No longer burdened by keeping up the pretense of bipartisanship, former President Barack Obama says that some right-wing media feed off fear. In an interview Monday with Anderson Cooper, Obama discussed the topic of race and the difficulty some white Americans seem to have with reconciling their pride in America and immoral acts done in…
“We are dealing with some critical issues. And we need bold, courageous leaders to deal with those issues. And the bottom line is, too many times Marco Rubio did not show up. And when he did, he did not have enough courage to fight for Florida,” said Florida Rep. Val Demings. Rep. Val Demings (D-FL)…
On Monday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and four other GOP senators penned a letter to Attorney General Merrrick Garland, complaining that those who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack received unfair treatment compared to demonstrators who took part in protests following the death of George Floyd last summer. The letter comes as 513 people…
Marcus Hicks had faced sharp criticism from many lawmakers who called for his dismissal, citing his handling of problems at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women New Jersey’s embattled corrections commissioner announced his resignation Tuesday, a day after Gov. Phil Murphy said the state would shutter its long-troubled and only women’s prison. Marcus Hicks had…
When it comes to actress Gabrielle Union and former NBA player Dwyane Wade’s family, it’s clear that their daughter Kaavia James is the star on social media, despite the couple’s Hollywood and professional basketball accolades. Kaavia James has stolen the show yet again. A post over the weekend on her mother’s personal Instagram page showed…
In South Africa, which has the continent’s most robust economy and its biggest coronavirus caseload, just 0.8% of the population is fully vaccinated In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks. In South Africa,…
The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is unlikely to…
Since his 2016 divorce from his ex-wife Malaak Compton, Chris Rock has been pretty open about his infidelities, which led to their split. After being married for nearly 20 years and sharing two daughters, Rock and Compton faced a two-year legal battle in which Rock had Robert Stephan Cohen represent him as his lawyer. Years…
White, then 23, was working as a housekeeper in the capital city of Baton Rouge in 1953 when she took action Martha White, a Black woman whose actions helped launch the 1953 bus boycotts in Louisiana’s capital city, has died. She was 99. White died Saturday, her family and others confirmed. White, then 23, was…
An interracial couple from a Chicago suburb told Fox News they oppose controversial critical race theory teachings because it hurts people of color by victimizing them. “What kind of inspiration are we expecting people to get from this, from critical race theory?” asked Takyrica Kokoszka, a Black woman and teacher at Chicago Public Schools. Kokoszka…
