Kidd Creole, one of the founding members of rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, has been sentenced to over a decade in prison for the murder of a homeless man identified as John Jolly nearly four years ago. The Associated Press reported that Kidd, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, was found guilty…
A New York educator who received countless awards for founding a school in one of the toughest neighborhoods in America and achieving unprecedented test score results shortly after the school’s opening was asked to leave the institution’s campus recently. City leadership approached her in front of the school and asked her to leave the premises….
Victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre are one step closer to being compensated for the devastation and lingering effects of the deadly 1921 racial attack. An Oklahoma judge has denied part of the most recent motion by the defendants to dismiss the reparations lawsuit, filed against the Board of County Commissioners, Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning…
Source: Paul Morigi / Getty Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suddenly has concerns about the integrity of the Court. Weighing in on the leak of the draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Thomas echoed sentiments previously expressed by Chief Justice John Roberts about the integrity and trust within the Court. …
In the nation’s capital, abortion rights protesters stood outside the Supreme Court, holding signs that said abortion is a human right. Abortion rights protesters rallied in cities around the United States on Saturday, vowing to fight to ensure that abortion remains a legal option for women nationwide. Hundreds gathered in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and other…
The platforms suspended Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. A San Francisco judge tossed out former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter. U.S. District Judge James Donato said Friday that Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech. Free speech rights don’t apply to private…
Kevin Hart is going to keep telling his jokes, even if it means stepping on the nerves of hecklers. “I think that the world that we’re in right now, there’s a lot of lines that have gotten blurred, and sometimes you got to take a couple steps backwards to take some steps forwards,” Hart said…
Frank James is jailed without bail. A federal grand jury has indicted a man suspected of shooting up a New York City subway train last month — an attack that wounded 10 people and rattled a city already experiencing a rise in violent crime. The panel charged Frank James, 62, on Friday with committing a…
In her undergraduate commencement speech at a historically Black university in Nashville, Harris said the Class of 2022 stands “on the brink of a new frontier.” Vice President Kamala Harris urged graduates of Tennessee State University on Saturday to apply their leadership skills to help tackle the multitude of challenges posed by an unsettled world….
A Chicago mother is seeking damages from a local hospital and two doctors for allegedly filing a racially motivated child abuse report. Jillian Robinson took her 10-month-old son to Advocate Christ Medical Center last April after noticing a mark on the back of his outer ear. The federal lawsuit alleges that white doctors assumed the…
