Critics say Donald Trump’s rhetoric has escalated, perhaps because he recognizes that some among his base are receptive to more overt racism. Looking out at a sea of faces at a Texas fairground, most of them white, former President Donald Trump seethed about his legal troubles and blamed them on malicious prosecutors. “These prosecutors are…
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says there should be “zero tolerance” for any behavior that affects flight safety Any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be added to the national “no fly” list, Delta Air Lines told the U.S. Department of Justice. In a letter to the Justice Department Attorney General Merrick…
Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Black History Month is already the shortest month of the year, but folks can’t contain their shenanigans long enough to let Black people shine. Twitter was not kind to actor-comedian Awkwafina, born Nora Lum, noting the post has a lot of words but is light on an actual apology. Whoever wrote…
Fannie Lou Hamer scholarship gift of $100,000 to cover for students pursuing African American studies An anonymous donor is giving the University of Mississippi $100,000 to pay for a scholarship named after civil rights pioneer Fannie Lou Hamer, according to a news release from the university. The scholarship is designed to help students who are…
BLCK Market expects to have 25,000 people attend its Black History Month market events this year A Houston-based company on Sunday kicked off day two of its annual Black History Month event where tens of thousands of socially-conscious consumers are expected to find it a breeze to buy Black. BLCK Market, the company, is hosting…
When I was growing up, I would read about the struggle for civil rights and lament that my coming of age was in the 1980s and 90s, rather than in the 50s and 60s. My lingering question was whether I would have had the courage of the freedom fighters of that era. I wondered what…
“I had no right to overturn the election,” former Vice President Mike Pence says Former Vice President Mike Pence has directly rebutted Donald Trump’s false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.” In a speech to a gathering of the conservative…
Source: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty The levels of tone-deafness displayed during Black History Month always seem subsequently be more ignorant, and this year has already been no exception within the first week of the annual observation honoring the historical accomplishments of and contributions from African Americans. Case in point: A…
Podcaster Joe Rogan has embarked on an anti-cancel me tour after a clip of him using the N-word emerged on the internet. The conservative media big mouth took to his Instagram to speak directly to the people and apologized for using the racial epithet. However, many Black folks are not buying it. In January 2020,…
“I’m in a unique position because whites don’t really want me here, and Blacks don’t want to come here,” Evelyn England says Alabama welcomes visitors at the “First White House of the Confederacy,” a historic home next to the state Capitol where Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived with his family in the early months of…
