(Photo: Getty Images) “DC and Puerto Rico aren’t asking for special treatment. We’re demanding what should have never been denied: full representation and equal footing in our own democracy.” President Donald Trump slammed the prospect of making Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico U.S. states, claiming that doing so would result in the country being dominated…
attends Barneys New York And Disney Electric Holiday Window Unveiling Hosted By Sarah Jessica Parker, Bob Iger, And Mark Lee on November 14, 2012 in New York City. The brand’s founder will remain with the company as Chief Creative Officer, as a Florida judge stated she was pleased to see McGrath continue the legacy of…
Source: Anadolu / Getty FBI Director Kash Patel’s agenda to sue his way out of allegations that he’s a drunken, absentee bureau leader isn’t going well so far, as a federal judge in Houston has dismissed a defamation lawsuit Patel filed against a former FBI official, who said he spent more time in the club…
A New York City councilman was thrown to the ground and arrested while he was protesting an elderly constituent’s eviction from her home, resulting from deed theft. Video footage shows the moments NYPD officers forcefully wrestle Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé to the ground and handcuff him on April 22. Video footage showed Brooklyn councilmember…
After unleashing a barrage of racist insults on an Instagram video where she repeatedly used the N-word and referred to Black people as “chimps,” Houston police officer Ashley Gonzalez said she felt at “peace” with herself. But she is probably having second thoughts now that she has been relieved of duty from the Houston Police…
Source: Anadolu / Getty Exactly one year after civil rights groups publicly declared their commitment to defending against the Trump administration’s anti-civil rights agenda, the empire struck back with politically motivated charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center. News of the Department of Justice filing charges against SPLC follows a pattern and practice of revisionist…
The husband of Kimora Lee Simmons, Tim Leissner, is currently in a Pennsylvania federal prison after he admitted to being guilty of money laundering and bribery, but that reportedly didn’t stop him from filing for divorce. Simmons married the former Goldman Sachs executive back in 2014, and the couple shares an 11-year-old son, Wolfe. They have…
Source: Anadolu / Getty Here’s a question: If the Trump administration isn’t a white supremacist organization, then how come President Donald Trump’s thoroughly subjugated Department of Justice is prosecuting one of the nation’s most well-known civil rights organizations for using paid informants to infiltrate white supremacist organizations? According to the New York Times, on Tuesday,…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty New York City Council Member Chi Ossé was arrested on Wednesday while attending an anti-eviction protest. According to Politico, Ossé, an ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and son of late hip-hop journalist Combat Jack, and the rest of the protesters were blocking city marshals from entering a Bedford-Stuyvesant property…
Source: Artit_Wongpradu / Getty Reading has long served as a portal to information, culture, and imagination, offering access to worlds that educate, challenge, and inspire. Through books, readers can explore histories, identities, and perspectives far beyond their own. Yet this fundamental right and joy is increasingly under threat as book bans continue to rise across…
