Source: Montinique Monroe / Getty Months after announcing his intentions to run for Texas attorney general, civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt is making good on his promise and officially launched his campaign on Tuesday. Merritt, running as a Democrat, is also an activist who has played instrumental roles in seeking justice for victims of gun…
Texas Republicans passed the bill, but if House Democrats don’t return before the session’s end, it can’t become law. Texas Democrats are not giving up on the voting rights of their constituents without a fight. More than 50 members of the Texas state House left its capitol Monday to avoid voting on Republican-led voter suppression…
Emmy nominations are in, and fans of HBO’s hit series “Lovecraft Country” are more perplexed now than they were a few weeks ago when it was announced that the supernatural horror series set during the 1950s Jim Crow era would not be returning for a second season. According to Deadline, the show, starring Jonathan Majors,…
A white woman at the center of a now viral video offered some explanation for her bizarre behavior over the weekend. New Jersey police also face backlash for their handling of the incident that ended with no charges for the woman now dubbed “Victoria’s Secret Karen.” The woman was caught on camera attacking a Black…
Daniel Slater hired a hitman to carry out the crimes but was foiled when he turned out to be an FBI agent. A 51-year-old Florida man planned to have his 22-year-old girlfriend, her sister and her brother-in-law killed and then pin the murders on Black Lives Matter protesters. Daniel Slater of Palm Beach hired a…
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross launched her hair care line Pattern in September 2019. The idea came about while she was working on the hit sitcom “Girlfriends” after the hairstylist on set struggled to style natural hair for a predominately Black cast. Ellis wanted to create a line for people with 3B to 4C hair that…
Flavor Flav and Boosie Badazz stunned fans on Monday, July 12, following the rappers’ union after countless comparison comments. Both men initially met up to announce that they would be collaborating on a podcast episode entitled “The Flavor Flav Show,” hosted by the proclaimed “reality TV icon.” In the clip, both Flav and Boosie are seen…
One of the men arrested last week in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been revealed to be a former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA confirmed Monday that a former confidential informant for the agency was among the men arrested in the assassination plot, and although it…
Usain Bolt has created a new word to describe his greatness. Introducing “Usainly.” The eight-time Olympic gold medalist continued, “‘USAINLY’ means Awesome or incredibly but primarily is used in reference to the worlds fastest man. Halleluyah for world discovery Now let see how quick my fans are to use Usainly in some sentences. ” Usain…
“With this legislation, with these rules, we’re robbing students of the opportunity to have a high-quality education, to think critically,” said Carlisha Bradley, the only Black member of the state’s Board of Education. The Oklahoma Board of Education has outlined new guidelines limiting teachings on race and gender in K-12 classrooms. As reported by The…
