A middle school student in the nation’s capital who was fatally shot on Oct. 28 during an attempted carjacking had a record of stealing cars and robbing people, with nine incidents in the past five weeks, a recent report reveals. Despite his age, the Washington, D.C., police were well-acquainted with him due to his criminal…
A discrimination lawsuit was filed against the Diocese of Covington and St. Joseph Catholic Church Middle School in Cold Spring, Kentucky, claiming that an eighth-grade teacher repeatedly used the N-word in class this year. According to the lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star, the teacher is accused of “intentional discrimination and harassment of a Black…
Simone Biles showed up and out to support her husband on the sidelines at his football game in Green Bay, and while it was nice to see them together, some fans brought up the topic of why the couple hasn’t received as much media attention as Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. Biles met her husband…
Source: JASON REDMOND / Getty The executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party has resigned after serving in his position for less than two weeks because it only took that long to discover he’s a racist and misogynist based on his online activity. Meet Dave Roetman. One look at Roetman’s X page and it’s…
A University of Southern California student is trying to put his life together after wrongly being swept up in a police dragnet last year. The Nevada teenager’s advocates claim both the justice system and his own university treated him as a criminal after he was arrested on armed robbery charges while walking home through an…
Former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” sensation Phaedra Parks is back with a fresh start and a new career. In her “RHOA” days, Phaedra was known for her snappy yet witty one-liners and occasional spats with her co-stars. However, her time on the show was not without its share of drama and headlines, which led…
Former star and creator of VH1’s “Black Ink Crew New York” Ceaser Emanuel claims in an Oct. 23 interview with the “Bagfuel” podcast that the reality show about a Black-owned tattoo shop had become a billion-dollar hit. Ceaser Emanuel (Photo: Instagram, @ceaserblackink) “Black Ink Crew New York” began airing in 2013 and ended in 2022….
Source: GIANRIGO MARLETTA / Getty The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says they are monitoring the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) after officers’ brutal September beating of 24-year-old Black man Le’Keian Woods. The DOJ responded to a request from Woods’ attorneys, Harry Daniels and Marwan Porter, in early October to investigate his beating at the…
When I was growing up, the motto our parents followed was that if you spared the rod, you spoiled the child. So, my mother was sure to exercise her right to hit us whenever she deemed it to be necessary. My brothers and I had to pick our own switches off of trees, dodge flying…
A Wisconsin community is mourning following the tragic death of a kindergartener who was discovered lifeless in a dumpster on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Milwaukee Police Department has launched a homicide investigation into two persons of interest, both males residing in the same household as the 5-year-old victim. David E. Pietura, 27, and Erik J….
