It’s been weeks since an Atlanta police officer killed a 44-year-old Black man named Linton Blackwell by shooting him 17 times in the back outside a bar, and police have released very little details to the family of the slain rapper known as B Green. “It wasn’t just an execution but a new form of…
Jermaine Dupri is calling out the double standards of the rise of artificial intelligence artists decades after Gayle King’s viral interview. For years, the So So Def label owner and producer has been vocal about his disdain for AI-generated singers replacing real talent. But this week, AI artist Xania Monet made history as the first of…
(Photo: Getty Images) The Trump administration appealed a federal order to fully fund SNAP benefits for the month of November. President Donald Trump defended his administration’s decision to only partially disburse SNAP to more than 42 million Americans, before ultimately appealing a federal judge’s order to fully fund the food assistance program. “We have to…
If anyone failed to read the room, it was White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Her attempt to gush over President Donald Trump’s latest renovation project — a lavish marble bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom — quickly turned into one of the most tone-deaf posts of the shutdown and unleashed a metaphorical political lashing from…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Last month, we reported on the story of 64-year-old Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, a Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned and he was set free — only to be immediately detained by ICE agents and set up to be deported to…
Trump, 79, and first lady Melania, 55, married in January 2005, a decade before he launched his political career. He and the former Slovenian-American model first entered the White House in 2017 and made their return in 2025. But his reputation for ironclad deals didn’t end with business — it carried into his marriages as…
Source: Tom Williams / Getty Age ain’t nothing but a number could have been a theme song for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s long tenure in Congress. But the 85-year-old California lawmaker announced Thursday she would not seek re-election, making way for a new generation of leadership to represent San Francisco when she retires. Pelosi was…
Marshawn Kneeland #DL41 of the Western Michigan Broncos speaks to the media during the 2024 NFL Draft Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 28, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Marshawn Kneeland, 24, died by suicide on Nov. 6, leaving his family, loved ones, and teammates grieving and advocating for mental…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 03: Teyana Taylor attends the 2025 CFDA Awards at The American Museum of Natural History on November 03, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Teyana Taylor says her role in ‘One Battle After Another’ wasn’t accidental — it was a mirror to the ways Black…
A Pennsylvania man caught on camera hurling racial slurs and derogatory remarks at a Black delivery driver was immediately dismissed from his city job after video of the confrontation started circulating online. The now-former public works employee for Swissvale, a borough in western Pennsylvania, was seen approaching a Black box truck driver around 5 a.m….
