When she reads next Wednesday, she will be continuing a tradition that includes celebrated poets such as Maya Angelou At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions. “I have kind of stumbled upon this genre. It’s been something I…
A Northern California police officer is no longer employed by his department after posting disparaging comments about the Black Lives Matter movement on social media. Pacific Grove Police Chief Cathy Madalone said in a six-minute video posted to the department’s YouTube channel on Wednesday that the officer who made the comments on the right-wing social…
Bottoms is set to be vice chair in charge of the campaign organization’s civic engagement and voter protection. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. In the role, Bottoms would be in charge of civic engagement and voter protection. In this…
Fabrication of a roughly 22-foot-high bronze sculpture depicting four arms embracing is expected to begin in March A major memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s. King Boston, the privately funded organization coordinating the estimated $9.5 million project, said…
The former reality TV star will be sent off with a departure ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, according to a person familiar with the planning President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in Florida. Read More: Majority of House members vote for…
‘My son’s greatest crime,’ Collins’ mother told the Maryland court, ‘was that he said no to a white man.’ Sean Urbanski has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 murder of Army Lieutenant Richard Collins III. Urbanski, 25, stabbed Collins to death on the College Park campus of University of Maryland after approaching…
Actor Ray Fisher has officially responded to news confirming that he would be written out of DC’s upcoming film, “The Flash.” The announcement comes after the actor accused director Joss Whedon of engaging in abusive behavior, and DC Films president Walter Hamada of enabling Whedon and others. In a lengthy statement shared to his social media platforms…
Porsha Williams displayed body positivity on Jan. 13 when she partook in the “Buss It” challenge, a TikTok challenge where people start off wearing casual clothing and transition into a glammed-up look. The video includes a combination of remixed songs “Buss It” by Erica Banks and Nelly’s “Hot in Herre.” The “Real Housewives of Atlanta”…
President-elect Joe Biden nominated Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for a leadership role with the Democratic National Committee on Thursday. In the vice chair role would Bottoms will be at the helm of civic engagement and voter protection initiatives. “Mayor Bottoms is the only Mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served in all three branches…
Johnson, who his lawyers argued was mentally disabled, was granted a stay of execution earlier this week. Convicted murderer Corey Johnson was executed in an Indiana prison Thursday for his role in a 1992 Virginia gang violence rampage that ended with 11 people killed in 45 days. He and two others were sentenced to death…
