A South Carolina man faces federal charges after authorities say he burned a cross in his backyard to scare his Black neighbors after posting photos of their home online. A federal grand jury indicted 31-year-old Worden Evander Butler on charges of interfering with the housing rights of his Black neighbors and using fire to commit…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Between President Donald Trump’s glaring cognitive decline, his imbecilic war in Iran, his economy crippling businesses and hiking up the price of gas and groceries, the DHS funding disputes that led to a partial government shut down, and the Republican Party’s abysmal midterm election prospects prompting actions such as the…
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actress Tatyana Ali is using her platform to amplify Black maternal health advocacy. Ali, 47, knows first-hand how it feels to be treated harshly during one of the most vulnerable experiences in a woman’s life. The former child star is a mother to two sons, Edward “Aszi” and Alejandro Vaughn,…
A ceremonial ribbon cutting for the Kwanza Jones Hall featuring Kwanza Jones (Princeton ‘93) (PRNewsfoto/SUPERCHARGED) Kwanza Jones’ $3.9 billion agreement with the San Diego Padres could usher in the league’s first Black woman majority owner. For more than a century, Major League Baseball has stood as one of America’s most tradition-bound institutions. Since its modern…
Getty Images In a near two-hour conversation the comedian, Craig Robinson and former First Lady dive into several subjects, from Chappelle’s upbringing to parenting in 2026. Comedian Dave Chappelle famously wished for President Donald Trump to do right by the country when he was elected for his first term in 2016. A decade later, the…
An inmate at a California prison who was shot in the head by a guard, lost part of his skull and nearly died in January, has been denied needed brain surgery and kept in an isolated cell for weeks, according to a government claim filed by his attorney last week. Civil rights attorney Brad Gage…
Source: Al Drago / Getty Welp, it appears that the Trump administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is still scouring the U.S. in search of white men who are pretending to be victims of systemic racial discrimination, so that the administration can get in on the action of turning white fragility into legal precedent. On Tuesday,…
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – MARCH 02: Sen. Louise Lucas (D-VA) speaks during the investiture ceremony of Chief Justice Cleo E. Powell in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia, on March 2, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia. Powell is the first African-American woman Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. (Photo by Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images)Photo by:…
Source: Brett Carlsen / Getty The GOP has wasted no time in capitalizing on the Supreme Court’s ruling to gut the Voting Rights Act to disenfranchise Black voters. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called a special session on Tuesday to focus on redistricting, and on Wednesday, the state legislature revealed a map that eliminates the state’s…
