Source: Attorney Randall Kallinen / Houston Public Media The $1.25 million check recently approved by the Harris County Commissioners Court to settle a federal lawsuit over the death of Fred Harris is not an act of justice. It is, instead, a receipt that documents the cost of doing business for a rapacious carceral machine that…
(Photo: Getty Images) “It’s certainly not saving the Black community,” Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, tells theGrio. President Donald Trump is continuing to use his presidential muscle to pressure Congress into passing his signature voter bill, The SAVE America Act, which critics say will lead to a dramatic drop in Black voter participation,…
Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty When readers opened the latest edition of the New Yorker and saw the illustrated portrait accompanying its profile of Wunmi Mosaku, many had the same immediate reaction: Who is that supposed to be? The drawing, rendered in the magazine’s familiar editorial illustration style, shows Mosaku standing stiffly in front of shelves…
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 22: Jill Scott performs onstage during the 51st NAACP Image Awards, Presented by BET, at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)Photo by: Paras Griffin / Getty Images Following the release of her first studio album in 10 years, Jill Scott…
Source: sarayut Thaneerat / Getty Growing tensions in Iran have recently brought more attention to the term “sleeper cells.” While it may sound like something from an action movie, it’s a real concept often discussed in intelligence and national security circles. Federal officials have received intercepted communications from Iran believed to be “an operational trigger”…
A crazed Karen is going viral for a racist meltdown at McDonald’s that was cooly handled by an employee who laughed off her insults and said he’d call his mom “to whup your ass.” The unidentified woman, who claimed to be “tipsy,” erupted in a deranged N-word-laden rant while at the counter of the fast-food…
Barack Obama is about to welcome the world to a project years in the making, and the anticipation surrounding the Obama Presidential Center is already reaching blockbuster levels. The opening celebration in Chicago promises a mix of political heavyweights, cultural icons and longtime supporters who helped shape Obama’s historic rise. But amid all the excitement…
12-year-old Jada West (Screenshot: 11Alive/YouTube) Jada West’s family says the 12-year-old had only recently transferred schools and had been dealing with bullying before the fight that preceded her death. A community is grieving after 12-year-old Jada West died following a reported fight with another student on the school bus. On March 5, West, a student…
President Donald Trump‘s constant need for praise and awards is a well-known trait of the 79-year-old, and he has displayed his hubris on multiple occasions. During a retreat for Republican lawmakers of the Congressional Institutein Doral, Florida, on Monday at the Trump National Doral Golf Club, the POTUS stopped by to rile up the crowd about his…
Source: Lee Lockwood / Getty Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr., a civil rights leader and voting rights advocate, has died at 85. According to the New York Times, Lafayette died of a heart attack on Thursday. Lafayette was one of the key organizers during the Civil Rights Movement throughout the ‘60s. He was one of the…
