Source: SOPA Images / Getty Republicans are waging a culture war on Black people; queer people; and Black, queer people. In more recent attacks, Republican state officials are trying to ban anti-racist tenets in schools and legalize discrimination against transgender people, namely trans children. These ploys are designed with a single purpose: to stifle racial…
Just as expected, Simone Biles secured her spot in the 2020 Summer Olympics at the second U.S. trials during the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at America’s Center on June 27, 2021 in St Louis, Missouri. However, despite winning both trials, Biles was not satisfied with her performance at the second trial. Over the weekend,…
These companies deserve our support year round! According to the 2019 Annual Business Survey, approximately 18.3% of all U.S. businesses are minority-owned. While we tout Black-owned businesses, it’s imperative to support double minority-owned businesses. We’re talking about Black-owned, queer businesses. According to a National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce report, LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs make up…
The lawsuit accuses Eric DeValkenaere of violating Cameron Lamb’s civil rights when he ran onto Lamb’s property without a warrant and fatally shot him The family of a Black man fatally shot in 2019 in his own backyard by a white police detective is suing Kansas City police and the officer. The lawsuit was filed…
Army veteran Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher, now 99, and an older Black vet, Johnnie Jones, were honored with long-overdue medals of honor. Nearly 80 years after he was injured in World War II, a Black veteran was honored with a long-overdue Purple Heart medal. U.S. Army Private Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher was delivering supplies to Allied troops…
Two Illinois brothers have been left with arrest records after they were held in jail for 33 days despite the fact that no charges were filed against them. Miami Beach police took 18-year-old Shyquawn McNickles and his brother, 20-year-old Carl McNickles into custody last month within hours after they arrived in Miami Beach for Shyquawn’s…
Source: Ron Adar / Getty Since last year’s racial justice uprisings, the conversation of reparations has increasingly moved to the forefront of American discourse. A long-enduring subject of conversation and study, proponents continue to be clear that it is an overdue debt that continues to accrue interest as the years go on. Vice recently ran…
The bill passed by a vote of 285-120 The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served in the Confederacy. The bill passed…
Johnson said reparations would signal to white Americans that “damages are owed” to the descendants of the enslaved. Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson appeared on CNBC, where he is a frequent guest, and called on the U.S. government to provide $14 trillion in reparations to African Americans for slavery and to help reduce racial…
Source: Spencer Platt / Getty The New York City mayoral primary was thrown into confusion this week after the Board of Elections announced it had mistakenly included 135,000 test ballots in the initial tally. Though the count was a dry run in preparation for the formal count expected to take place in a few weeks,…
