President Donald Trump is known for struggling to walk during public appearances. Critics often point to his stiff posture, awkward movements, and uneven gait during televised events. Videos of Trump slowly walking down ramps, drifting beside world leaders, or appearing off balance regularly go viral online. U.S. President Donald Trump walks to his motorcade as…
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) This year’s survey, conducted by Black Futures Lab, seeks to understand the vision Black communities have for themselves, even when present-day circumstances make them seem out of reach. The Black Census Project, a periodic mass-scale survey capturing the opinions of Black Americans to drive better policy outcomes, is taking on…
University of Tennessee Southern and several businesses are responding after a group of college students filmed a video of themselves shouting a racial slur. The video, originally posted on Facebook and later shared on X, shows three young women in bathing suits holding beer cans. The girls are heard shouting “n—-r” before clinking their drinks…
President Donald Trump and his two oldest sons, Don Jr. and Eric Trump, are facing a growing MAGA backlash over their mobile phone company and months of delays in sending customers their pre-ordered devices. The Trumps launched Trump Mobile last June and took in $100 deposits from some 600,000 people for the phones, according to…
Source: Araya Doheny / Getty In writer-director Aleshea Harris’s film, Is God Is, twin sisters have been sent by their dying mother to kill the father who tried to burn their mother alive. “This is destiny shit,” says Racine of the crusade their dying mother has handed them. The mission to find their father, whom…
President Donald Trump’s social media team is looking to ride the wave of Aubrey Drake Graham dropping his latest, highly anticipated collection of music, but the trend-hopping move did not land with many hip-hop fans. Drake, 39, released three full-length projects on May 15. The Canadian rap superstar gifted his loyal followers with the 18-track…
FOREVER. (L to R) Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in Episode 101 of Forever. Cr. ELIZABETH MORRIS/Netflix © 2024 OPINION: As Black students continue facing racism and exclusion in predominantly white schools, one mother explains why her family is choosing Black public education instead. Editor’s note: The following…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 05: LaMonica McIver speaks onstage at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE) New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver shares she is expecting her child as she faces…
The ambitious preliminary racial equity plan for New York City, released by Mayor Zohran Mamdani on April 6, legally mandated by a public referendum in 2022, is midway through a monthlong public comment period. But the Trump administration’s Department of Justice already has the plan in its anti-DEI crosshairs. Within hours of its release, Harmeet…
Source: Amazon MGM Studios / Amazon MGM Studios “You ever want to scrape your scars off and see what’s underneath?” It’s a natural question for anyone who has carried trauma in their body and wants to know: What is left underneath all the harm that has been done to me? Who would I be without…
