OPINION: Not canceling student loan debt for Black Americans is crushing our hopes and dreams and any chance at becoming a healthier community Growing up poor or first-gen in America means that you were likely sold the ‘American Dream’ myth — education as the only key to financial freedom, more degrees equals more money, and…
Thirteen jurors have been seated for Derek Chauvin’s trial with two more to be seated ahead of opening statements Jury selection entered its third week Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, with at least two more jurors needed ahead of opening statements next week. Thirteen jurors have been seated…
Many officers criticized chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called ‘terrorist’ or ‘thugs’ In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives…
Source: Montinique Monroe / Getty Civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt, who rose to prominence by representing families who lost loved ones as a result of high-profile police killings including Atatiana Jefferson in Fort Worth and Botham Jean in Dallas, has announced his intent to run for Texas Attorney General next year. Merritt tweeted Saturday…
A Pennsylvania Marine Corps veteran is being called a hero after he sprang into action to save his neighbor from a Norristown house fire on the morning of March 15. At around 10 a.m. Monday, 70-year-old James Johnson was on his way home from the bank when he noticed the flames. Johnson called 911 then…
AstraZeneca said its experts did not identify any safety concerns related to the vaccine, including finding no increased risk of rare blood clots identified in Europe AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease, including in older adults, in final-stage U.S. testing, the company announced Monday. AstraZeneca said…
“I overheard a colleague of mine, while watching me do the news that evening, tell a room full of people that I looked like a ‘me sucky sucky love you long time’ whore.” In the wake of the violent attacks that left eight women, including six Asian women dead, former MTV News correspondent, SuChin Pak…
“I personally believe the evidence is trending towards that, and probably meets those elements.” Michael Sherwin, the former federal prosecutor who led the investigation into the January 6 Capitol riots said this weekend on CBS’ 60 Minutes that the evidence against the defendants “probably” meets the elements of sedition charges. Sherwin led the investigation into…
Source: Carmen Mandato / Getty After being called out for separate and unequal facilities between men and women’s basketball teams during the March Madness tournament, the NCAA revealed a new workout space for women’s teams over the weekend. While the NCAA tried to claim it planned to upgrade the women’s facilities once “additional space” was…
Don’t mess with Michelle — Jimmy Kimmel learned that firsthand, as a probing question about the sex life of Michelle Obama got turned back on him by the former first lady in a sly rebuke. Obama virtually dropped by ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on March 16 to discuss her new Netflix food show for kids,…
