(Photo: Getty Images) Advocates say the Trump administration’s latest move sends a global message to world leaders and threatens the momentum for global reparations. While it likely went unnoticed by many living in the United States, the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent is alarming advocates and…
President Donald Trump is used to turning the tables on reporters. But this time, the exchange didn’t go the way he planned — and the tension only kept climbing. What began as a familiar back-and-forth with the press aboard Air Force One quickly shifted into something more heated, as Trump bristled at a line of…
Tina Knowles attends the 2025 Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater on March 29, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Tina Knowles sat in for Vanderbilt’s “Beyoncé: Epic Artist, Feminist Icon” and offered her perspective on country music, Texas, and more. A Vanderbilt course focused on Beyoncé recently welcomed one special…
Source: PAUL J. RICHARDS / Getty On Friday, Virginia lawmakers approved a redistricting plan that could net Democrats four seats in the House. According to the Washington Post, the proposed constitutional amendment would temporarily shift control of the state’s maps from an independent, bipartisan committee to the Grand Assembly until 2030. Virginia Democrats said the…
Beyonce attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) As 2016 trends on social media, we take a walk down memory lane at the year that defined a lot in Black culture. Rihanna’s “Anti” is bumping — or maybe…
An Amazon delivery person shared a frustrating encounter with a “Karen” in a condo tower, telling the busybody, “You’re going viral.” His prediction came true. An Amazon delivery driver filmed a woman he claims was hovering over him while he worked. (Photo: TikTok/melantedking424) A man who goes by Melanated King on social media likely had…
Screenshot/11 Alive 65-year-old Robert John Blake was booked on misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges. A white man who went on a racist rant outside of a Social Security office in Norcross, Georgia, earlier this week, has been arrested. 65-year-old Robert John Blake was booked on misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges after he was caught arguing with a…
Arkansas to set a first-of-its-kind ban on all outside books from prisons, (Photo: Adobe stock) Starting Feb. 1, the policy bans families, publishers, and faith groups from sending reading material to incarcerated people in Arkansas. Arkansas is poised to impose what advocates say is the most extreme restriction in the nation on access to reading…
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 14: Ludacris performs onstage during the 2025 Beloved Benefit presented by The Same House at Woodruff Arts Center on August 14, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for The Same House) The festival, launched in 2024, features several conservative-leaning acts and has drawn swift backlash from fans of…
Family members of a man who police say died after jumping out of a moving vehicle into traffic are contesting the report and demanding a fuller investigation into the incident, as well as an arrest. Police in Gainesville, Florida, say they were called to an area near a highway overpass on Dec. 27 to respond…
