(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) A new study published this week found that hair extensions, braiding hair, and wigs contain more than 160 harmful chemicals. A year after it was found that synthetic braiding hair was filled with carcinogens, new research suggests there is even more to be concerned about. A study published Wednesday (Feb. 11)…
(Photo: Getty Images) Trump has issued many pardons since returning to the White House, including baseball legend Darryl Strawberry, rapper NBA YoungBoy, and Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover. Several former NFL players have been pardoned by President Donald Trump, Alice Marie Johnson, the president’s pardon czar, announced. “Today, the President granted pardons to five former…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Of all the times President Donald Trump has been openly bigoted and disparaging of entire ethnic groups, he probably never expected that a simple AI-generated image of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes would be the thing he was compelled to spend a whole week explaining away as…
Robin Rue Simmons, alderwoman of Evanston’s 5th Ward, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her mother, aunt and grandmother in her home in Evanston, Illinois. The fourth generation Black resident spearheaded the Evanston reparations effort after studying racial disparity data, which shows the average income of Black families in Evanston is $46,000 less…
(Photo credit: Warner Bros.) “Wuthering Heights” hit theaters just in time for Valentine’s Day, but some can’t help but wonder if the film is whitewashing Heathcliff. “Wuthering Heights” has arrived in theaters just in time for Valentine’s Day, offering something a little darker for the real literary lovers among us. But alongside the excitement surrounding…
A flag flies atop the White House November 15, 2000 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Newsmakers) Both enslaved and free Black Americans played a critical role in the human labor that erected the White House in 1792. While it is not often discussed these days, it is a historical fact that Black Americans quite…
President Donald Trump found himself blindsided yet again Thursday when a fresh Epstein-related reveal surfaced in public view — the kind he has spent months trying to sidestep. The moment unfolded in real time during a Roosevelt Room press conference, where Trump was confronted with news involving one of his own Cabinet officials. U.S. President…
When President Donald Trump locked in a second term in 2024 and handed the keys to the Department of Health and Human Services to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plenty of Americans did a collective double take. No one thought an environmental lawyer with no medical degree and a long record of vaccine skepticism could oversee…
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Stephen A. Smith speaks at SiriusXM on Radio Row at Super Bowl LX on February 05, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM) The longtime ESPN personality has often discussed running for President but has remained hesitant about becoming a politician. Stephen A. Smith…
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – OCTOBER 29: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin Mandela Barnes speaks at a rally on October 29, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) After his very close 2022 U.S. Senate defeat, the former Wisconsin lieutenant governor returned to his roots of organizing, setting up what he hopes is…
