Television personality Ananda Lewis poses in the press room at the 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 4, 2006 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Fans and peers honor Ananda Lewis, former MTV VJ and activist, after her death at 52 following a long battle…
DHS agents handcuff U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla. (Photo: Office of Senator Alex Padilla) “This is a shameful and stunning abuse of power,” said former Vice President Kamala Harris. Democrats swiftly and forcefully condemned the Trump administration after an explosive encounter at a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday that resulted in U.S. Senator Alex…
Source: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty In yet another indignant, delusional, and inherently racist diatribe, this time before troops at the Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, President Donald Trump packaged his sensationalist approach to what amounts to ethnic cleansing in urban cities as a vow to “liberate Los Angeles” from “Third World lawlessness.”…
Amerie attends the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET) Singer Amerie and her husband, talent manager Lenny Nicholson, are splitting up after dating since 2007 and getting married in 2011. After almost two decades together, Amerie has revealed she’s split…
Actor Brad Pitt attended the Mexico City premiere of his upcoming film “F1” earlier this week, turning heads with a dramatic return to his signature 1990s buzz cut look. The 61-year-old actor stepped onto the red carpet sporting a fresh close-cropped hairstyle that instantly transported fans back to his heartthrob days when he dominated Hollywood…
Source: Boston Globe / Getty The Trump administration might not have a clear understanding of what habeas corpus is, but fortunately, a federal judge in New Jersey does. According to CNN, New Jersey District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz has granted a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested…
Sometimes you just have to see it to believe it. Marc Lamont Hill, a CUNY professor of urban education and longtime cable news analyst, appeared on the June 11 episode of “The Joe Budden Podcast” this week and shared an anecdote about the time he was pepper-sprayed. The host and his friends weren’t buying it,…
Singer Kelis enrolled her children in an AI-powered homeschooling system, and shares the benefits of artificial intelligence learning. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Honeyland Festival) Singer Kelis enrolled her children in an AI-powered homeschooling system while living in Kenya and shares her thoughts on the benefits of AI learning. Would you let AI teach…
In a weird way, the biggest perceived roadblocks to former Clayton County, Georgia, Sheriff Victor Hill’s just-announced run for Congress could end up being political assets. The president is a convicted felon, after all. Hill was convicted in 2022 on federal civil rights charges for violating detainees’ constitutional rights by ordering that they be held, without justification,…
Source: Tom Williams / Getty The Trump administration continues taking pages out of the authoritarian playbook with its attempts to intimidate political opponents through arrests and questionable court cases. Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba announced that a grand jury has indicted New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver (D) on assault…
