Simmons came under fire earlier this month after his past tweets, asking why two undocumented immigrants who appeared on MSNBC weren’t being picked up by ICE, resurfaced. The man recently tapped to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris‘ new communications director is meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Thursday to discuss their…
Reconnecting with old friends can bring on a wave of emotions. Recently, veteran actor Denzel Washington was left stunned and seemingly warmed over after he reconnected with a Chicago great-grandmother he’d met nearly five years ago. Their original encounter resulted in a heartwarming viral moment. During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the host surprised…
“Looks like Joss Whedon got to direct an endgame after all,” the actor who plays Cyborg in “Justice League” tweeted Monday. Joss Whedon, who directed the 2017 film, Justice League, addressed the allegations against him by cast members of the movie. Last year, actor Ray Fisher — who played the role of Cyborg — tweeted,…
OPINION: Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other GOP leaders would do well to remember that Virginia is a deeply purple state and they do not have a mandate to run wild with far-right governance. When I first read it, I did not think it could be real. I thought, “this has to be a parody, right”? …
Leaders from one of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations, politicians, and a major newspaper are speaking out against the use of the term “Latinx,” a gender-neutral term to describe people of Spanish-speaking origin. Many advocating the abandonment of the word’s use said that the term has been “imposed and it’s not organic.” Axios describes…
Source: Bob Levey / Getty Black NFL head coach David Culley was fired from the Houston Texans last week. He is the second NFL Black head coach in a week to be fired from the job. Under Culley, the Texans went 4-13 but played the entire season without star quarterback Deshaun Watson, who did not…
Harrison is best known for his Obie Award-winning play ‘The Great MacDaddy’ as well as his theoretical work A true titan of Black theater, playwright, director, and scholar Paul Carter Harrison has passed away. He was 85. Harrison’s death was reported by The New York Times over the weekend, with Harrison’s daughter Fonteyn Harrison confirming…
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses her new book, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, with the Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida at a LA Times book club event on Nov. 30, 2021, in Los Angeles. | Source: Jason Armond / Getty For years now, perhaps even decades, white America has…
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden-Harris administration is still negotiating unilateral action on police reform, according to officials and stakeholders discussing next steps since Congress failed to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act As the nation watches on while Senate Democrats head into an improbable push on Tuesday to pass federal voting rights legislation, over at…
Blue Ivy Carter is once again being compared to her famous mom Beyoncé. Since the Carters are very private with their lives, every time a new photo drops of them, whether it be one that they put out or one that the paparazzi was able to capture, their fans go absolutely crazy. That’s exactly what…
