A Black woman in North Georgia has seen her new career as an elected official get off to a rocky start after her attempt to go to the local sheriff’s office for help led to her arrest. Almost a month after Commerce City Councilwoman Roshuanda Merritt was sworn into office, she was arrested on felony charges…
A chance encounter at a gym in Miami led celebrity fitness trainer and influencer George Bamfo Jr. on a path beyond his wildest dreams. During the pandemic, he grew his follower count on Instagram from just over 20,000 to nearly 1.9 million simply by sharing unorthodox videos of his intense routines and impactful workouts. Fitness…
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty When white conservatives and Black conservatives sit down together, you can be sure of two things: the white guy will be racist and the Black guy will serve as a tap-dancing legitimizer for that racism. Recently, professional mediocre white man Charlie Kirk, founder of white nationalist propaganda mill Turning Point…
The case surrounding a Black student who was suspended from his school in Texas last year because he refused to cut his locs began with ongoing discipline, escalated to a full civil rights lawsuit, and now, it’s drawn the personal reflections from the district superintendent himself. Barbers Hill Independent School District Superintendent Greg Poole wrote…
Source: krisanapong detraphiphat / Getty A white New Jersey mayor ordered police to remove a Black man from a municipal building because of concerns over violence and “feeling unsafe,” according to a lawsuit filed last week. Spotswood Mayor Jackie Palmer is seen and heard on video footage recorded during the incident in 2022 via police…
A Virginia landlord is facing federal charges on allegations of defrauding the government and his tenants while also subjecting them to discriminatory behavior. David Merryman, owner of 60 properties in Newport News and Hampton, is also accused of using threats, racially offensive language, and physical force against them. His indictment includes four tenants, a businessman,…
Social media is calling out one of the country’s biggest Colombian-American entertainers for not acknowledging that an Afro-Latino was nominated for an Oscar in a major category. Tony Award-winning actor John Leguizamo has been outspoken about the Academy Awards and Emmys’ lack of diversity. In the past, he has tweeted and publicly protested the annual…
Source: rruntsch / Getty Tennessee election officials confirmed on Tuesday they will be moving forward with a mandate that requires convicted felons to get their gun rights restored before they can become eligible to vote, clamping down harder on the state’s voting rights restoration policy. According to AP, last summer, election officials interpreted a Supreme…
An online pastor in Colorado who claims he was following God’s guidance faces charges of civil fraud in the alleged sale of $3.2 million in bogus cryptocurrency that state regulators say is “practically worthless” to those who fell for the scheme. A legal complaint filed last week by Colorado’s securities commissioner accuses Eligio Regalado and…
Source: Lincoln University – Missouri/Facebook If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal ideations and need someone to talk to, please click here for support. A social media campaign is calling for the firing of the president of a historically Black university (HBCU) in Missouri whose alleged bullying preceded a school administrator dying…
