Public sympathy can be short-lived when someone stays in the spotlight long after tragedy strikes. That tension has followed Erika Kirk for months — and lately, a growing number of critics have begun asking a blunt question: Is she honoring her husband’s legacy, or leveraging it for influence and capital gain? Erika Kirk fired back…
Jasmin and Tia Criss (Photo courtesy of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) Twin sisters Tia and Jasmin Criss are set to graduate at the top of their class at Cheyney University as valedictorian and salutatorian. Twin sisters Tia Criss and Jasmin Criss are set to graduate at the top of their class at Cheyney University of…
Source: Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Photo by: GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images/Getty Images/White House website. Black GOP leaders over the years. The Republican Party has had a complex and evolving relationship with Black Americans, from its early days as an abolitionist movement to its more recent controversies over race and civil rights. One of the…
Megan Thee Stallion attends a preseason game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers at T-Mobile Arena on October 15, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mavericks defeated the Lakers 121-94. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms…
Source: Bill Clark / Getty On Wednesday, the Republican-dominated U.S. Supreme Court validated the fears of voting rights advocates spent months expressing, by using its decision in Louisiana v. Callais to strip away Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, essentially cementing the ruling that diluting Black voting power is fine, but correcting that act of systemic racism…
✕ By now, you’ve seen the news of the Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Coming nearly 20 years after Republicans last supported reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, the 6-3 ruling undermines key protections for fair representation and fair maps. Written by Justice Samuel Alito, noted for his vivid imagination and distortions of…
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette is calling out professors at South Carolina State University after she was uninvited to give the commencement speech at graduation. South Carolina State President Alexander Conyers confirmed on social media late Wednesday that he had uninvited Evette. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to give commencement speech at SC State (Photo:…
Earlier this week, FBI Director Kash Patel tried to cast the criminal indictment of James Comey as proof that the bureau moves with careful precision, but the detail that caught critics off guard was his own timeline for the investigation. In walking through the case, Patel stressed that agents spent “nine, 10,11 months” examining an…
(Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Lifetime) Taye Diggs teams up with partners to create Microhouse Films, a vertical storytelling platform that puts the power in filmmakers’ hands. Between TikTok videos, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, vertical videos are everywhere. And through the years, the format has evolved far beyond quick laughs; now delivering captivating…
Everyone thought President Donald Trump‘s feud with comedian Jimmy Kimmel was over after the petty president leaned on ABC to suspend his show over a joke. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show was suspended last September after he joked about Trump’s response to a reporter’s question about Charlie Kirk’s memorial service. Trump changed the subject and…
