A Black truck driver was entering a courtroom in North Carolina when a sheriff’s deputy pepper-sprayed him and ordered him to leave. Don Long, 38, was walking away, rubbing his eyes, when the deputy approached him from behind and punched him in the back of the head. Long swung back at Northampton County Sheriff’s Deputy…
Adobe Stock Images The court ruled the University of Iowa cannot repurpose a donor-funded award intended for Black students into a scholarship for first-generation students. The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the University of Iowa cannot redirect a privately endowed scholarship intended for Black science students to first-generation students instead. The Totton scholarship ruling,…
LeBron James is viewed as the GOAT by basketball lovers and some critics who can’t deny his skill. The Los Angeles Lakers player draws the line at people making assumptions about his family, including his wife, Savannah James, and their three kids. As one of the most influential NBA stars of all time, James didn’t…
One of President Donald Trump’s most loyal public defenders had spent years telling his podcast audience that the truth about Jeffrey Epstein was being hidden from the American people. Now, according to a detailed account from The New York Times excerpted from Times reporters’ upcoming book, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,”…
Source: Drew Anthony / facebook In May 1916, in Waco, Texas, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder and rape during a one-hour trial in which his feckless attorney offered no defense. The courtroom had already done its work and named him guilty after deliberating for only four minutes. But Washington’s conviction and death sentence…
Bill Gates was brought to Capitol Hill to discuss a matter that occurred during his marriage to his ex-wife, Melania Gates. The Microsoft co-founder and Melinda got married in 1994 and divorced in 2021 after a bombshell accusation. The former couple shares three adult children — Jennifer, Rory, and Phoebe. They were each raised with…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 20: (L-R) Javoris “Jay” Hollingsworth, Graceyn Hollingsworth, and Arlene Gordon-Hollingsworth, winners of Outstanding Children’s Program and Outstanding Animated Series for “Gracie’s Corner” attend the NAACP Image Awards Nominees Reception on February 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for NAACP)Photo by: Leon Bennett / Getty Images…
Donald Trump is not afraid to use so-called “alternative facts” to exaggerate, and in some cases, outright fabricate information to suit his needs. His routine visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a check-up is clouded in controversy. According to the doctor who examined Trump, he is in “excellent health” despite visual…
Source: Anadolu / Getty Vance Boelter, the man accused of fatally shooting Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, has pleaded guilty to their killings. NBC News reports that Boelter, 58, initially pleaded not guilty, but decided to change his plea after prosecutors said they wouldn’t pursue the death penalty. Boelter appeared in…
Source: Ethan Miller / Getty History does not always announce itself loudly. Sometimes it arrives through a primary win in the Nevada heat on a Tuesday night in June, with a man standing at a victory party making a promise to the working-class voters who put him there. Aaron Ford just won the Democratic nomination…
