The legislation passes as GOPers in nearly every state propose and many are passing restrictive voting laws. The Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Tuesday. The bill would strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and make it more difficult for states to restrict voting access….
Many questions linger surrounding the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, that claimed a total of 2,977 lives across New York City, Washington, D.C., and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks saw a total of 19 men commandeer four planes that morning and crash two into the World Trade Center towers and one into the…
During the West Wing late afternoon address on Afghanistan, Biden connected his Build Back Better Plan to voting rights. President Joe Biden is faced with one crisis after another, and Afghanistan has topped the list with Biden telling the G-7 Summit he will not extend the Aug. 31 deadline, working on contingency plans for Americans…
A new book details how parents who are trying to deal with their children’s school suspensions are losing wages Charles Bell’s forthcoming book Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety chronicles his research and details how school punishment has an impact on the lives of Black families, according to Yahoo News. Bell spoke…
Based on the 1999 film, the show will center on the friendship of three young Black men growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood Showtime has given a pilot order to Rick Famuyiwa and Justin Hillian for a show based on their 1999 coming-of-age film The Wood, which centers on the friendship of…
Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty Back from recess, the House of Representatives voted to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill passed 219-212, with no Republicans crossing over to support voting rights. First introduced in 2019, the bill was renamed for John Lewis shortly after his passing. The earlier version of the bill…
Demarcus Dunn was also a veteran and local sports coach A Louisiana family is feeling lost in the wake of the passing of their loved one and a fiancée is left to pick up the pieces after losing the love of her life just one day before their scheduled wedding. People Magazine reports Baker police…
Yung Joc addressed the heated altercation between himself and his son Amoni Robinson, 20, on Aug. 24 during an Instagram Live. The fight appeared on a recent episode of “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” that was filmed back in 2020. The father and son were at odds over Robinson’s involvement with a particular friend that…
Amanda Wilson, CEO of A+X Puzzles, is the first Black woman to have her puzzles featured in Target stores nationwide. Wilson launched the business less than three years ago and will now have her products available in 1,750 Target locations. The company made the announcement about the nationwide launch on Aug. 8. Wilson spoke to…
Both accuse the other of cheating in newly released documents; Sonya admits she’s in a new relationship If you thought that Sonya Curry and Dell Curry would have a harmonious divorce after they announced this week that they were splitting up after 33 years, you’d be wrong. The day after it was reported that Sonya…
