A former police officer last week filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Village of Orland Park, a Chicago suburb, alleging he was fired in retaliation for complaining about being denied a promotion because of his Hispanic Latino identity. William Sanchez, who is Mexican-American, had served in the Orland Park Police Department for 19 years…

Angie Stone fans and internet sleuths are working overtime to piece together details about the singer’s tragic passing. The Grammy-nominated artist died at the age of 63 following two vehicle collisions in Montgomery County, Alabama, on March 1. Stone, 63, and her eight band members were in a 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter that overturned on I-65…

Shackled and bent over – some of the 250-plus deportees arriving in El Salvador. El Salvador Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer to house “dangerous American criminals” and “criminals from any country” as a win-win for all. The fee for transferring detainees to a newly built Salvadoran…

HOUSTON, TEXAS – DECEMBER 01: Janet Jackson performs during the sold-out World AIDS Day concert event presented by the global, non-profit HIV/AIDS service organization, AHF at the NRG Arena on December 01, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation) Janet Jackson was set to headline the final night of…

A Black Georgia mother who last year sued Tennessee state troopers, deputies and social workers for taking her five small children away from her after a traffic stop filed an updated complaint alleging that Department of Children’s Services (DCS) workers acted on the strength of an invalid court order improperly procured over the phone from…

(L-R) Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Apple TV+’s “Number One on the Call Sheet” at TCL Chinese Theatre on March 12, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) For better or worse, Jonathan Majors shares the sacrifices his wife Meagan Good made for their relationship. It turns…

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 20: U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department alongside school children signing their own versions, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Elected officials…

Chrissy Teigen gets hit with flak so often that it would be no surprise if she has learned how to ignore it by now. But, as it turns out, the mother of four has not.  Last month, she sparked outrage over a photo she shared with her and three of her children in a bathtub…

A Maine man is facing a civil rights complaint from the state attorney general for allegedly sending several disturbing, racist, and xenophobic threats to a contractor he hired last year. Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey filed the complaint against 35-year-old Alexander Treshinsky, who is accused of violating the rights of an immigrant from the Democratic…

Many people recognize Kendrick Sampson, 37, as a talented, charismatic TV and film actor—with leading roles in Issa Rae’s cultural phenomenon Insecure, and 2022’s meet-cute romcom, Something from Tiffany’s, among others. But alongside and intertwined with building a prolific career in Hollywood, the multi-hyphenate entertainer is building something else: Black Power. Source: @LuvByDre / De’Andre…