case. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New…
Source: instagram / Instagram A white racist in Ayer, Massachusetts, has gotten himself arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault to intimidate, including anti-Black bias — all because he couldn’t mind his Klan-ish, Caucasian business while a Black father and daughter enjoyed a fishing trip…
A Florida congressman has introduced a bill that would rename Washington D.C.’s metro system the Trump Train and rebrand D.C.’s transit authority overall, as well. This isn’t a joke, as funny as it may sound, and it’s just the latest attempt to glorify President Donald Trump by rebranding infrastructure and buildings. Rep. Greg Steube’s measure,…
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations package that would help the descendants of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, including housing assistance and scholarships, and would help revitalize the city’s north side, but the plan would not include any direct cash payments….
Source: EYAD BABA / Getty I hear you. All your tweets. All your slogans. All your online trolling that treats human lives like strategy—disposable, rhetorical, and forgotten. All your fantasy revolutions with no aftermath plan, no mourning, no math. I hear you. And I’m saying it plain: Sit down. You don’t get to wear the…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. talks to newsmen in the White House lobby on Feb. 9, 1965, after conferences with President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Acting Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. King quoted President Johnson as saying the Justice Department is working on a bill to secure voting rights for African Americans….
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Voting rights groups say the various proposals seeking to require proof-of-citizenship are overly burdensome. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people…
A woman holds a bottle of baby formula as she feeds her infant son in San Antonio on May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the FDA to review the nutrients and other ingredients in infant formula. As federal health officials vow to overhaul the U.S. food supply,…
Superstar Jennifer Lopez found herself at the center of a social media firestorm this past weekend after clapping back at critics who claimed she was seeking attention through her social media presence and revealing outfits. The Bronx native didn’t hold back, taking to Instagram to defend her right to express herself after rocking a backless…
After screaming loudly in the middle of the street, angry that her driveway had been blocked by a delivery truck, a seemingly entitled Northern California woman ensured a level of infamy when she concluded her rant at two Black furniture movers with a racist taunt. The video, shot in the wealthy suburb of Healdsburg, California,…
