Early reviews have declared the series a triumph and something only Jenkins could have pulled off When Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins was considering adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Underground Railroad into a limited series, he kept hearing the same thing: Impossible. It would be emotionally and mentally draining, Jenkins knew. And he…
Source: Stefani Reynolds / Getty Republican Sen. Tim Scott has refused to budge from his position on qualified immunity, holding up federal action on legislation centered on police reform in America. He, along with Democrats Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Karen Bass, is working through various elements of policing and prosecution. The three lawmakers, all…
Beatty was a leading figure in the fight for racial equality Attorney and former state lawmaker Otto Beatty Jr., a leading figure in the fight for racial equality in Ohio, has died at 81. His wife, U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, announced his death on Twitter on Friday, calling him “a devoted father, grandfather, amazing husband…
An aerial view of smoke rising from smoldering rubble from multiple homes in a Philadelphia neighborhood following the police bombing of MOVE headquarters on May 13, 1985. | Source: Bettmann / Getty Families of victims from the decades-old deadly police bombing of a Black liberation group’s headquarters in Philadelphia experienced a whirlwind this week with…
Kevin Stitt gets dismissed after signing a bill banning some race and racism concepts from being taught in public schools The commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre announced Friday that it had booted Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from his seat on the panel a week after he signed a…
A Black high school athlete in North Carolina said she was left “embarrassed” after she was asked to remove the beads from the ends of her hair or leave her softball game, local outlets began reporting this week. The incident occurred on April 19 at Hillside High School in Durham, North Carolina, during a game…
Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement late Friday saying the victim remains were located at the medical examiner’s office A day after Philadelphia’s health commissioner was forced to resign over the cremation of partial remains belonging to victims of a 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization, the city now says those remains were never…
Jamal Sutherland, who battled mental health issues, was repeatedly subjected to a Taser and pepper sprayed in a jail cell In January, Jamal Sutherland died while in custody in a South Carolina detention center shortly after being arrested. Now, new footage shows that he was repeatedly subjected to a Taser hours before his death, according…
Actress Vivica A. Fox is holding little to nothing back when it comes to sharing the life lessons that have shaped her into the outspoken and undeniably confident woman fans have loved for years. Ahead of a May 15 women’s workshop, Conversations with Kym Virtual Women’s Empowerment Experience, the “Kill Bill 2” actress opened up…
“The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today,” Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt says An Israeli airstrike targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated…
