New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams defended his office’s use of post-conviction relief to void convictions or revise sentences at a press conference on Aug. 19, 2024, in New Orleans, La. (AP Photo/Jack Brook) Over the past three years, District Attorney Jason Williams’ office has voided convictions or reduced sentences in several hundred cases via…
Source: Terence Rushin / Getty As the digital age continues to expand rapidly, so does the demand for digital skills. From education to job opportunities, technology is shaping nearly every aspect of life in the 21st century. But what does this mean in terms of digital equity in underserved communities? In today’s digital age, true…
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, March 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) The university has produced several luminaries, including Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and author Toni Morrison. If Harris wins in November, she will become the first graduate from an HBCU to serve as U.S. president. WASHINGTON (AP)…
Jada Pinkett Smith has made the most of the summer months despite retreating from the public after the hysteria her memoir “Worthy” caused last year. The book dropped major bombshells about the actress’s marriage to Will Smith — namely that, unbeknownst to the world, the couple had been separated since 2016. In a new Instagram…
Source: JOSHUA LOTT / Getty Welcome to the fourth episode of Witness to History, which this year looks at Ferguson, Missouri 10 years after a Black unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by a white former police officer, Darren Wilson, on Aug. 9, 2014. We return to Ferguson to remember the life of…
A viral TikTok video left numerous viewers baffled by one man’s attempt to talk a young woman out of her place in line for an electric car charging station by alleging that he was in line first but then left and came back. The video, posted by TikTok user Desi Alexandria, shows the minor dispute…
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Samuel Corum / Getty In one of the most recent examples of why critics describe the MAGA movement in terms of it being a cult, a man who was arrested and indicted after…
Shaunie Henderson is taking proactive damage control measures after silencing that naysayers on social media as she and her husband, Pastor Keion Henderson, return to in-person services at The Lighthouse Church. Keion sparked backlash and criticism after going viral with his appeals to his congregation. He asked “2,100 people to donate $2,100 each” to help…
Days after rapper T.I. disclosed that his son King Harris is set to become a first-time father, the woman rumored to be the child’s mother has made her presence known on social media. The woman kicked things off by posting a series of clips on her Instagram Story, including one where she poses in a…
Stephen “Steph” Curry has agreed to a contract extension through the 2026-27 season with the Golden State Warriors for a reported $62.6 million. But it seems the NBA superstar’s wife, Ayesha Curry, had a moment of panic that the family might be leaving the San Francisco Bay Area. Emily Chang, host of Bloomberg Originals’ “The…
