Zaire Byrd, 18, poses for a photo last month in Atlanta. (Photo: Mike Stewart/AP) The past decade has seen some progress in lowering suspension rates for Black students. But massive disparities persist. Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes….
Source: The Washington Post / Getty In roughly five months (October 2023 through Feb. 29, 2024), Washington D.C. brought in $54 million in tickets from traffic cameras. Despite her assertion that this revenue was a surprise benefit, in early 2023, Mayor Browser had already allocated an expected $578 million in ATE revenue to address a…
Black and Hispanic workers at a Florida construction company who endured racial and ethnic slurs and were given “degrading” assignments were awarded $1.6 million in a settlement of a civil rights lawsuit filed on their behalf by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). J.A. Croson, a Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor, agreed last…
Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, disembark from their campaign bus in Savannah, Georgia, on August 28, 2024, as they travel across Georgia for a 2-day campaign bus tour. | Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty All political eyes were on Vice President Kamala Harris on…
Oprah Winfrey, 70, remains a polarizing public figure. Her recent endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign has sparked outrage among critics blasting Winfrey’s previous highly publicized charitable efforts. In August 2023, a series of wildfires devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui. The OWN founder teamed up with fellow Hollywood heavyweight Dwayne “The…
Veteran TV producer and former showrunner of the upcoming Drew Barrymore-produced game show has been removed from his duties following allegations of racist remarks he made to members of the production team of “Hollywood Squares.” According to Deadline, sources reported that Vincent Rubino allegedly said, “Don’t rob me” to three production assistants of color, believed…
Amanda Seales says that the vitriol of the digital space has made it easy for people to chip away at her humanity. Admittedly, she believes that the same is true in reverse. The outspoken actress has been reeling from being put through the wringer since she spoke out about feeling unsupported by some of the…
Source: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Unless someone is as delusional as Donald Trump and his followers who choose to ignore reality and marvel at America through MAGA-red rose-colored glasses, there’s no denying that the polls have not been friendly to the ex-president as of late. As we reported on Thursday,…
Ben Affleck appears to be in a much better place since his split from his wife of two years, fellow Hollywood A-lister Jennifer Lopez. For months, paparazzi have snapped photos of the “Daredevil” actor looking grumpy and miserable. But recently, the 52-year-old was photographed looking unusually upbeat and cheerful just weeks after Lopez filed for…
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party’s presidential nomination. The RNC…
