Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty On Thursday, Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, will be honored with the highest accolade — the Champion Award — for his effort to combat the tobacco industry’s predatory marketing tactics targeting Black Americans and children. Created by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — a nonprofit organization…
A 24-year-old white South Carolina man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being found guilty of murder in the ambush-style shooting of his Black ex-girlfriend in 2021. Justin Cole Carroll was sent away by Judge Robert Bonds after a Colleton County jury convicted him for killing Donasia Alexus Holloway more than three years…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a controversial bill into law that critics say would make it “more difficult” for voters to cast ballots, including and especially for the upcoming presidential election in November. The passage of Senate Bill (SB) 189 means in part that people without a permanent…
Pastor Keion Henderson has a word for people who were outraged that he told a woman to “hush” during worship. The Lighthouse Church founder has been at the center of viral debate after a video surfaced of him snapping his finger and declaring a parishioner to be quiet amid her ongoing wails. “Shh, hey, stop…
Charlie Kirk speaks at a conservative rally in Clearwater, Florida, on November 5, 2022. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA—which should have been named something more fitting like “The Young, White and Aggrieved Suppupport Group for Incels and Kyle Rittenhouse Fanboys“—is predictably rushing to the defense…
A video of a white woman taunting a Black man sitting in his car outside of a Seattle McDonald’s has gone viral on social media, with hundreds of viewers questioning the woman’s behavior. “I’m so ready to ‘Fight Club’ this sh—,” the woman says in the video to the man behind the camera. It’s one…
Rickey Smiley wants to be a present and male figure in the lives of Brian McKnight’s estranged biological children. For the past year, the “Back at One” singer has faced relentless backlash for openly speaking about cutting off communication with his sons, Brian Jr. and Niko, as well as his daughter, Briana. Brian Sr. shares…
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty On Wednesday, House Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, and Yvette Clarke will host a press conference on Capitol Hill addressing the growing crises in Haiti. MORE: Explaining The Unrest In Haiti: Gangs Raid Prisons And Try To Seize Control Of Major Airport In March, groups of heavily…
The Atlanta City Council has approved a $3.8 million legal settlement with the family of an elderly church deacon who died in police custody last year following a minor car crash. A federal lawsuit filed in January accused the city of Atlanta, Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, and former Officer Kiran Kimbrough of violating Johnny Hollman’s…
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pictured at the Northeast Bronx YMCA on June 6, 2022, in New York City. | Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Here’s the problem: There are a lot of white people, probably most, who simply don’t know anything about Black people. Maybe this is because white people still, by a fairly…
