Hundreds participate in the National Action Network demonstration in response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of a high school African American history course, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP, File) OPINION: Nicolle Hurline Grayson has 8 ways to resist the actions taken by elected officials and corporations to whitewash…
DORAL, FLORIDA – JULY 09: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) attends a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at the Trump National Doral Golf Club on July 09, 2024 in Doral, Florida. Trump continues to campaign across the country. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) “RUN, BYRON, RUN!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. Democrats,…
Surveys suggest growing support for school choice, such as in Ohio, even as voters reject such policies in referendums. AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton and Suzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison The school choice movement received a major boost on Jan. 29, 2025, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order supporting…
Sterling K. Brown attends the “Paradise” photocall at The Corinthia Hotel on January 30, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images) Sterling K. Brown will continue to leave audiences on the edge of their seats in Hulu’s “Paradise” Season 2. Hulu took us on a wild, twisty ride to paradise this year with…
A 52-year-old South Florida woman is dead after Miami-Dade County paramedics allegedly abandoned her to respond to another call while she was suffering severe health symptoms, according to reports. Tasheba Anderson died less than two hours after being left behind on her kitchen floor, sparking an internal investigation into the actions of the first responders,…
Oprah Winfrey‘s slim waist has been attracting a lot of attention lately. The media mogul, who has faced challenges with her weight over the years, recently had fans in awe when her past slimmed-down figure was front and center for Vogue Magazine. On February 17, the Instagram page Urban Throwback shared vintage photos from Oprah Winfrey’s 1998 Vogue Magazine…
NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 19: The Roots perform with guest singer Jaguar Wright at an Entertainment Weekly hosted party at the Canal Room November 19, 2003 in New York City. The regular lead singer of the Roots (Black Thought) did not perform tonight due to his receiving root canal work. (Photo by Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)…
Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty At 12 years old, I received a five-year supply of white privilege. It all began when my fifth-grade teacher informed me that I needed to meet my mother in the principal’s office. I was homeschooled until I was 11, but I heard rumors about this notorious place where the worst…
Petterly Jean-Baptiste, center, an immigrant from Haiti, registers Nov. 16, 2023, with the Immigrant Family Services Institute, in Boston, while waiting with his family for transportation to a shelter, in Quincy, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) People with the protection are reliant on the government renewing their status when it expires. The Trump administration is…
The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) The IRS layoffs, one of the largest purges this year across the government, could also hurt customer service and tax return processing. The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of…
