Source: JDawnInk / Getty This year marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month. As we reflect on our stories, this centennial is not only a moment of celebration but a call to urgency, a reminder that protecting, preserving, and uplifting Black history matters now more than ever. Let’s take a look back at how…
Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Last week, as many had predicted over the past few years, Kanye West woke up one morning and decided to apologize. Not necessarily in the half-hearted, PR-cleansed way we’ve grown accustomed to from public figures who torch their reputations with some moral dereliction or another and then attempt to rebuild…
New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson refused to have his name dragged into the scandalous web of Jeffrey Epstein’s misdeeds. The Super Bowl champion and his wife, Ciara, are among the A-list celebrities named in the most recent files released by the Department of Justice, following the mention of rappers Jay-Z and Pusha T. Russell…
Source: Amyah Wright / Amyah Wright At his Washington, D.C., apartment, 54-year-old Will Greenfield, who is living with ALS, is surrounded by the medical and adaptive technology that sustains his care, communication, and independence. Ice covers sidewalks and side streets across Washington, D.C., as the city prepares to enter February. Many residents are forced to…
This may be a first. “CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillp had to warn panelists to “keep their hands to themselves” as the discussion over President Donald Trump’s deadly ICE crackdown in Minneapolis took a heated turn during an intense exchange between two commentators and almost turned physical. The debate centered around whether agents with Customs…
President Donald Trump once again had the internet closely monitoring his movements after returning from a quick overnight trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for a wedding. Trump — dressed in a black suit, a black overcoat, and a white baseball cap — was likely wearing the same look at the wedding for his…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty When Nicki Minaj walked into that Trump Accounts Summit event a few days ago, wrapped in white fur, she didn’t just enter a room. She arrived lacquered, weaponized, and curated for impact. Her hair fell smooth and pin-straight with that precise, studio-perfect side part and not a strand daring to…
A federal judge in Chicago last week dismissed a lawsuit by a conservative group claiming that Northwestern University’s law school discriminates against white men when hiring faculty. It’s the second time that the nonprofit Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) has failed in its efforts to stop a U.S. law school from…
(Photo: Getty Images, GoFundMe) The GoFundMe page for Jerome Richardson’s legal defense has already raised over $11,000. Jerome Deangelo Richardson, a 21-year-old Temple University student and activist, was arrested by federal agents on Monday in connection to an anti-ICE protest that took place at a church in Minnesota. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Richardson’s…
✕ Normally, I would never accuse President Donald Trump of exceeding expectations, but his second term has been significantly worse than I could have imagined. We all knew it would be bad, but this is genuinely unprecedented. Don’t just take it from me; intelligence expert Malcolm Nance provides historical context for the unique insanity of…
