Source: boonchai wedmakawand / Getty Owners and operators of a construction site in Clarksville, Tennessee, are finding out the hard way that Black workers are not putting up with the racist work environments many of them are used to being able to maintain with white supremacist impunity. The company is now facing a lawsuit accusing…
A Dallas-area school district said Wednesday that law enforcement was responding to reports of an “active shooter situation.” A Dallas-area school district said Wednesday that law enforcement was responding to reports of an “active shooter situation” at a high school. (Photo: CNN) The Mansfield Independent School District said in a news release that Timberview High…
His father, who had a kidney transplant, died a day before his son, who was debating whether to get the vaccine A Pennsylvania man lost both his father and son to COVID-19 last month. The grandfather and grandson died within 36 hours of each other. Alan Collins, Sr., died on September 28, and his grandson,…
Chad Johnson disclosed in a resurfaced clip shared on Monday, Oct. 4, the reason why he lived in the Cincinnati Bengals training facility for two years, despite being a successful athlete. Johnson, who played for the Bengals from 2001 to 2010 as a wide receiver, discussed his living arrangements with former NFL head coach and…
The murder trial in the case of the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery is approaching this month, and one of the men accused of killing the Black jogger in February 2020 in the coastal Georgia town of Brunswick is trying to stop a photo of his Confederate flag-themed license plate from being shown to jurors. Travis…
Harris spoke about the challenges that women face launching their own businesses, ways the government could help Vice President Kamala Harris and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser stopped by Colada Shop, a Cuban café and bar, to highlight the work of female entrepreneurs. The shop’s owner, Daniella Senior, had been invited last week to the White…
“I would never want to represent myself or the organization in a negative way,” Courtney Williams of the Atlanta Dream stated. WNBA player Courtney Williams apologized Monday for posting a since-deleted video of a fight she and another player were involved in earlier this year in Atlanta. The footage shows the Atlanta Dream guard and…
Source: valentinrussanov / Getty In 2007, former President George W. Bush signed into law the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which grants loan forgiveness to people who work at non-profits or in the public sector once they’ve made payments for10 years—or at least that’s what it’s supposed to do. Unfortunately, many borrowers have found the…
Source: Westend61 / Getty Black women are almost twice as likely to give birth prematurely than white women. A recent study by Dr. Paula Braveman from the University of California, San Francisco, has found that disparities in preterm birth rates between Black and white women in the U.S. are directly or indirectly attributed to racism….
Unsworn falsification of documents is a misdemeanor in Hawaii Former NBA player Lazar Hayward was arrested last week for trying to enter the state of Hawaii with what authorities claim were fake COVID-19 test results. Hayward and a woman named Raven Randle allegedly uploaded the documents to the state’s Safe Travels portal, which tracks the…
