Viral video of the arrest of a wheelchair-bound man in Louisiana is causing an uproar online and raising questions about the necessity of the force police used when they took him into custody. The cellphone footage shows the moments leading up to the arrest during the early morning hours of Dec. 1 in Lake Charles,…
Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty Politics and sports have always danced around each other, even when folks swear they shouldn’t be in the same room. The truth is that whenever athletes step on a court, field, or track, they carry their identities, their communities, and the world’s tensions right along with them. For many fans,…
Tia Mowry attends Netflix’s “My Secret Santa” LA screening at Netflix Roma Theater on November 06, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Netflix) Tia Mowry gushes about the budding interests of her 14-year-old son Cree and seven-year-old daughter Cairo. Tia Mowry’s son Cree may not have his driver’s license yet,…
Source: Wesley Hitt / Getty President Donald Trump and the GOP spent much of the 2024 election cycle touting themselves as the “free speech” party. The continual assaults on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs on college campuses have revealed that, believe it or not, they were lying. The latest instance of Republican censorship takes…
FILE – In this Feb. 13, 2011 file photo, Chuck Brown arrives at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Brown, who styled a unique brand of funk music as a singer, guitarist and songwriter known as the “godfather of go-go,” died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. (AP…
(Photo: Getty Images) In her memoir “107 Days,” former Vice President Kamala Harris expressed apprehension about selecting Shapiro as her 2024 running mate: “A vice president is not a copresident.” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was not happy when he learned about what former Vice President Kamala Harris wrote about him in her New York Times…
Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty Listen — all hate speech is dangerous, but it’s especially dangerous coming from President Donald Trump, because we know it’s only a matter of time before his hateful and oppressive speech becomes hateful and oppressive policy. For example, over the past week or so, Trump has been…
President Donald Trump’s latest public collapse has ignited the most urgent questions yet about his mental decline — and the White House’s explanation does little to quell concerns. During Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, an hours-long session built around one of Trump’s favorite rituals of his own secretaries taking turns showering him with praise, he appeared to…
✕ The Trump administration’s latest move on immigration further escalates the right’s power play toward a white nation-state. In particular, the so-called “third world” ban on migration is not about security. It is about control. It is about preserving a white supremacist vision of America — one that sees Black, Brown, and Asian immigrants not…
(Photo: Video screengrab from X) Social media accounts that posted the video include alleged screenshots of Stembridge’s text messages with the teen boy on a dating app. A young Black Georgia Republican state party leader resigned from his post after just months on the job amid online allegations of being a child predator. Ja’Quon Stembridge…
