(Adobe Stock Images) Thousands of people — many of them Black — at Holmesburg Prison were exposed to painful skin tests, anesthesia-free surgery, harmful radiation and mind-altering drugs for research. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated…
Once upon a time, mere allegations of Nazi admiration, multiple incidents of plagiarism and model groping — in front of a convicted sex offender — would have been enough to upend a presidential campaign, if not destroy it. In 2016, Hillary Clinton believed Wikileaks’ release of her private emails played a major role in her…
Source: Gilles Petard / Getty Netflix premiered a masterpiece this week–a historic Black film, kept from us for 50 years: Save The Children: A Concert for the Ages. Its release continues the recent unearthing of historic, 20th-century Black cultural events presented as documentary films, most notably, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Oscar-winning 2021 film Summer of Soul about…
Jenna Bush Hager, one of the fraternal twins of former United States President George W. Bush has found herself in the hot seat after an ongoing joke about her young child led to backlash online. On the Tuesday episode of NBC’s “Today with Hoda & Jenna” weekday morning program, she and co-host Hoda Kotb had…
(Photo credit: Screenshot from YouTube/Pizza Reviews On The Go!) DC eatery &Pizza’s powdered “Marion Berry Knots” were pulled from the menu after the community spoke out in protest. A popular pizza chain in the Washington, D.C. area is facing backlash after launching a new dessert item earlier this week themed around former D.C. Mayor the…
(Left to right) Keke Palmer and SZA are co-stars in upcoming Issa Rae-produced film “One of Them Days.” (Photos: Getty Images) “One of Them Days” produced by Issa Rae, features a star-studded cast including SZA, Keke Palmer, Katt Williams, Lil Rel Howery and Janelle James. Keke Palmer and SZA are co-stars in Sony Pictures’ upcoming…
Source: x / x Authorities are investigating a police school resource officer (SRO) in Akron, Ohio, after he was caught on camera repeatedly punching a 16-year-old high school Black student in the head. According to News 5 Cleveland, the incident began when the school principal tasked the SROs to help find the boy, who…
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena, in Erie, Pa., Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Her campaign says Harris will give a speech at the Ellipse on Tuesday — one week before Election Day — and will urge the nation to “turn…
Sean “Diddy” Combs has experienced a shocking fall from grace over the past 12 months. The 54-year-old music mogul went from accepting Lifetime Achievement Awards to facing a federal racketeering and sex trafficking case. Like Diddy, former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries has also been accused of sex trafficking. Unlike Diddy, the 80-year-old businessman…
A demonstrator holds a sign at the Glynn County Courthouse in Oct. 2021 as jury selection began in the trial of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia. (Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Attorneys for Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their former neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan began making a range of arguments…
