Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty On Wednesday, House Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, and Yvette Clarke will host a press conference on Capitol Hill addressing the growing crises in Haiti. MORE: Explaining The Unrest In Haiti: Gangs Raid Prisons And Try To Seize Control Of Major Airport In March, groups of heavily…
The Atlanta City Council has approved a $3.8 million legal settlement with the family of an elderly church deacon who died in police custody last year following a minor car crash. A federal lawsuit filed in January accused the city of Atlanta, Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, and former Officer Kiran Kimbrough of violating Johnny Hollman’s…
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pictured at the Northeast Bronx YMCA on June 6, 2022, in New York City. | Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Here’s the problem: There are a lot of white people, probably most, who simply don’t know anything about Black people. Maybe this is because white people still, by a fairly…
More than ever, actor Will Smith is sharing parts of his normally private world with his fans. Although fans had mixed feelings about the revelations of his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith, others have enjoyed Smith’s nostalgic photos with his siblings. On National Siblings Day, the Oscar winner posted a picture of himself and his…
A man who was caught on a livestream video attempting to shoot a pastor in the middle of a Sunday church service confessed to authorities that “spirits” told him to commit the crime. Bernard Junior Polite was charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person after trying to shoot Reverend Glenn…
Source: Concord Police Department / Concord Police Department A convicted North Carolina white supremacist who owned a KKK flag and Nazi memorabilia was sentenced under federal hate crime guidelines for terrorizing Black and brown people, including using racial slurs and threatening to kill them on multiple occasions. But as serious as Marian Hudak’s crime sounds…
Comedian Marlon Wayans has finally chimed in on the discourse about the upcoming “Scary Movie” reboot. He maintains that his family, a dynasty of comedians, has figured out a formula that can’t be replicated despite today’s climate where Hollywood is not as funny as it once used to be. While it might not be replicated,…
Source: CRobertson / Getty Louisiana lawmakers are still fighting hard to keep the state’s second majority-Black House district from ever seeing the light of day. Last week, three federal judges rejected a map drawn that contained a second majority-Black district. Gov. Jeff Landry and state Attorney General Liz Murrill both supported the map. The rejected…
An aspiring medical student in Shreveport, Louisiana, was declared brain dead after his pals shoved him into a lake while knowing he couldn’t swim, and instead of helping, stood by and watched as the man struggled to save himself, according to police. Christopher Gilbert, who last year earned his master’s in biological science from Louisiana…
The family of an elderly church deacon who was tased to death by an Atlanta police officer and their lawyers are speaking out after being awarded a multi-million dollar settlement for the egregious instance of yet another member of law enforcement killing an unarmed Black driver. It was announced on Monday that the City of…
