L. Cohen Any day is a good day to celebrate the culture of HBCUs, but the turn-up is on a whole different level when considering Founder’s Day at your favorite historically Black college and university. May 1st just so happens to be that day for the Huntsville haven known as Alabama A&M University, which you…
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 20: Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks on stage during the “Ketanji Brown Jackson on Lovely One: A Memoir” panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for The Atlantic) “The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of…
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) is seen in Washington, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.” President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and…
A judge has denied a mistrial request from the defense team representing a former Michigan officer accused of murdering a Black man after fatally shooting him in 2022. Former Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr is currently on trial for second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya. Grand Rapids Officer Christopher…
Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson during his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) Some say having a pope from Africa or Asia would signal a powerful message of inclusion. If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would…
A video that’s being heavily circulated online and sparking outrage shows a white woman on a playground calling a young Black boy and an adult the N-word multiple times. According to the Minnesota Star-Tribune, the video was taken at the Soldiers Field Memorial Park in Rochester. It shows a man confronting a woman carrying a…
A group of African American students, left, enter the Boothville-Venice School in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana on Sept. 12, 1966 as a group of white mothers wait at the entrance of the school. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, file) The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools was announced Tuesday, April 29. When the Justice…
The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is seen on Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) Concerns over potential reforms at the Smithsonian have arisen since Trump signed a March 27 executive order. A veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement said he was notified by…
Jennifer Hudson and Common are still going strong. The couple was spotted by a bystander walking hand in hand outside in San Francisco. The onlooker who filmed the TikTok video recorded Hudson and Common from across the street as they waited on the corner to cross the road. The April 28 post does not make it…
Comedian Gary Owen has recently revisited a controversial moment from a 2019 “Brilliant Idiots” podcast appearance that he claims contributed to his divorce from his ex-wife, Kenya Duke. The Cincinnati native made a return to the popular podcast, where he revealed that a clip of him laughing uncontrollably when questioned about his faithfulness during his…
