Source: Tom Williams / Getty Congressman Gerry Connolly’s passing at the age of 75 is heartbreaking—and deeply alarming. He is now the sixth House Democrat to have died in office in the last 12 months and the third House Democrat to die in the last three months — Sylvester Turner of Texas and Raúl Grijalva…
Source: Kevin Winter / Getty “The Central Park Five,” a powerful performance that ran from May 10 to May 18 at the Detroit Opera, is drawing significant attention for its timely themes of social justice, activism, and protest. The opera resonates strongly in 2025, as the Trump administration continues to implement policies widely viewed as…
A 62-year-old Michigan man was sentenced for a racist attack against a mail carrier who left flyers promoting former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign in his mailbox last year. Russell Valleau will spend 12 months in jail for assaulting the postal worker in September 2024. Russell Frank Valleau (Photo: Farmington Hills Police Department)…
Ex-White House attorney Ty Cobb bashed the president and press secretary on a range of issues from the administration’s sweeping tariffs to Trump’s on-again, off-again “TACO” trade moves. Cobb, who defended Trump during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether the President’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, ripped into him over his defense of using…
Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, were spotted out on a family dinner date with Sánchez’s 24-year-old son, Nikko Gonzalez in Portofino, Italy. The 61-year-old billionaire reportedly is set to marry the media personality in Italy next month. Paparazzi captured Jeff, Lauren, Nikko, and an unknown woman outside Portofino’s Puny restaurant on May 27….
Source: John Nacion / Getty Full disclosure: I am a musical theater baby. My mother laughingly recalls taking a single-digit me to my first musical — and my inconsolable weeping when the production ended, because I didn’t “want it to be over.” That nascent love of musical theater would follow me through childhood, into a…
The owners of a Black-owned restaurant in East Atlanta say they are being forced out by the real estate firm that purchased a property housing their business earlier this year, pointing to unfair business practices and increasing gentrification around the district that has expelled longstanding Black communities and businesses. King Shands and Brittney Wilson opened…
Source: Burke County Sheriff’s Office / Burke County Sheriff’s Office Last week, a grand jury in Burke County, Georgia, dismissed charges against 25-year-old Hannah Cobb, who, in February, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, 30-year-old Telvin Osborne. It was a case that had immediately drawn attention from bloggers and others…
Joy Reid announced new podcast “The Joy Reid Show” (Photo Credit: Nordia Cameron-Cunningham) After MSNBC cancelled her show earlier this year, Joy Reid is signing back on in a new podcast, “The Joy Reid Show,” launching June 9. Joy Reid is returning to the mic—this time, on her own terms. With the launch of “The…
Brian McKnight and Niko McKnight (Getty Images) Claude McKnight, brother of the polarizing R&B singer, confirmed that Niko passed away on social media. Niko McKnight, a singer and guitarist who also happens to be the estranged son of R&B star Brian McKnight, has reportedly died after a battle with cancer. The news was confirmed by…
