The footage shows Michael McQueen, a retired disabled military veteran, educating two Joshua Police Department officers about the law. A Black man who recently graduated from a police academy took to social media to share video of him being racially profiled by two Texas police officers. As reported by The Houston Chronicle, the incident occurred…
Wendy Williams received less than a farewell after news broke that “The Wendy Williams Show” was cancelled, effective this month. The primetime television slot has been replaced by comedian Sherri Shepherd and “The Sherri Shepherd Show,” arriving this fall. This decision came months after Shepherd and other guests hosts filled in for Williams during season…
A video of former President Donald Trump’s motorcade leaving Trump’s January 6th rally on the Ellipse is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in…
There are also far fewer centers in low income and rural communities than there are in high income and urban communities. Residents in predominantly Black neighborhoods are more likely than those in predominantly white locales to live near a hospital with a certified stroke center, yet are more likely to receive “care at a less-resourced…
The conservative justices on the court put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black…
Harvard University, America’s oldest college or university has recently admitted its role in the propagation of slavery, including setting up programs to engage descendants of those enslaved on the campus and work with other African-American people and institutions in academia. Now Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled the university can be pushed to do more to…
Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty A new Florida statute will make it unlawful for anyone in a vehicle to turn up their music too loud. The loud music law will go into effect starting July 1, almost 10 years after 17-year-old Jordan Davis was murdered following an argument over loud music. The law states that…
It’s been weeks and fans are still not over Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey splitting up. The two ended their short-lived romance after only a year-and-a-half, though Jordan may have been leaning toward marriage. Many believe their breakup was caused by the 25-year-old model simply wanting to play the field. “I’m in a really,…
The national park system refers to about 40 places as “African American experience sites,” and new sites are under consideration. J. Edgar Hoover, America’s infamous former FBI director, deemed the Black Panthers the “greatest threat to internal security.” Decades later, there is a bronze bust of Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton on the west…
Actor Clifton Powell Sr. is no relationship connoisseur, but when it comes to passing along helpful dating advice to his son, Clifton Powell Jr., he has a few notes. This past April the actor’s 25-year old son became the talk of social media when it was revealed he is dating Sasha Obama, 21. According to…
