Source: Twitter Wednesday marks 30 years since motorist Rodney King was beaten nearly to death in the infamous instance of police brutality. The anniversary drew attention to how the culture of police brutality in Los Angeles, in particular, has seemingly gone unchecked in the decades since King’s beating, as evidenced by an unfortunate and telling…
House Resolution 1, which touches on virtually every aspect of the electoral process, would restrict partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts House Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country. House Resolution 1, which touches on virtually…
Bodycam video showing a former Cleveland police officer using excessive force against Black men was recently released by city officials. Patrolman John Petkac, 30, was stripped of his badge in December after findings from an internal investigation revealed he “repeatedly used excessive, unnecessary and objectively unreasonable uses of force” between 2018 and 2019. Cleveland Public…
Angela Simmons flooded her fans’ Instagram feed on March 1 with two glamour uploads, including a solo shot and another with her older sister Vanessa Simmons. The photo that generated the most attention and likes was the post that included Vanessa, because fans deemed it’s been awhile since the duo have been seen together. Angela, who sported…
Head coach Greg McDermott of the Creighton Bluejays tweeted Tuesday that he ‘immediately recognized my egregious mistake.’ The head coach of Creighton University’s basketball team apologized Tuesday for a recent remark in which he told his players to “stay on the plantation.” After losing a game this weekend, Coach Greg McDermott made the comments in…
Since his early days in the group N.W.A., rapper Ice Cube has never been one to mince words with those who brought displeasure to him or the Black community. Decades later, this reality remains the same as the 51-year-old calls out Warner Bros. for opting to not move forward with another film in the “Friday”…
‘It is okay not to know who you are,’ she said, addressing America’s young, ‘or exactly what you want to be or do right now.’ America’s “Forever First Lady” Michelle Obama announced the release of a young readers’ edition and a paperback edition of her best-selling memoir, Becoming, on social media Tuesday. In her video,…
UPDATED: 9:45 a.m. ET, March 3, 2021 — The Senate voted 95-4 in favor of Cecilia Rouse‘s confirmation on Tuesday, sealing her mark in history as the first black person to chair the White House Council of Economic Advisers. As President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser Rouse will help the Biden-Harris reverse course from the…
It has been about half a year since Tamar Braxton and her ex-boyfriend David Adefeso went through their messy breakup. In September, Adefeso went on a YouTube livestream and accused Braxton of domestic violence. He claimed that she punched him in the jugular while he was driving, causing him to crash his vehicle. Braxton has…
‘They’re using the filibuster to deny progress, basically, to low-income people,’ Clyburn said, blasting his Republican colleagues. South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, scolded Republicans for their opposition of an increase in the minimum wage. “You see that our Republican colleagues are now adhering to the political philosophies that are a throwback…
