Reports indicate Abrams only removed her mask on the condition that everyone in the classroom continue to wear a face-covering. A photo of Stacey Abrams is getting pushback from Georgia Republicans after the Democratic gubernatorial candidate posed maskless with a classroom of elementary students. According to CNN, the photos were posted on Twitter Friday by Abrams…
The founding branch of Black Lives Matter could lose its nonprofit status if the organization’s leaders do not provide its financial records to the IRS in less than two months. The California Department of Justice (CDOJ) sent a letter to the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN) on Jan. 31 alleging the organization has failed…
Charisse Gibson of WWL-TV in New Orleans shared an email from a viewer implying that she lacks patriotism. Charisse Gibson, an anchorwoman for WWL-TV in New Orleans, shared on Twitter last week an email she received from a viewer who took umbrage at a piece of jewelry she was wearing on air. “If you persist…
Ciara’s fans are convinced that the singer is concealing a baby bump on after viewing a Feb. 5 visual upload to her latest Ten to One Caribbean rum promotion. The 36-year-old became an investor, co-owner and director for the company last year. Ciara, who currently has three children, shares a daughter, Sienna Princess Wilson, 4, and a…
Jury selection in the federal trial of Gregory McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan starts today. After a judge rejected the guilty plea agreement of two of the three men facing federal hate crime charges in connection with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the trial of Gregory McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael…
Tyrese Gibson revealed on Feb. 5 that his mother, Priscilla Murray, is fighting for her life in an intensive care unit. In the Instagram post, Gibson, who uploaded a photo of himself with his eyes closed, explained that he received the devastating news that Murray was in a coma with COVID and pneumonia when he…
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill rose to national prominence presiding over the trial of George Floyd’s killer, Derek Chauvin. Minneapolis judge Peter Cahill signed the no-knock warrant that led to the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke last Wednesday. Hennepin County Judge Cahill rose to national prominence presiding over the trial of Derek Chauvin,…
After a federal judge rejected the terms of a plea agreement reached between Gregory and Travis McMichael and the Justice Department, both father and son have withdrawn their guilty pleas to hate crimes connected to the shooting death of a Georgia Black man. Travis McMichael, left, speaks with his attorney Jason B. Sheffield, center, during…
Source: DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI / Getty A Black doctor from Houston has accused JPMorgan Chase Bank of racial discrimination, according to a federal lawsuit. NBC News reported that Dr. Malika Mitchell-Stewart, who Valley Oaks Medical Group recently employed after completing her residency, rejoiced with excitement when she received her first check…
Actor Awkwafina has returned to Twitter to announce that she will be quitting Twitter, after publicly being challenged about her use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). The Asian American woman, whose heritage draws from China on her father’s side and South Korea on her mother’s side, defended her use of her “blaccent,” pointing to…
