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…
Megan Thee Stallion attends the God’s Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards at Cathedral of St. John the Divine on October 21, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Megan Thee Stallion’s foundation will repair over 30 senior citizens’ homes across Houston and Dallas. Megan Thee Stallion is putting her Pete &…
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Retired NBA player John Wall stands with his sons Ace and Amir as he is honored during halftime of the game between the Washington Wizards and the Milwaukee Bucks at Capital One Arena on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by…
(Photo: Getty Images) “This is bigger than Louisiana. This is bigger than the Congressional Black Caucus. This is about our democracy,” says U.S. Rep. Troy Carter. Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and declared Louisiana’s congressional map racially discriminatory against white voters, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry suspended…
Source: Sheriff Susan Hutson / facebook On May 16, 2025, 10 incarcerated people escaped from a city jail in New Orleans, resulting in a multistate manhunt that didn’t end until October, when the last escapee was re-apprehended. On Wednesday, the sheriff and the chief financial officer overseeing the jail were indicted on crimes related to…
