New York City’s nonvoting citizen law could strengthen the Black vote, an immigration advocate said. The new rule, which automatically became law last week, allows more than 800,000 immigrants to vote in local elections, and a fraction of them are Black, according to New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA). New Yorkers are…
Breahna Stines and her older sister were shot to death Sunday at Stines’ 20th birthday fest, along with two other victims. A woman celebrating her 20th birthday and her older sister are among four people killed Sunday in what police in Inglewood, California, are describing as a targeted ambush. Breahna Stines and Marneysha Hamilton, 25,…
OPINION: The comedy expertly and amusingly tackles the flaws of the American public school system. Being a schoolteacher isn’t for the faint of heart. There are long hours, limited wages, a perpetual lack of resources, the constant demand for supplies and the occasional vomit to be cleaned up from a queasy kindergartner. Still, some in…
Source: Robert Gauthier / Getty Critical race theory is once again the topic of discussion after a Florida school district canceled a lecture on civil rights history over concerns about critical race theory. The lecture didn’t have anything to do with CRT. J. Michael Butler, a history professor at Flagler College in St. Augustine, was…
In a ongoing pandemic, the gym isn’t for everyone—but you can still keep moving. Welcome to Catch (20)22, a series exploring how we all can maximize our new year while being sensitive to the current moment and gracious to ourselves. There are some who never skipped a beat with their workout regimens during the pandemic….
Elba could be edging closer to stepping into the role that over a half-dozen white actors helped iconize. For several years, the name Idris Elba has been floated as a possible replacement for Daniel Craig to portray James Bond, the iconic superspy made famous by British novelist Sir Ian Fleming‘s masterworks on page and over…
Samuel L. Jackson is setting some people straight about the time he met civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Over the weekend, the online world shared a meme of Dr. King playing pool with several men standing behind him to watch. The meme read, “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shooting Pool In 1966….
James Iannazzo is pictured as he menaces a group of minors working at Robeks smoothie shop in Fairfield, Connecticut. | Source: Twitter James Iannazzo, the “Karen’s husband” who was arrested after he got himself caught on a viral video launching into a violent and racist tirade directed at a group of teenage employees at Robeks…
Georgia Bureau of Investigation officers, who were tapped to detain two of the men sentenced to life in prison for the killing Ahmaud Arbery, say that they were both surprised about being arrested. The detectives also noted that despite having footage of the murder, getting a conviction would not be easy, but they were proud…
Dozens of Smith-Fields’ friends, family and members of the Bridgeport community rallied Sunday, calling for answers. The family of 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields is poised to sue the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, for what it describes as a lack of transparency and humanity from officials at the police department probing her death. A rally was held…
