The party’s post-inauguration meeting, with election of a full slate of new officers, will take place virtually The Democratic National Committee is set to formally elect Jaime Harrison of South Carolina as chairman on Thursday, signifying an early alignment between newly inaugurated President Joe Biden and state party leaders around the country. The party’s post-inauguration…
Hannity also criticized Biden’s comments on COVID-19 while praising how Donald Trump managed the pandemic It’s safe to say Sean Hannity was not excited about President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. The political commentator blasted the president just hours after he was sworn in. But as Hannity criticized Biden’s first speech calling for unity, social media…
Deborah Cox and Tamia appeared on “The Talk” in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and blew the wigs off fans when they covered Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans’s emotional hit “Count on Me.” Cox, who is known for hits like “Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here” and “We Can’t Be Friends,” joined the “Stranger…
Ginther and other city officials announced the plans to address policing issues reawakened by the fatal police shootings of Casey Goodson and Andre Hill, both Black men Officials in Ohio’s largest city said Thursday that they plan to invest $4.5 million in body-worn cameras for police and introduce a law that would ensure officers use…
Many Black Americans were enthralled when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were inaugurated Wednesday, Jan. 20, but some Black Chicago activists aren’t depending on the country’s new leadership to make gains for them. “I’m afraid that Biden and Harris won’t be held accountable,” Brave Space Alliance coordinator and organizer Tatyana Chante told Block…
U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson directed that Riley June Williams be released into the custody of her mother A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided Thursday. U.S….
Addison Melvin was happily surprised to receive a special message from VP Harris Vice President Kamala Harris cemented herself into history on Wednesday becoming the first Black, South Asian, and woman to be elected to the role. After taking her oath of office, she made sure to acknowledge a member of her growing constituency: a…
Pro Hall of Famer and Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders has gotten his stolen boombox back after making a public plea on Instagram for the “streets” to return it. On Wednesday, Jan. 20, Sanders posted a video to Instagram revealing someone returned the boombox, which he said had “sentimental value” to him,…
The undertaking will determine how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets as well as the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of restoring…
Biden also will address inequities in hard-hit minority communities as he signs 10 pandemic-related executive orders on Thursday Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new mutations, President Joe Biden will kick off his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement…
