The Kansas City, Missouri, Veterans Administration hospital continues to face accusations of racial discrimination. The latest being a Black ex-employee who claims he was called disparaging names so often that it eventually became his nickname at his workplace. Now the former employee is suing. According to the lawsuit, filed on Friday, July 2, in the…
Source: AFP / Getty Cornel West has made no secret of how he feels about Harvard University. The noted academic publicly chronicled his claims of the Ivy League school rebuffing his request for tenure before he just up and quit altogether. But on Monday night, West — whose tenure plight preceded that of Nikole Hannah-Jones…
Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary since Washington dropped the name Redskins and the accompanying Indian head logo after 87 years Washington will not have any kind of Native American imagery as part of its next name, and the subject is still evolving across sports in the year since the storied NFL franchise dropped arguably the most polarizing…
On Monday’s “First Take,” Smith criticized the Los Angeles Angels’ Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani for needing an interpreter. Veteran ESPN host Stephen A. Smith offered up an apology Monday after making xenophobic remarks about Japan-born baseball star Shohei Ohtani. On his earlier show, First Take, which is set up as a head-to-head conversation between Smith…
The National Federation of High Schools removed language from one rule which had previously prohibited hard items to control the hair, including hair beads The national governing body for high school athletics has changed its softball rules after a Black player in North Carolina was forced to cut her hair during a game because of…
Source: KENA BETANCUR / Getty Tuesday marked the sixth year since Sandra Bland was found dead in police custody following a questionable traffic stop-turned violent by the arresting officer in Texas. The 28-year-old was driving from her native Illinois to begin a new job at Prairie View A&M University when she was pulled over for…
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was credited with solving a growing mail crisis in England and serving as a role model to generations of Black women Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II. They had…
The pleasure of winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee continues for 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, who, following her historic win, has since been offered several scholarships to colleges and universities once she graduates high school. Schools offering the young spelling savant full rides include Louisiana State University, Southern University and A & M College and Louisiana…
Cuban social media personalities posted Monday that they would make the 10-hour boat ride to Cuba to show support after rare street protests broke out The United States Coast Guard in Miami is monitoring any activity aimed at increasing “unsafe and illegal” crossings between Florida and Cuba in response to rare street protests on the…
Ijeoma Ukenta captured the bizarre incident in which Abigail Elphick charged at her and later becomes hysterical when she realizes she’s being recorded. A white woman caught on camera attacking a Black woman in Victoria’s Secret store had a full meltdown after realizing her rude and violent behavior had been caught on camera. The first…
