Source: Pressmaster / Getty The state of New York became the 14th state to legalize medical aid in dying for the terminally ill on Wednesday, after a decade-long fight between advocates for the new policy and those who have vehemently opposed it. According to Politico, the new law, titled the Medical Aid in Dying Act,…
Dominique Dillon. (Photo credit: Today/Adobe Stock Images) Dominique Dillon, a newscaster at Fox 13 Memphis who fell asleep on air, is bringing to light the sleep-deprivation crisis Black moms face. When Dominique Dillon began her work day recently as a newscaster for FOX 13 in Memphis at 2:30 AM, she was already running on very…
An Atlanta security guard says he’s thankful to be alive after a gunman shot him in the chest, inches from his heart. Gregory Thomas III, 27, was working security on Peachtree Street near Seventh Street in Midtown Atlanta on Thursday. Maro Lam, the manager of the Bachi Box across the street, said Thomas was hired…
President Donald Trump apparently has a “big issue” when sleeping away from the White House and his various residential properties. The 80-year-old lived an extremely opulent life before becoming president of the United States for the first time in 2017. He requires a certain level of treatment and attention that can become a recurring headache for his…
Source: N/A / Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department The body of a Black woman has been found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, which, for Black people across the nation, will likely trigger thoughts about Trey Reed, the Black man found hanging in the same state last year, and countless other cases involving Black people…
Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Mass layoffs and other economic pressures created under the Trump-Vance administration have left many Black households facing growing financial hardship and worsening job security, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED). The report, which was obtained by the Economic Policy Institute, shows that anxiety…
Source: Mario Tama / Getty Last year, California’s Eaton Fire killed 19 people and decimated the historically Black neighborhood of Altadena. A year and a half after the fire started, officials in California have finally identified the source of the fire. According to The New York Times, a report from the Los Angeles County Fire…
President Donald Trump found himself unable to let an old grievance go after realizing someone he believed had “treated him badly” was traveling aboard Air Force One with him. Within moments, the confrontation had taken on a life of its own as Trump found himself tangled in the very exchange he was trying to shut…
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock Images) The great sleepover debate was reignited this week after a mom claimed she refused to pick up her child from home who called home. Sleepovers have become one of the most hotly debated aspects of modern parenting. Scroll through social media at any given time, and you’ll find parents fiercely…
Source: NoSystem images / Getty If attending college is one of the best pathways to a career, and if the adage “dressing for the job you want, not the one you have” still holds true, then establishing a dress code at an HBCU shouldn’t be a big deal. We can’t preach the idea of needing…
