Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he plans to introduce legislation next year that would make the subject grounds for termination College professors who teach critical race theory don’t deserve tenure, according to Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The former right-wing radio show host told reporters at the state capitol building in Austin on Feb….
Alt. Title: ‘My Sister Sang with No Problem’: Tracee Ellis Ross Talks About Refusing to Sing after Famous Mom Diana Ross Asked Her To Alt. Title: ‘My Sister Sang with No Problem’: Tracee Ellis Ross on Not Wanting to Sing after Famous Mom Diana Ross Asked Her To Tracee Ellis Ross is dropping a new…
“James Brown: Say it Loud” scheduled for 2023 release on A&E Network Mick Jagger and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson are teaming up to produce a four-part documentary series on soul legend James Brown for the A&E Network. James Brown: Say it Loud is expected to premiere on the network next year. Brown, who died in 2006,…
Reversal comes days after students sued a Missouri school board’s decision to ban the popular Toni Morrison novel A Missouri school board has reversed its decision to ban the first novel written by the late Toni Morrison. Board members of the Wentzville, Missouri school district on Friday voted to return The Bluest Eye to library…
President Joe Biden to deliver State of the Union address on Tuesday Fencing installed around the U.S. Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday as concern grows about potential demonstrations or truck convoys snarling traffic in the nation’s…
Two Democrats and a handful of Republica senators could be the key to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. That won’t be easy, but some Republicans have expressed an openness…
Roughly half of 500 million Covid tests made available by the White House have gone unclaimed Nearly half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests the Biden administration recently made available to the public still have not been claimed as virus cases plummet and people feel less urgency to test. Wild demand swings have been a subplot in the…
Gunfire erupts at Las Vegas hookah lounge after two people get into an altercation at party Fourteen people were shot during a party at a Las Vegas hookah lounge early Saturday, including one man who was killed and two others who were critically wounded. The shooting happened about 3:15 a.m. local time and preliminary information…
Jennifer Hudson beats out Regina King, Lil Nas X, others for entertainer of the year award Jennifer Hudson was named entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Hudson accepted the award Saturday night, the singer-actor thanked the NAACP for inspiring “little…
“Frederick Douglass has assumed his place not only as one of America’s great orators, but also as one of the writers of the nineteenth century,” Gates recently told Axios Famed Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. is calling for the face of Frederick Douglass to be added to a U.S. dollar bill. Gates, executive producer…
