Carrying a huge Howard Beach banner, Black protesters chanting anti-racist slogans march during a day long demonstration of “outrage” against the Howard Beach racial attack on Jan. 21, 1988. | Source: Bettmann / Getty UPDATED: 9:00 a.m., Dec. 20, 2021 Monday marks the 35th year since a group of young white male thugs violently confronted…
OPINION: The current uproar over CRT is just another remix of the same song of white supremacy in public education. Credit: Stock image/Getty Images Dear Black parents, You have tirelessly sacrificed to make quality educational opportunities more available to all children. You have resolutely stayed the course—envisioning educational opportunities for your own children that you…
Several organizations, including the Maryland chapter of the NAACP, are calling for male staff members at Howard County High School in the Baltimore suburb of Ellicott City to be criminally charged after disturbing video footage showing school officials restraining and striking the student in the head. In a statement to WUSA9 earlier this month, Howard…
“Today” show anchor Al Roker and his wife ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts shared with the world last week that their 19-year-old son Nick Roker would be going to college. Nick, who has special needs, is on the autism spectrum and suffered from developmental delays, including speaking and walking as a toddler. Since then, Nick has accomplished…
Alexis Skyy is over the cosmetic enhancement rumors about her body. The Instagram model took to IG to put an end to all the gossip her fans and haters have created about her body. Since she actually has had work done and took some years to come clean about it, many people have come up…
Harris will replace suspended judge Michelle Odinet Judge Vanessa Harris has been appointed to the Louisiana Supreme Court to replace suspended Judge Michelle Odinet in wake of her racist video which surfaced in mid-December. Judge Harris, who is the first African American judge ever appointed to Lafayette City Court, will serve as judge pro tempore…
Future was feeling himself on Friday night. The rapper took to Twitter making a few hefty disputable claims. He used the social media platform to do what many rappers do in their music, which is brag about how successful they are as an artist. While there is nothing disreputable about that, what made some of…
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Rep. Ayanna Pressley joined the chorus challenging Sen. Joe Manchin’s sudden about-face claiming he will not vote in favor of the Build Back Better Act. In a Sunday morning interview on Fox News, the West Virginia senator claimed he could not support the legislation, which has been the subject of…
Warren was at the U.S. Capitol this week along with other Senators U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday that she’s tested positive for COVID-19 as the country deals with another surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant of the virus. I regularly test for COVID & while I tested negative earlier this…
A Black scholar who made history last year as one of the youngest people to receive a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston is continuing to break barriers at the institution. 18-year-old Salenah Cartier recently became the youngest person to earn a master’s degree from the Texas-based school. This fall she will graduate with…
