We really didn’t need any more proof that the Republican war on Critical Race Theory is really a war aimed at coddling white fragility and preserving white conservatives’ false image of what America is and was—but, boooooy, Republican legislators keep proving it anyway. An Oklahoma legislator has proposed a bill that would essentially penalize schools…
Tiny Harris took to Instagram on Dec. 18 to praise her daughter Heiress Harris‘ performance during Xscape’s show in Atlanta. In addition to commending her 5-year-old, Tiny also thanked her group members LaTocha and Tameka Scott for holding down the fort because she and Kandi Burruss were forced to quarantine after the ladies and their…
The Los Angeles Police Department worked with a Polish “strategic communications” firm last year to track tweets related to Black Lives Matter and “defund the police,” according to documents obtained via a public records request by The Brennan Center. The LAPD conducted a month-long trial of social media monitoring with Edge NPD, a company based…
“An autopsy has not been done, but they are assuming it may have been through smoke inhalation,” said Edgecombe County Manager Eric Evans. The day after a QVC distribution center in North Carolina was destroyed by a fire, the body of 21-year-old worker Kevon Ricks was found Sunday at the facility. “At approximately 11:30 am,…
Tamar Braxton is popping out a few weeks early with her “new year, new me” look. The R&B singer really switched things up for her Instagram followers on Dec. 19. She posted two photos of herself wearing a black bodycon leather dress and black heels, but the biggest change of all was her hairstyle. In…
Still missing Whitney? Many people are. Which is why one fan purchased an unheard Whitney Houston song for almost $1 Million. The song was an early demo recording of the teen diva singing before getting signed by Clive Davis at Arista Records. Special guest Whitney Houston at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 32nd Annual Awards…
Carrying a huge Howard Beach banner, Black protesters chanting anti-racist slogans march during a day long demonstration of “outrage” against the Howard Beach racial attack on Jan. 21, 1988. | Source: Bettmann / Getty UPDATED: 9:00 a.m., Dec. 20, 2021 Monday marks the 35th year since a group of young white male thugs violently confronted…
OPINION: The current uproar over CRT is just another remix of the same song of white supremacy in public education. Credit: Stock image/Getty Images Dear Black parents, You have tirelessly sacrificed to make quality educational opportunities more available to all children. You have resolutely stayed the course—envisioning educational opportunities for your own children that you…
Several organizations, including the Maryland chapter of the NAACP, are calling for male staff members at Howard County High School in the Baltimore suburb of Ellicott City to be criminally charged after disturbing video footage showing school officials restraining and striking the student in the head. In a statement to WUSA9 earlier this month, Howard…
“Today” show anchor Al Roker and his wife ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts shared with the world last week that their 19-year-old son Nick Roker would be going to college. Nick, who has special needs, is on the autism spectrum and suffered from developmental delays, including speaking and walking as a toddler. Since then, Nick has accomplished…
