Source: RiverNorthPhotography / Getty Jessica English, a trailblazing Black construction worker from Detroit, is making history in her hometown. As reported in the Michigan Chronicle on Jan. 27, English, the Capital Construction Project Manager, has been tapped to lead the Detroit People Mover’s rail replacement project, a transformative public transit upgrade set to cost…
In a fiery Instagram Live monologue posted Tuesday afternoon, Democratic congresswoman Jasmine Crockett spoke out about the federal spending freeze ordered, then sort of rescinded, by President Donald Trump, saying the country is fast approaching “a point of no return.” “This is a white supremacy agenda that was laid out in Project 2025,” Crockett told…
Rapper Snoop Dogg is seemingly brushing off the dramatic exodus of his fans turning against him following his controversial Trump pre-inauguration performance last week. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Snoop posted a staged photo of himself reading, even as his follower count on social media has plummeted by more than half a million in the aftermath. The…
Student Samaya Robinson, 17, holds a sign in protest of the district’s ban on the critical race theory curriculum at Great Oak High School in Temecula on Dec. 16, 2022. | Source: MediaNews Group/The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images / Getty When President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, and he immediately…
The Target logo is displayed at a Target store on August 20, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Several Black founders and brand owners are speaking out amid calls for a boycott of major retailers rolling back DEI. This week Target joined the list of stores scaling back (or doing away…
Months after an assistant principal was attacked and blinded in one eye by a student at a Texas middle school, a teacher’s aide at the same school injured her wrist after another middle schooler threw a chair at her. The Corsicana Independent School District confirmed the incident happened at Collins Intermediate School on Jan. 21….
Source: LeoPatrizi / Getty The police killing of George Floyd in 2020 in the United States was an appalling act involving a group of officers who did not place much, if any, value on the life of a Black man. In the agonizing nine minutes before he died under the knee of Derek Chauvin, Floyd…
It’s been over three decades since actress Bridget Fonda’s lead role in “Single White Female.” She starred in several films and projects before taking a step back from Hollywood in the early 2000s. But after recent photos of her circulating online, fans have noticed she doesn’t quite look the same. Fonda was captured in photos…
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Some advocates worry President Donald Trump’s orders could further jeopardize readiness for Black students in the classroom….
The family of a Black Rwandan American student who faced racial slurs and persistent racial harassment at his Woodstock, Vermont middle school won a $175,000 settlement to resolve his case against the school district, which failed to intervene on his behalf, according to the investigation report of the Vermont Human Rights Commission. It’s the largest…
