D’Vontaye Mitchell’s family protests on Monday, Aug. 5, outside the district attorney’s office. (Photo credit: Screenshot/YouTube.com/FOX6 News Milwaukee) D’Vontaye Mitchell died on June 30, 2024, after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards in Milwaukee. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man in June by pinning him to the…
In this July 26, 2020, file photo, people gathered near the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett, File) The new law, which has an Oct. 1 effective date, cannot be used to block people from voting in the upcoming election because the Alabama Constitution prohibits new election laws from taking effect within six…
Power forward LeBron James has been at the top of his game since he entered the NBA in 2003 as the #1 draft pick at the age of 18. Like many of his peers — Chiney Ogwumike, Nikola Jokic, Josh Hart, and Chris Paul — he married his high school sweetheart, in his case Savannah…
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama attend an April 2022 event to mark the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House. With then-Vice President Joe Biden by his side, Obama signed “Obamacare” into law on March 23, 2010. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Besides…
From left: Antjuan Seawright, Florida State Sen. Shevrin Jones, Nevada AG Aaron Ford, Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist and Trey Baker Senior Advisor to the Harris-Walz Campaign. | Source: Bilal Moris / iOne Digital Black men and their participation in the upcoming presidential election were among the issues taking center stage during the first day…
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty The 2024 season of Urban One’s iOne Digital podcast series, Witness to History, proudly opens with Dr. Cornel West, our treasured scholar and theologian, philosopher and presidential candidate. This year’s series, Ferguson 10, returns us to Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb where a movement was sparked within the hard…
A Black family vacationing in the Bay Area of California last week said their trip took an ugly turn after their visit to a restaurant ended with a racial slur being typed on their receipt. Whitney Washington told KTVU that she and her family were the only Black customers at the Pica Pica Arepa Kitchen…
Donald Trump at a news conference on Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty In today’s episode of Donald Trump’s Mental Decline Is Declining, the former president, on Saturday, asked his audience of MAGA rubes in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, “Why are we having an election?” As usual, it’s hard to…
The Democratic National Convention kicked off its first night with a tribute to one of the most iconic civil rights leaders of our time, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. After a heartfelt video highlighting Jackson’s extraordinary life, the 82-year-old, who was the second Black person to run for president on the Democratic ticket, appeared spot-lit in…
Phil Donahue, the “King of Daytime Talk,” passed away at the age of 88 Sunday night while surrounded by family, including his wife, actress Marlo Thomas. Since news about the famed talk show hosts’ passing reached headlines, many of his most popular moments have resurfaced on various social media platforms — one being from his…
