Source: Gemth / Getty The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new jobs data on Tuesday, and the economic outlook isn’t so great. The adage that when America gets a cold, Black people get the flu is once again proving true as the data reveals that Black unemployment is almost double the national average. According to…
Barbara Rose Johns. (Photo credit: R.R. Moton Museum) The U.S. Capitol unveils statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns, who protested her Virginia high school’s poor conditions in 1951. The landmark Supreme Court case “Brown v. Board of Education,” in 1954, declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional — a watershed moment…
(Photo: Getty Images) “If we had to give Donald Trump’s economy a grade, it would be an F. Fail fail fail fail fail,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson told theGrio. The Black unemployment rate increased yet again in November, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. The economy continues to show signs…
New speculation about President Donald Trump’s health is bubbling up again after his odd behavior at a White House press conference sent the internet into a frenzy after he made this one weird move. Trump’s health and mental well-being have been front and center for months after his troubling public cognitive lapses and potential physical…
Deria Francis Stukes was eight weeks pregnant when she says a Cirkcle K clerk assaulted her, causing her to lose her baby (Screenshot: WTVG 13abc Action News/ YouTube) Deria Francis Stukes was eight weeks pregnant when she says a Circle K clerk assaulted her, causing her to lose her baby. For a South Carolina woman,…
Just like politics, religion is one of those charged topics people tend to tiptoe around, especially in mixed company where opinions and beliefs don’t always align. But during a recent conversation, rapper T.I. discussed his views on faith and lack of connection to the church in a setting he seemingly believed was safe. The conversation…
Source: Jackson State University / Getty Former President Joe Biden’s signature student loan repayment plan is officially dead. With little fanfare, the Trump administration announced this week that it would end the SAVE program, eliminating a critical source of relief for millions of borrowers whose balances were finally stabilizing after years of compounding interest. In…
FILE – Donna Summer performs at the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, Norway on Dec. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File) Summer’s smooth blend of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and electronica launched numerous chart-topping hits in the ‘70s and ’80s. There are giants, and then there is Donna Summer. The Queen of Disco and then…
Kyle Rittenhouse’s return to social media in recent days has quickly reignited controversy, this time drawing a rare and blistering rebuke from a Florida sheriff who accused him of exploiting a fresh homicide to advance a political agenda. Rittenhouse, who was acquitted after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a racial justice…
Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty I know this is going to come as a shock to some of you, but the police be lying. We’ve told y’all this before. More than once, in fact. It appears that no matter how many times we provide examples of how corrupt, inept, and just plain evil law enforcement…
