Ohio’s new voting bill, HB 294, would place restrictions on mail-in ballots, early voting, and drop boxes. Ohio has introduced a new voter suppression bill championed by Republican elected officials, joining Georgia and Florida which have signed similar legislation into law this spring. The bill, HB 294, is sponsored by representatives Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and…
Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty A Georgia judge set a trial date for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, whose lynching at the hands of three vigilantes sparked a significant leap forward in the Black Lives Matter movement. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution broke the news on Friday. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley will oversee the trial, slated…
Black unemployment numbers are still historically higher than white America despite the administration’s pledge to bring justice and equity to the marketplace. President Joe Biden said the country is “still digging” its way out of a “very deep hole” as the nation unpacks surprising unemployment numbers from April. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the…
“What I want is for the criminal justice system to work,” said Calvina Strothers, the mother of Mikayla Miller. A mother demands answers and justice after her teenage daughter was found dead in their Massachusetts town last month. Read More: South Carolina teen found shot dead after going missing for weeks NBC News reported Calvina Strothers, the…
There hasn’t been a first-round pick from an HBCU since 1996 There are only two active HBCU alumni in the NBA today (Robert Covington from Tennessee State University and Kyle O’Quinn from Norfolk State University). While historically Black colleges and universities have a great history of sending players to the NBA, things have changed in…
Mendeecees Harris reportedly was given the green light to leave the country when a federal judge issued a May 7 decision approving Harris’ request to travel to Dubai to renew his vows to Yandy Smith. According to TMZ, Harris, who was released in 2020 after more than five years in prison for drug trafficking, is still under supervised…
“When someone like Beyoncé, who is so iconic and such a strong woman, says that she was inspired by the Spice Girls, I think that that’s quite something,” Beckham said. In a turn of events that no one saw come, Victoria Beckham a.k.a “Posh Spice” recently revealed that Beyoncé once confessed to her that her…
Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey made headlines in August 2020 for tasing and shooting Jacob Blake seven times, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey was in the news again after being placed on a short suspension with no pay this April, seven months after the shooting of the 29-year-old. The unpaid suspension is…
The road leading to Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul’s boxing match is paved with confusion and seemingly an overzealous little brother. During a recent press conference on Thursday, May 6, for Floyd and Logan’s upcoming June fight, things got a bit chaotic after Logan’s younger sibling, YouTuber Jake Paul, thought it would be a wise…
“Every time they get in a car by themselves, I worry about what assumption is being made by somebody who doesn’t know everything about them,” Obama said. Former First Lady Michelle Obama explained her support of the Black Lives Matter movement and her fear for her daughters in an interview on CBS This Morning. Read…
