HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 09: Blue Ivy Carter attends the world premiere of Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on December 09, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney) Social media’s reaction to Blue Ivy’s dress at the “Mufasa: The Lion King” premiere reflects the harmful “grown” stereotypes…
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a case brought on behalf of white and Asian American parents who were challenging a pandemic-era admissions policy of Boston Public Schools (BPS) aimed at increasing the socioeconomic diversity at its three prestigious “exam schools.” Justice Samuel Alito, along with Justice Clarence Thomas, strongly dissented with the majority decision…
Braylen Kizzee, a 19-year-old college student from Fort Bend County, Texas, is still shaken and fearful following his wrongful traffic stop arrest on Dec. 3. In a recent interview with ABC 13, Kizzee, who is Black, recounted being forced to crawl on his hands and knees at gunpoint, only for four officers to later…
Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Waking to the news that President Biden had granted a historic number of clemencies in a single day–1,499–while also granting 39 people pardons wasn’t, to me, at all breathtaking. Rather, it was absolutely breathgiving. But as I read more about the decision, I was a bit stunned to read that…
A man was found dead in his North Wales home the day after he was caught on video allegedly making racist monkey gestures toward a Black soccer player during a derby match in late November, according to authorities. Police said 52-year-old Andrew Paul Hewitt — a trucker, father, and avid supporter of Chester FC — was…
(Left to Righ) Showrunner, Ben Watkins, author James Patterson and actor Aldis Hodge attend the Prime Video x Crime Com Present An Advance Screening Of “Cross” at Florence Gould Hall Theater on October 24, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Prime Video) “That wasn’t who he was,” James Patterson said…
Daniel Penny arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on December 9, 2024, in New York City. | Source: Alex Kent / Getty In the latest indication of the type of political leadership that will be guiding the nation for the next four years, the next vice president of the United States appeared to reward the…
Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx has always had a knack for turning his personal life into comedy gold, and his first Netflix special, “What Had Happened Was,” is no exception. Released on Dec. 10, the hour-long set has sparked conversations about the comedian’s miraculous recovery and touching duet with his daughter Anelise Bishop, 16, but also…
FILE – Crystal Mangum, who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape, addresses the media during a news conference in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis, File) “I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn’t and that was wrong,” said Crystal Mangum. The woman who…
An elderly man who was severely injured in a violent dispute over a parking spot has died, and the charges his alleged assailant faces might be upgraded. Family members say 80-year-old Earl Hollins was taken off life support after he slipped into a coma as a result of severe head trauma he suffered in a…
