Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres were among the history-making congressional swearing-ins Sunday. Two brand-new New York congressmen — Rep. Mondaire Jones and Rep. Ritchie Torres — made history this weekend, becoming the first openly gay Black men to be sworn into the U.S. Congress. “Today, with my sister by my side, I was sworn into…
Officials in Raffensperger’s office recorded the call and were to only release it if Trump attacked the Georgia Secretary of State Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has joined the chorus of those who believe that President Trump should not have spoken to him about the 2020 election and that an investigation may be warranted….
Trump began 2021 with politics as usual as concerns mount over a leaked tape where he pressured Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the presidential election and threatened him with a possible “criminal offense” during an hour-long phone call on Saturday. In response, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has expressed a similar sentiment…
“Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” reality star Tammy Rivera-Malphurs is looking regal in a new modeling pic that leaves room for her follower’s imaginations. Rivera, 34, posed in a brown robe leaving part of her chest visible and exposing her entire left thigh. “Serenity,” Rivera captioned the photo that garnered over 150,000 likes. The mother…
Will Trump’s attempt to wrest a won presidency from Joe Biden find real resistance in Congress this week? Americans are reeling from the release of tapes of President Donald Trump attempting to coerce Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn that state’s lawful election. Additionally, more than 140 Republican U.S….
A new film that recently debuted on Netflix offers some explosive artistic commentary on police brutality. “Cops and Robbers” premiered on the streaming platform Dec. 28. It is the animated adaptation of a poem Black activist Timothy Ware-Hill penned in the wake of Ahmaud Arbery’s death. Jada Pinkett Smith is one of the executive producers….
A group of anti-masker demonstrators stormed a Los Angeles area grocery store and nearby mall on Sunday with little interference from LAPD officers who stood by as the protesters harassed several shoppers. The agitators barged into eateries and stores in inciting unnecessary confrontation in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Social media users are…
Biden’s inauguration will ‘reflect on the diversity, heritage and resilience of the country,’ officials contend. It looks like the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden is starting to shape up. Because it’s occurring during a coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 350,000 on these shores, most events will be held online to help keep people safe….
Tiffany Haddish is once again opening up about her relationship with Common, and their perfectly imperfect partnership. Haddish told People that while she and her boyfriend don’t have the ideal relationship, it’s no problem because that ideal doesn’t exist. She admitted that while they have their arguments, they aren’t vicious back-and-forth disagreements designed to insult…
A Black woman intends to sue a police department in upstate New York for becoming violent and using “excessive force” during what she called an “unlawful arrest” for a decidedly non-violent allegation. The episode in the town of Ulster was recorded by a bystander as well as an officer’s body camera. According to a press release,…
