Many Black Americans were enthralled when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were inaugurated Wednesday, Jan. 20, but some Black Chicago activists aren’t depending on the country’s new leadership to make gains for them. “I’m afraid that Biden and Harris won’t be held accountable,” Brave Space Alliance coordinator and organizer Tatyana Chante told Block…
U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson directed that Riley June Williams be released into the custody of her mother A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided Thursday. U.S….
Addison Melvin was happily surprised to receive a special message from VP Harris Vice President Kamala Harris cemented herself into history on Wednesday becoming the first Black, South Asian, and woman to be elected to the role. After taking her oath of office, she made sure to acknowledge a member of her growing constituency: a…
Pro Hall of Famer and Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders has gotten his stolen boombox back after making a public plea on Instagram for the “streets” to return it. On Wednesday, Jan. 20, Sanders posted a video to Instagram revealing someone returned the boombox, which he said had “sentimental value” to him,…
The undertaking will determine how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets as well as the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of restoring…
Biden also will address inequities in hard-hit minority communities as he signs 10 pandemic-related executive orders on Thursday Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new mutations, President Joe Biden will kick off his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement…
If breakfast is the meal of champions, Jada Pinkett Smith may not be winning — depending on who you ask. The glowing 49-year-old recently shared that nutrient-dense kale is her choice of fuel to kick-start her day. “Alright, remember we were talking about what you put in your body is good for your skin, but…
The rap icon sat down with the Wall Street Journal to break down his $10 million fund In a recent piece, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z spoke with the Wall Street Journal on Black ownership in the cannabis industry. After dropping his first cannabis line MONOGRAM this past December, Jay-Z is doing his best to support minority-owned…
‘I was glued to the TV as I was watching her,’ said University President David Wilson after he tuned into the inauguration. During Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, history was made in more ways than one. Amanda Gorman became the youngest person to recite a poem at the presidential ceremonies, and since her exceptional performance,…
Social media videos show that disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has already been released from prison and reunited after having his sentence commuted in a flurry of last-minute clemency orders from Donald Trump. The now-former president either pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly 150 people on his last day in office, and Kilpatrick…
