LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 19: Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks speaks onstage during the BET+ “Churchy” Los Angeles Premiere at Linwood Dunn Theater on August 19, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for BET+)Photo by: Robin L Marshall / Getty Images After reflecting on church culture and LGBTQIA+ treatment, KevOnStage finds…
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 26: U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FLA) appears for a hearing of the House Ethics Committee on Capitol Hill on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of stealing $5 million from FEMA and using part of it to fund her first successful run for Congress in 2021. (Photo by…
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 24: U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaks during a Financial Literacy and Education Commission panel at the U.S. Treasury Department on September 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent also participated virtually from New York. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns…
BURKE, VIRGINIA – APRIL 17: A voter casts a ballot during early voting at a polling place on April 17, 2026 in Burke, Virginia. Virginia voters will decide on April 21 a statewide ballot question on whether to allow the Virginia General Assembly to redraw congressional districts which could affect how the state’s U.S. House…
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty – Shreveport Mass Shooting – The Pugh and Elkins families gather while grieving the death of family members on April 19, 2026 in Shreveport, Louisiana. More details are continuing to emerge following the devastating mass shooting in Shreveport on April 19 that left eight children dead. As previously reported, authorities…
Donald Trump has never made much effort to separate politics from profit. It’s practically part of his brand at this point — the rallies, the merchandise, the endless fundraising appeals that blur the line between political movement and personal hustle. But a newly surfaced fundraising offer tied to Erika Kirk‘s Turning Point USA is raising…
Ashley Everett, and Everett performing alongside Beyoncé during the halftime show for the game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on December 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Ashley Everett joins a long list of Black women who have been policed while traveling or while taking up…
Source: fizkes / Getty Libraries have always been about books, but in 2026, they are doing a whole lot more. As National Library Week returns from April 19 through April 25, communities across the country are being reminded that these spaces remain essential and offer more than the eye can see. Read on for seven…
Source: valentinrussanov / Getty Despite claims that America is the land of free speech, activist groups of a certain persuasion have spent plenty of time trying to get books banned for being too Black, too queer, or both. To mark National Library Week, the American Library Association (ALA) released its list of the most challenged…
A Richmond, Virginia, school superintendent says he is “absolutely horrified” and is doing “everything in his power” to investigate after a video surfaced showing a school employee allegedly biting an autistic child in her care. The video began circulating on the internet early on April 15, according to WRIC. It’s unclear who recorded it. The…
