The ruling keeps the governor’s redistricting map in place, breaking up the district represented by Congressman Al Lawson, a Black Democrat first elected in 2016. The Florida Supreme Court will allow the state to keep in place a redistricting map the critics say will likely disenfranchise Black voters. The high court elected not to hear…
The board of Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, issued a rare public rebuke of the project, saying it was a dangerous idea that went far beyond the initial proposal. WASHINGTON (AP) — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped…
A young man whose parents were told because he was born too early and weighed around 2.2 pounds at birth he might be legally blind or have developmental delays, has graduated with a doctorate in medicine. Now the New Yorker has dedicated his life to serving in the neonatal intensive care unit, helping babies the…
Source: Jim Vondruska / Getty Police brutality was one of the primary issues that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, with many people nationwide calling for law enforcement departments to be defunded altogether. Sadly, officers like Waukesha County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Mensah have made a strong argument against having trust in authorities. After killing three…
OPINION: In a series for Black Music Month, Panama asks one of the all-important questions about Black movies: Is the soundtrack actually better than the movie? It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, or as it’s known more contemporarily for federal celebration and proclamation purposes, African-American Music Appreciation Month….
The shift has been mostly supported by law enforcement officials around the country. But some worry that leniency has emboldened a small number of young criminals. David Harrington spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager — the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his…
Fans of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Drew Sidora had questions after the actress hinted she used to date a famous NBA star. Sidora spoke on her past dating life during a Sunday’s episode shared by The Peach Report Daily on Instagram. The post was captioned, “Check out this SNEAK PEEK from this Sunday’s…
A North Carolina county and its sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $3 million to the family of a Black man killed in the county jail. The agreement comes almost two months after a grand jury failed to indict corrections officers for John Neville‘s December 2019 death and pinned charges on a jail nurse. John…
Fans are convinced that Marlon Wayans has drunk from the fountain of youth after the comedian uploaded his high school yearbook photo on June 1. Wayans attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York before graduating in 1990. After graduation Wayans enrolled in Howard University. He would ultimately drop…
“There’s this unrealistic standard of what a vulva and vagina should smell like, look like, feel like,” says Fatima Daoud Yilmaz, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. Black women for decades have turned to a slew of products to maintain feminine hygiene, but many of these intimate-care douches, washes and powders are rooted in racist…
