“I’m proud of the students who took a stand and decided that they were tired of hearing racists things,” one parent said. A substitute teacher at Farmington Hills High School was removed from the school Thursday after using a racist phrase toward a Black student. The incident was captured on camera and shared online. The…
Autherine Lucy Foster no longer has to share Alabama campus building-name honors with former KKK leader Bibb Graves The name of Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at the University of Alabama, will no longer be honored alongside that of a former Ku Klux Klan leader after the school’s trustees voted Friday to remove…
Rick Ross and Shaquille O’Neal found themselves making headlines this week for an unexpected reason, after images of their unkempt feet went viral. O’Neal’s feet were broadcast on Feb. 9 during an episode of “NBA on TNT” after he walked barefoot into the studio. The clip showcased a close-up look of the 49-year-old’s dry and…
Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty A white Kansas man pleaded guilty to threatening a Black person in September 2019 while walking down the street. On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced that Colton Donner, 27, brandished a knife at a Black person and yelled that Paola is a “white town.” It’s unclear from local…
Purdue Police Chief John Cox said the involved officer has been placed on indefinite leave while an internal investigation into the incident takes place The Purdue University police officer seen violently pinning a Black college student to the snow-covered ground — in a cell phone video that went viral on social media earlier this week…
OPINION: The protests over vaccine mandates for truckers at Canadian border crossings are getting major support from white Americans, and a copycat movement could be brewing in the United States. On Saturday, January 29, 2022, a group of truckers took over Ottawa, the Canadian national capital. The impetus of this Trucker Convoy, aka the “Freedom Convoy,”…
Veteran actress Keke Palmer is crediting her mom and dad for her recent achievements. The former child star took to her Twitter account on Thursday, Feb. 10, where she took the time out to praise the parents she revealed to her 1.9 million followers “gave up everything for me.” The 28-year-old also vowed to “work…
J. Michelle Childs has rapidly become a serious third candidate for the Supreme Court President Joe Biden had zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first Supreme Court pick when there were rumors last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire. But since the upcoming retirement was announced late last month, it has…
U.S. officials expected to order most American staff to evacuate the Kyiv embassy in Ukraine The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. U.S. officials said the State Department plans to announce early Saturday that virtually all American…
OPINION: Acknowledging the conflicts that pro football embodies, Deron Synder has made peace with it and watches without guilt — like many of you. Are you ready for some football? From the league that just went 1-for-9 in hiring Black coaches for the top job? If so, you’re ready for Super Bowl Sunday, which has morphed…
