Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for a meeting with Peru’s Foreign Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer and Peru’s Minister of Defense Walter Astudillo at the Pentagon, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) In line with the Trump administration’s deep cost-cutting agenda, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered the military to eliminate…
A disturbing video shows a United States Postal Service worker assaulting a 10-year-old girl outside an elementary school in Ohio. WOIO obtained video of the incident showing the fight outside Ben Franklin Elementary School in Cleveland, Ohio. The worker is seen in full uniform wrestling a child to the ground. Postal worker allegedly assaults 10-year-old…
Source: Afro Newspaper/Gado / Getty Throughout history, Black educators have played a vital role in shaping minds, breaking barriers, and fighting for equal access to education. Their dedication went far beyond the classroom, often intertwining with activism, leadership, and community empowerment. Here are seven influential Black teachers whose legacies continue to impact, inspire and thrive…
(Left to right) Lauryn Hill, John Imah, Tems, Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Met Gala “Superfine:Tairloring Black Style.” (Photos: Getty Images) The 2025 Met Gala celebrated dandyism across the diaspora through bold, cultural symbolism and heritage-driven styles. While Black dandyism is deeply rooted in African American culture, its influence stretches far beyond the United States,…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 05: Damson Idris attends The Mark Hotel Met Gala 2025 departures at The Mark Hotel on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel) OPINION: Because the theme of the 2025 Met Gala centered Blackness, I decided to see what that…
The attorneys for the people being sued by a Pennsylvania restaurant owner, who was filmed repeatedly spewing the N-word in a hateful rant, are challenging some of the claims the plaintiff outlined in his complaint. Jon Spanos, a restaurant owner and former member of the Penn State York Advisory Board, recently filed a lawsuit against…
Source: Nike / via li_jade_li Malia Obama is carving a new path in the world of television and film. First, she penned an episode of Swarm, the edgy Prime Video series starring Dominique Fishback as an obsessed fan, then she helmed her first short film, The Heart, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival….
President Donald Trump appears to have angered some Catholics over an artificial intelligence-generated photo of himself dressed as the Pope went viral online. Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88, the president’s Truth Social account shared the fake picture on May 2. The verified White House and POTUS…
Source: Facebook.com/robertswomack / Facebook.com/robertswomack The second-degree murder trial for ex-Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, who placed a gun to the back of the head of 26-year-old Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya and killed him, is drawing to a close. Both the prosecution and the defense has made their closing arguments, and now we’re waiting for the…
(Photo credit: Rochester NAACP GoFundMe campaign) The Rochester branch of the NAACP has launched a fundraiser for a five-year-old boy at the center of a viral incident. An online fundraiser created to support a 5-year-old boy who was targeted by racial slurs while at a playground in Rochester, Minnesota, has surpassed its goal in just…
