Council members in a Minnesota town have voted to grant a white supremacist group a permit to gather at an abandoned church building. The Swift County community of Murdock voted anonymously by a 3-1 vote at a virtual meeting on Dec. 9 to grant a conditional use permit to the Asatru Folk Assembly church. The…
ICE is scheduled to deport 26 Black and brown families with young children from two deportation centers located in Pennsylvania and Texas on Dec. 18, according to Amnesty International Earlier this week a federal court in Washington D.C. lifted the stay of removal protecting the groups located at the Berks and Dilley family detention centers from…
Our favorite celebrities were up to a whole lot this week, everything from winning awards and running their businesses to traveling and making appearances. #Twinning Gabrielle Union-Wade and Zaya Wade enjoy the fall weather in a pair of matching sweaters. Gabrielle Union-Wade’s Instagram (@gabunion) Major Views Ayesha Curry isn’t sweating it after hiking almost 50…
Source: JEFF KOWALSKY / Getty This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. Michigan’s former elections director Christopher Thomas isn’t surprised that the integrity of Detroit’s election process has continuously come into question…
Tiffany Haddish is giving back to foster youth in California with a new paid internship program that will begin in the summer of 2021. On Tuesday, Dec. 15, she announced the program in collaboration with her company, She Ready Productions, and Ready to Succeed. Tiffany Haddish Instagram/@tiffanyhaddish The She Ready internship program will place youth…
A Black former police detective filed an excessive force lawsuit in federal court against a rural Kansas sheriff’s department on Thursday, alleging he was intentionally run over by a patrol truck after fleeing a traffic stop in August. The suit comes as dashcam footage capturing the incident was released. Lionel Womack, a 35-year-old former police…
Charmaine Walker’s husband, Neek Bey, appears to be having a hard time understanding that when his wife gets a new hairdo, he must keep his hands to himself — regardless of how tempting it may be. In a playful video posted to the “Black Ink Crew: Chicago” star’s Instagram page on Tuesday, Dec. 15, Charmaine…
Lorenzo Taliaferro, former fullback for the Baltimore Ravens, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16 from a heart attack, according to a family member. He was 28 years old. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Lorenzo Taliaferro,” head coach John Harbaugh stated. “Lorenzo was a kind, smart, respectful and determined young man —…
It has been two weeks since a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Casey Christopher Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man, as he walked into his north Columbus, Ohio home. In the days since, national fervor has grown over Goodson’s death, several conflicting accounts have emerged publicly, rallies and protests have stepped off, and…
Donald Trump and his administration are leaving behind a hodgepodge of environmental issues that Joe Biden‘s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is uniquely qualified to tackle from Day 1. In addition to the coronavirus pandemic and its lingering environmental implications, chief among those obstacles is the intentional dismantling of environmental policies that…
