A’ja Wilson is a five-time WNBA All-Star, a two-time Defensive Player of the Year, and a two-time WNBA champion, but the Las Vegas Aces and Wilson’s greatness continues to be overshadowed by Caitlin Clark. The unprecedented amount of attention surrounding Clark has sparked discussion about race, with some questioning whether the NCAA career-scoring leader’s meteoric…

The Texas congressional redistricting map is seen on August 9, 2003, in Austin, Texas. | Source: Jana Birchum / Getty It really can’t be emphasized enough that the GOP has become the party of winning by any means necessary, even if it means brazenly weaponizing systemic racism—which it always does.  Texas is one of several…

A proposed $5.8 million settlement for Black workers who were victims of racism, discrimination, retaliation and harassment at Chicago’s Water Department is awaiting review and approval by city leaders. The settlement was announced on Monday, May 6, a month before a class action lawsuit filed by 12 current and former Black employees of the department…

Source: Steven Ferdman / Getty It has been nearly six years since former Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter stepped down from his leadership role at the pizza franchise due to the fallout over his use of the N-word during a company conference call—and he is still whining about it. Not only is Schnatter still complaining…

Shannon Sharpe wants Shaunie Henderson to remember that her rise to fame wasn’t by happenstance, but because she stood on the shoulders of her ex-husband, Shaquille O’Neal. The first-time author, who recently released her memoir “Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms,” sent fans and critics into debate-mode with her unfiltered thoughts…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took aim at increasing criticism regarding his recent ethics controversies, including his refusal to step away from several rulings involving the 2020 election subversion case due to his wife’s efforts to keep President Donald Trump in power and his casual acceptance of gifts from a number of billionaire Republican donors….

Source: Pheelings Media / Getty In March, Pew Research Center reported that only six percent of working journalists in the U.S. are Black. And as far back as 10 years ago, analysts found that of all working journalists, Black people took the biggest hit as the media landscape shifted. Companies like Vice, Sports Illustrated, and…

Less than three years after acquiring her three-bedroom, three-bathroom dream penthouse, located in New York’s financial district, Wendy Williams‘ home has been sold for significantly less than its original purchase price by her guardian. The sale coincides with the apparent disappearance from social media of her ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, who often uses his Instagram page…

An aspiring Black doctor in Louisiana, who nearly drowned last month after a white co-worker shoved him into a lake, has fully recovered and says he harbors no resentment toward the person who nearly caused his death. “I don’t think anyone did anything intentionally wrong,” Christopher Gilbert told The New York Post about the April…

Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force A Florida police department is under scrutiny for shooting to death a young Black Air Force officer under questionable circumstances earlier this month. But the killing of Senior Airman Roger Fortson is far from the first time the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has found itself at…