A descendant of the first Black family to own a home in affluent Piedmont, California, is suing the city for forcing her great-grandfather to sell his home and inducing the family to flee nearly a century ago amid threats of mob violence by white residents. Sidney Dearing and his family were driven from their home…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 11: (L-R) Omar Benson Miller, Mario Van Peebles, Wood Harris and Taye Diggs attend Lexus UPTOWN Honors Hollywood at Sunset Room Hollywood on March 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Lexus Uptown Honors Hollywood) Mario Van Peebles, known for roles in “New Jack City,”…
Donald Trump and Melania Trump are no strangers to public attention, and even the smallest moments during their travels tend to attract a second look. The president, 79, and the first lady, 55, have often been spotted during moments of tension at airports, public events, and even while dining with family at Mar-a-Lago. The expression…
When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services in his second term, critics didn’t just blink — they winced. In a string of recent podcast appearances, Kennedy has been making the rounds with unusually loose, freewheeling conversations — sharing blunt takes and behind-the-scenes details that…
A county supervisor in a small town in Iowa had to answer for why he casually used a racial slur in a public meeting. Steve Wanders, a county supervisor in Mahaska County, arbitrarily used an anti-Black slur as he was discussing the HVAC system at a county-owned building during a March 4 public meeting, The…
Donald Trump has a way of tossing off a joke or an odd remark, and then watching it ricochet across the internet as a viral meme. This time, the rebound came with skates on after a woman got emotional while standing next to Trump. For weeks, critics waited for someone to clap back at the…
President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is under fire and facing a furious backlash after posting a link to an incredulous White House press release honoring freedom fighter and famous Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman. On the 116th anniversary of Tubman’s death on March 10, 1913, the White House posted a glowing testament on…
Source: Scott Olson / Getty Not that we needed any more evidence that the Trump administration is overseeing the most woefully incompetent federal government in recent history — it appears to be launching supposedly accidental missile strikes on Iranian elementary children, after all — but deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, and state…
Donald Trump has built his entire political brand on loyalty. Cross him, insult his circle, question his power, and the retaliation is usually swift, public, and merciless. At times, he can be super protective of his three sons, Donald Jr., Eric, and the youngest, Barron Trump, or throw them under the bus for what he gets…
Source: halbergman / Getty I was today years old when I found out the state of Washington has no income tax whatsoever. As you can imagine, that doesn’t help when it’s trying to balance the budget. In an effort to manage the state’s growing deficit, the state legislature has passed a bill imposing what’s been…
