Leon Wells Facebook The bill would require any hospital that provides obstetric, emergency, or labor and delivery services to have a “Safe Discharge Labor Plan before discharging a patient who presents with signs or symptoms of labor.” After videos of Black women in labor being refused care by hospitals across the country went viral, Rep….
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 15: Mike Epps speaks onstage during the hand and footprint in cement ceremony for Ice Cube at TCL Chinese Theater on April 15, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images) Actor Mike Epps took to social media to “clear up a few things” after receiving backlash for comments he…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty The barn where Emmett Till was tortured and brutally murdered will be turned into a memorial after being purchased by The Emmett Till Interpretive Center. According to AP, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center announced on Sunday that it purchased the Mississippi barn with the assistance of writer/producer Shonda Rhimes,…
Kanaiyah Ward and the City of Baltimore (Photo credit: NBC 4 Washington/Getty) After the death of 16-year-old Kanaiyah Ward in September, Maryland’s Department of Human Services was given deadline to end the practice. In the wake of a Maryland foster teen’s suicide inside a Baltimore hotel, the state’s Department of Human Services says it has…
President Donald Trump wants the world to know that he is a big supporter of Shedeur Sanders after the rookie quarterback stepped up in his first regular-season NFL start. Sanders, 23, led the Cleveland Browns to a 24-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. He threw for 209 yards with one 66-yard touchdown…
(Photo: Getty Images) Democrats warned that the slashing of funds would “worsen” the homelessness crisis in America, which is disproportionately impacting Black and Brown Americans. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is leading a Democratic Party outcry against the Trump administration‘s major cuts to a decades-old program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty In a continuing effort by MAGA loyalists to expand the Trump administration’s campaign against its political opponents, the Department of Defense has launched a “thorough review” into Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly over a video released last week. On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that it’s opening an…
Shonda Rhimes donates to the preservation of Emmett Till’s story (Photos: Getty Images & AP Photos) The barn where Emmett Till was killed has been purchased by The Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to Shonda Rhimes’ generosity. In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was wrongfully beaten to death and lynched in Mississippi. And for years after…
A simple slip of phrasing from Donald Trump has once again taken on a life of its own, and now fans are questioning his intelligence and how well he retains information even more. The latest frenzy circles around an alleged verbal gaffe suggesting the president didn’t know how many states the U.S. actually has. A…
Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole (Photo credit: Getty Images) Berklee bestows $75,000 prize on Paris Dior Pineyro in honor of Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole’s enduring legacies. The legacies of the late and famous father and daughter music icons, Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole, are living on at Berklee College of Music….
