U.S. Representative Marc Veasey attends a special screening of Lawmen: Bass Reeves at MPA Theater on November 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Paramount+) In letter co-signed by two other Democrats, Veasey name drops Vice President Kamala Harris as head of the new generation of leaders WASHINGTON (AP) — A…
Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File) Jackson Lee led efforts to establish Juneteenth as a holiday in 2021 Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic…
The Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. | Source: Anadolu / Getty The most obnoxious thing about white conservatives is the way they pretend we’re calling them racist for no reason—and they do so often while demonstrating obvious and intentional racism. On the first night of the…
Source: Earl Gibson III / Getty Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the beloved Texas congresswoman who has been at the center of U.S.politics for 30 years, died Friday night, KHOU11 reports. She was 74 years old. Jackson Lee‘s family issued the following statement: “With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life…
NBA icon and new game show host Shaquille O’Neal was a guest on the July 17th episode of the daytime talk show The View, where things between him and co-host Sara Haines got hot and heavy. O’Neal visited “The View” to discuss his new role as co-host of the “Lucky 13” game show alongside Gina Rodriguez. However,…
U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris wave to members of the audience after speaking at a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “It would have a devastating effect on how Black women see the Democratic Party as the most viable…
Viral cellphone video shows a road rage dispute between two men in Indianapolis taking a deadly turn. Police found 29-year-old Gavin Dasaur suffering from gunshot wounds in the middle of a street near an interstate on the city’s southeast side Tuesday night. Gavin Dasaur, 29, was killed during a road rage confrontation in Indianapolis. He…
The iconic R&B group New Edition has finished up their special extended residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, and fans are gobsmacked at the radical transformation of Bobby Brown, from an ’80s sex symbol to a modern-day cool grandpa. Spawned from the one collective are several chart-topping acts that typically get their…
Source: Reginald Cunningham / Reginald Cunningham LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, co-founders of Black Voters Matter (BVM), along with April England-Albright, the national legal director of BVM, have denounced calls for President Joe Biden to step down. In a statement released on Friday, the trio urged Democrats to refrain from urging the 81-year-old president to…
A sheriff’s deputy who has been indicted for killing an Illinois Black woman shot her in the face over a pot of hot water, a memorandum states. Now, her family is saying their final goodbyes to the mother of two, who was also her mother’s only child. New details have emerged that show former Sangamon…
