OPINION: DC’s de facto commander in chief has a monumental task, unlike anything the nation has seen since Lincoln’s first inauguration in 1861 Let me be unequivocal out the gate: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser saw the Capitol insurrection storm coming. Days before the Jan. 6 certification of Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election,…
“What, you gonna smack me with that? Smack me, smack me n-gg(a/er)” –Randy Teter, Ohio Resident “We decide what the truth is” –Michael Desiato, Your Honor (fictional character, Showtime) By now you’ve probably seen the video of a Black guy (dubbed “Mr. TeaKO”) opening a literal can of Twisted Tea “whup ass” on a white…
Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015. On the eve of being inaugurated, President-elect Joe Biden’s thoughts are with his late son, Beau. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. While bidding farewell to Delaware, where he’s lived for decades, he called upon the memory of…
B2K band member Raz B is again ruffling feathers with his allegations of being molested by former manager Chris Stokes. For years, Raz B has publicly accused Stokes of taking advantage of him, though Stokes has vehemently denied the claims time and time again. However, the singer says he is ready to be vindicated of…
The now-deleted Twitter thread faced backlash and was called an example of ‘foreigner privilege’ After facing backlash for a viral Twitter thread about moving to Bali, a Black woman is officially being deported. A Black American woman has faced backlash on Twitter after posting about relocating to Bali, Indonesia. In a now-deleted thread, Kristin Grey…
When the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18, legendary musical artist Stevie Wonder used his tribute as an opportunity to call lawmakers to action to formally promote the truth about inequality. In a video dubbed by Wonder as “An Open Letter To Dr. King,” the multiple Grammy Award winner asked…
Activist Brandon Patterson says he has spoken to other activists about the vaccine and the dangers of COVID-19, but that it’s like ‘working against the grain’ As Black activists continue to pour into the streets to push America to reckon with its systemic racism, they are also facing a reckoning of their own: the COVID-19…
The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is nearly equal to the number of Americans killed in World II The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 400,000 on Tuesday in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the crisis has been judged by public…
The FBI is screening approximately 25,000 National Guard service members that are being sent to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration The National Guard Bureau is taking extra precautions on Inauguration Day. As security is being vetted for the ceremony, two members of the Army National Guard were discovered to have ties with far-right extremist groups. Both…
Cole James Bridges of Stow, Ohio, was in custody on charges of attempted material support of a terrorist organization A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City’s 9/11 Memorial and attack U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, authorities said…
