Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty Jacob Blake, a Kenosha, Wisconsin, Black man who was paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a white officer last summer, filed a civil lawsuit Thursday accusing the officer of excessive force. NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump, Patrick A. Salvi II (@SalviLaw), and B’Ivory LaMarr have filed a lawsuit against…
‘I am not the first Georgian to be arrested for fighting voter suppression. I’d love to say I’m the last, but we know that isn’t true,’ Rep. Cannon said. Georgia state Representative Park Cannon spoke out against her arrest after she was released from police custody early Friday morning. Read More: Martin Luther King III…
Source: Twitter / @Will_Bunch Adding insult to injury, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appeared to metaphorically thumb his nose at his Black critics in particular by signing the state’s voter suppression bill into law while seated in front of a painting of a “back-breaking” plantation that “thrived” from slave labor. Kemp signed the bill Thursday evening…
Actress and entrepreneur Issa Rae is having one heck of a year. On Wednesday, March 25, Variety reported that the “Awkward Black Girl” creator recently signed a new five-year overall deal with Warner Media, which includes her Hoorae media label. The partnership is slated to give HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. exclusive rights to the 36-year-old’s…
Andreas Flaten said he was shocked to see his final payment: 90,000 oil or grease covered pennies, at the end of his driveway earlier this month A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, $915 to be exact, after leaving his job in November. But Andreas Flaten said he was shocked…
The couple has been identified by Page Six as Emily and Sami Saifan Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington crashed a couple’s photoshoot while walking through New York City. The couple had just gotten married and were taking photos in Central Park where Washington happened to be on-set filming his new movie, Journals for Jordan. The…
Heiress D. Harris’s beautiful vocals are continuing to take her fans by storm, including her father. In a new Instagram video on Wednesday, March 24, Heiress is lying in a bed while laughing and singing Beyoncé’s 2006 hit single “Irreplaceable.” Heiress’ mother, Tiny Harris, uploaded two videos of her with her father, T.I. Harris, while…
Congress is about to pause for a two-week recess after a violent and emotionally wrenching start of the new year Wrapping up the most tumultuous Senate start in recent memory, new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took stock of accomplishments including the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue while vowing action ahead on voting rights, hate crimes and mounting Democratic…
‘Some of them went in and they’re, they’re hugging and kissing the police and the guards,’ said Trump Seven committees of the United States House of Representatives have launched an investigation into the federal government’s handling and response to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The U.S. Capitol (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Judiciary, Oversight,…
The frigid weather also was blamed for dozens of more deaths across other Southern states including Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the worst power outages…
