Robert Smith worked for the trash company for 13 years before he was fired last year A Black former Waste Management employee said in a federal lawsuit that his supervisor and coworkers in Topeka discriminated against him because of his race. The Wichita Eagle reports that Robert Smith worked for the trash company for 13 years before…
Tennessee Capitol Building Source: Education Images / Getty A Republican legislator, who once supported objecting to the Electoral College vote for the 2020 election, took aim at an AP investigative report on racism in the military. Last week, Rep. Bud Hulsey of Tennessee introduced a resolution attacking the AP report published in May 2021. …
For over a century, Morehouse College has served as an epicenter for groundbreaking research surrounding inequities that impact marginalized communities, and the Atlanta-based institution is staying true to that tradition through the creation of a new project. The HBCU announced the launch of its Black Men’s Research Institute. Morehouse today launched the Black Men’s Research…
Mayor Eric Adams stressed the urgency “to deal with the underlying issues that are impacting crime in our city and has become a stain on the inner cities across our country.” A city reeling from a spate of violence prepared to lay to rest a rookie police officer being hailed as an inspiration to his…
The government said in addition to the deaths, others were seriously injured in the nightclub fire. A fire erupted at a popular nightclub in the Cameroon capital of Yaounde, setting off explosions and killing at least 17 people, government officials said Sunday. The tragedy comes as the central African country hosts thousands of soccer players,…
Social media users are having their say over a viral video of Torrei Hart with her ex-husband, superstar comedian Kevin Hart, and their two children. In an Instagram clip shared on Saturday, Jan. 15, Kevin tells viewers to check out his ex-wife’s new film, “Super Turnt.” Fans questioned Kevin’s lack of enthusiasm and energy in…
Biden is hoping he can maintain the support of Black voters Joe Biden’s run for the Democratic presidential nomination was all but declared dead as he headed to the South Carolina primary in late February 2020. He had finished fifth in New Hampshire and fourth in Iowa. Still, Biden advised skeptics to withhold judgment until a state with…
Former University of Michigan athletes say Black victims are receiving less than white victims in big-money payouts Two former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school’s sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim payouts should be much higher, pointing to a…
James Ianazzo going full-on white supremacist at a Robeks smoothie shop in Fairfield, Connecticut. Source: Twitter A white man shown on a viral video violently confronting teenage workers with racist and sexist vitriol in a smoothie shop in Connecticut has been arrested and identified as a local wealth management adviser. The video was being widely…
Kyle Rittenhouse, the young man who was acquitted after fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020, is now asking a court to give him back the weapon that was used in the killings. He promises the court that once he receives the firearm he will “properly” destroy it. According to CNN, the request…
