“I dropped on my knees and started to pray to God and said, ‘Please help me. Please help us,’” said Tysena Jacobs. It started as just another January morning, the damp chill prompting a family on the third floor of a drafty Bronx apartment tower to run a space heater for extra warmth, as residents…
After a four-alarm fire consumed an apartment building in Fordham Heights, tragically claiming the lives of 17 people, generous members of a tight-knit Islamic community raised more than half a million dollars for the victims of the blaze. The city’s newly elected mayor further promised to help those impacted by the tragedy and promised to…
Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history Confetti rained down on Georgia. The Bulldogs fans chanted “Kir-by, Kir-by!” Four decades of pent-up emotion were unleashed Monday night as the Bulldogs snapped a frustrating national championship drought by vanquishing their nemesis. Stetson Bennett…
EXCLUSIVE: The trailer of the documentary that examines police brutality against Black men and women dropped Tuesday Ahead of this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a new documentary on police brutality will stream to Peacock. Produced by Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, Use of Force: The Policing of Black America premieres on the…
“Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The first coin in the American Women Quarters Program has been shipped, and it features poet and activist Dr. Maya Angelou. “It is my honor to present our Nation’s first circulating coins dedicated to…
Two of the victim’s siblings have been accused of concealing the body of Damari Perry. Family members of a 6-year-old North Chicago boy who went missing last week are being charged after the child’s body was found in an alley over the weekend. The body of Damari Perry was recovered on Saturday near an abandoned…
Source: Lindsay Brice / Getty This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots. A Black motorist, Rodney King was beaten by police in March 1991. The incident was recorded on a VHS tape-recorder by George Holliday from his apartment balcony. King was struck by police batons over 50 times. As a result,…
The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in North Carolina over the weekend has retained the legal services of civil rights attorney Ben Crump as they demand justice for the shooting that took place under questionable circumstances. Eyewitnesses say Jason Walker, 37, was crossing a…
Some 42% of unvaccinated Americans reported that they “don’t trust the COVID-19 vaccine,” a recent survey shows. On her MSNBC program, The ReidOut, host Joy Reid and several doctors tried to convince a guest to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “About 15% of all U.S. adults remain unflinchingly unvaccinated,” Reid said. “Who are those people, and…
The Will Smith-backed “Bel-Air” re-imagining dropped a full-length trailer that appears to have piqued the interest of fans who were previously skeptical of what the update on the classic had to offer. Smith shared a first look at the grittier reimagining of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” on his Instagram page on Monday, Jan. 10,…
