(L-R) Ruby Bridges and Steph Curry pose after Black Heritage Night celebration (Screenshot: Golden State Warriors/Facebook) On Feb. 4, during the 76ers-Warriors game, the San Francisco team honored civil rights icon Ruby Bridges. This Black History Month, as we honor the work and sacrifices of the generations that came before us, the Golden State Warriors…
Rev. James Lawson Jr. was a central figure of the Civil Rights Movement, whose efforts in that period have been documented. An upcoming memoir from the late activist and professor, Nonviolent, arrives on shelves this month and delves into Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s life and work within the nonviolent resistance movement and beyond. Nonviolent: A…
Source: Anadolu / Getty Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has not been shy about publicly opposing the Trump administration and its authoritarian policies and practices. He was one of the first local leaders to state plainly that the National Guard was neither necessary nor welcome in his city. He also has shown that he won’t let…
Department of Justice chief Pam Bondi stuttered and sweated recently on Fox News as she tried to justify the arrest of journalist Don Lemon for covering an anti-ICE protest in January at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. During a Feb. 2 interview on “Hannity,” as the U.S. attorney general is huffing and puffing her…
Donald Trump’s official spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, struck back at celebrities like Benito “Bad Bunny” Ocasio just days ahead of his highly-anticipated performance at the Super Bowl. Bad Bunny, 31, won three golden gramophones at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, including Best Música Urbana Album. The Puerto Rican rapper hit the stage to…
✕ White people have always been a little sensitive when it comes to Black history. They love the mythology of Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves, but they don’t want to get too into the weeds about the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade. They know Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, but don’t want…
THE FALL AND RISE OF REGGIE DINKINS — “You May Hug Your Hero” Episode 105 — Pictured: (l-r) Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Tobin, Megan Thee Stallion as Denise — (Photo by: Hot Girl Productions)Hot Girl Productions The Grammy-winning rapper continues her acting run with a role in “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” a…
President Donald Trump’s latest outburst has sparked a rare and escalating rupture inside the MAGA movement. What began as another Trump loyalty test quickly spiraled into something more destabilizing after ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene issued a two-part rebuke of the president. First in a public interview that openly questioned the mythology of Trumpism itself, then…
(Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) As Melania Trump’s documentary debuted, viewers boosted Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ into Netflix’s Top 10 with a 13,000% surge. Upon the release of the new documentary ‘Melania,’ viewers flexed their petty skills by boosting Michelle Obama’s 2020 Netflix documentary ‘Becoming.’ As conservatives celebrated the release of Amazon MGM’s documentary about First…
A high school in Buda, Texas, made headlines on Feb. 3 when peaceful student protestors launched a counterattack on a Trump supporter who became physically violent. Chad Michael Watts of Kyle, Texas, 45, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault causing bodily injury after infiltrating a school walkout to protest ICE — but…
