Footage shows Clifford Owensby telling officers numerous times that he’s disabled during a traffic stop Two police officers in Dayton, Ohio, are being scrutinized after they pulled a paraplegic man from his vehicle during a traffic stop.  Body camera footage as well as cellphone footage from a bystander shows Clifford Owensby being dragged out of…

“You think it can’t be true,” says Gurnah. “It literally took my breath away.” U.K.-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose experience of crossing continents and cultures has nurtured his novels about the impact of migration on individuals and societies, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of…

Let’s start by discussing how we got here. Black people have, for years, and long before it became a social media trend, been calling racist and entitled white women—who can’t stop minding Black people’s business and using the police as their personal negro nuisance removers—typical white woman names like “Karen,” “Carol” and “Susan.” “Karen” is…

Mariah Carey is upset with ex-husband Nick Cannon after the comedian bought their twins, Moroccan and Monroe Cannon, a certain birthday gift she told him not to. Cannon explained in Thursday’s preview clip of his show “Nick Cannon” that he bought his two eldest children cellphones to celebrate them turning 10. The twins, whom he…

“Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran has issued an apology after joking about Whoopi Goldberg’s weight during a recent appearance on “The View.”  The awkward moment occurred while the hosts of the reality competition show were promoting their upcoming season with guest panelist Emma Grede, the co-founder and CEO of Good American denim; it’s important to…

A protester holds a sign with a photo of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Mario Tama / Getty A Florida man who threatened to kill a lawyer for representing Derek Chauvin during the former Minneapolis cop’s…

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm break down Biden’s agenda and explain how climate and infrastructure impact Black people most. The Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan for human infrastructure will greatly improve Black Americans’ quality of life and redress a fundamental issue in public policy, Biden…

Thanks, but no thanks. Stacey Abrams doesn’t appear to need any assistance from former President Donald J. Trump who seemingly endorsed the voting rights activist and strategist for governor of Georgia. The rare endorsement came during a rally in Perry, Georgia, last month when the two-time impeached former sitting president further pushed onto attendees his…

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state Representative from Georgia, speaks during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. | Source: Bloomberg / Getty Vernon Jones, the former Democratic Georgia state Rep. and current MAGA-fied negro Trump stump, would be the perfect case study on…