Source: MmeEmil / Getty On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that it had taken a step towards the decriminalization of marijuana. Actually, scratch that—the Justice Department announced Tuesday that it had recommended taking a small step toward the decriminalization of marijuana that would fall short of total decriminalization and would fall even shorter from what…
At 31, Oprah Winfrey was just launching her media career. The former beauty pageant winner, who had gained 42 to 50 lbs. over time, had recently relocated from Maryland to Illinois to begin hosting the “AM Chicago” morning show at the time. In promotion for her new show, she was invited for the first time…
Source: Canton Ohio Police bodycam An Ohio police officer involved in the violent arrest of an unarmed Black man who said “I can’t breathe” before dying added insult to literal injury during the incident that’s being compared to George Floyd’s police murder, according to civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Bodycam footage from an April 18…
The Chicago Teamsters union has agreed to accept an $8.7 million settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed 14 years ago against the global shipping company DHL Express, highlighting racist practices reminiscent of the Jim Crow era. The Teamsters announced the settlement in a statement on April 24. The federal legal action, brought with the help…
Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty We learned about the richest Black man in the world, reportedly Aliko Dangote, hailing from Kano State, Nigeria, but who are the richest Black women that rule supreme among the wealthy elite? Here’s what we know about the Black women of the billionaire world. Oprah Winfrey Talk show…
A viral video shows a 70-year-old woman lying under a UPS truck to protest how her package was delivered. The bizarre footage was posted by @public.freakout on TikTok. It shows the woman lying in the street while speaking with a 911 dispatcher. “I’m under his truck…and I will not let him leave,” the woman told the operator. The video shows…
Source: ullstein bild / Getty Amid an apparent ongoing spate of white vigilantes possibly motivated by racism, a Black father and his toddler son were held at gunpoint last weekend in Michigan after a homeowner expressed anger over yardwork that was not being done on his property. Breyon Woods told Click On Detroit that he…
“The Way We Were” singer Barbra Streisand learned an important lesson about DMs after going viral for her alarming reaction to a post by “Bridesmaids” actress Melissa McCarthy. McCarthy, 53, shared several pictures of her slimmed-down physique on Instagram on April 29, and 82-year-old Streisand boldly asked her in the comment section if she was…
Sarah Jakes Roberts describes her viral wig-snatching moment in the pulpit as a blessing in disguise. Last May, the religious pastor and businesswoman stunned her flock with the way she handled a hair mishap during a sermon. While in the midst of delivering an impassioned message about God’s purpose, Sarah’s wig began to slide to…
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers championship hopes came to an abrupt end on April 29. But the 108-106 loss in Game 5 of the first-round playoff series was overshadowed by a verbal back-and-forth between James and a courtside heckler. Multiple social media videos of the exchange surfaced showing a frustrated James. “They [the…
