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Black Woman ‘Humiliated’ After Being Thrown Out of Restaurant Over Her Outfit Says White Customers Dressed the Same But Were Never Stopped and She Has Photos to Prove It, Lawsuit Claims

April 24, 2025
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A Black woman who was kicked out of a Louisiana restaurant for wearing an outfit that the owner deemed “too revealing” has filed a lawsuit alleging that she suffered discriminatory treatment at the establishment. Last July, Y’Mine McClanahan went to Stab’s Prime Steak and Seafood location in Baton Rouge wearing a floral two-piece dress featuring…

‘Knew He Was Wrong!’: Uber Driver Locks Doors, Traps Black Women Inside Car Until They Promise Not to Leave Bad Review After Dispute Over Where to Put Their Purses, Video Shows

April 24, 2025
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It was 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, and Lakeya Foushee had just gotten off an eight-hour shift from her job at Wingstop in North Carolina and was planning on sleeping a few hours before waking up for her second job as a server at another restaurant. But once she and her friend sat in the…

A plantation museum spotlighting the truths of slavery has lost federal grants in ‘furtherance of the president’s agenda’

April 24, 2025
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Visitors walk outside the main plantation house at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation—open since 2014 as a museum dedicated to education about the legacy of slavery in the U.S.—lost its federal grants as a result of Trump’s attack on DEI. Unfortunately, the government’s efforts to erase Black…

Tennessee Republican Diana Harshbarger calls Rep. Al Green ‘boy,’ suggests he had ‘gun’ inside cane

April 24, 2025
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(Photo: Getty Images) “We cannot allow the normalization of these kinds of slurs,” said Rep. Al Green after Harshbarger used the racial slur while discussing him during a recent interview. A Republican congresswoman used a racial slur when addressing her Democratic colleague, Rep. Al Green of Texas, drawing outrage about the use of a term…

Harlem grandmother and community leader killed by stray bullet in crossfire

April 24, 2025
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Excenia Mette. (Photo credit: ABC 7) Excenia Mette was killed on Tuesday, April 22, while attempting to defuse an argument in Harlem, New York. The community of Harlem is reeling from the loss of a well-known grandmother and activist who was killed after being struck by a stray bullet. On the evening of Tuesday, April…

‘I Thought She was Still Married’: Tina Knowles Exposes the Real Reason She Left Richard Lawson — Now She’s Back Outside with a New Man

April 24, 2025
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Tina Knowles is embracing a new chapter in her life at 71, as she recently stepped back into the dating world nearly two years after her divorce from actor Richard Lawson. The mother of superstars Beyoncé and Solange recently opened up about finding love again while promoting her new memoir “Matriarch,” which details her journey…

Altadena Residents Fear How Wildfires Will Impact Their Health

April 24, 2025
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Source: Jason Armond / Getty On the surface, being one of the very lucky few who didn’t lose your home in the Eaton wildfires sounds like an answered prayer — but for Altadena residents whose homes miraculously withstood the mighty flames, an even bigger fear has been unlocked involving their health. During wildfires as severe…

A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy

April 24, 2025
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Shipping containers sit on the container ship Alexandra at the Port Newark Container Terminal, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The lawsuit says Trump’s tariff policy has been subject to his “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.” A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S….

UPDATE: Memphis Activist Kicked Off Police Reform Task Force After Viral Arrest for Filming Officers In Black Neighborhood—Calls Decision ‘A Cop-Out’

April 24, 2025
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After going public with allegations of police misconduct, Memphis policy organizer Amber Sherman was kicked off a Police Reform Task Force in a move she called “a cop out.” On the morning of April 10, Amber walked down Mount Vernon Road and came upon a search warrant in progress. She noticed an energy drink placed…

The owner of a Dominican nightclub whose roof collapsed, killing 232, speaks for the first time

April 24, 2025
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An aerial view of the Jet Set nightclub days after its roof collapsed, killing more than 200 people, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) The owner of Jetset nightclub says that if there had been something he could have done to prevent the collapse, he would have done it….