Screenshot Dr. Bess Carpenter Dunner has been collecting Black Santa figurines for over 50 years, primarily for the sake of representation, as Black Santas continue to draw some controversy. As Christmas decorations go, there are fewer and fewer Black Santas to be found. In the case of Dr. Bess Carpenter Dunner, she’s been collecting the…
University of New Haven Prison Education Program and the Yale Prison Education Initiative host third commencement ceremony for graduating inmates. (Photo credit: Karen Pearson/ University of New Haven) Ten students in a Connecticut prison earned degrees through Yale and the University of New Haven’s prison education programs. This holiday season, ten inmates at the MacDougall-Walker…
Two Oklahoma police officers facing felony charges for fatally shooting an unarmed Black man outside a home in 2021 whose previous efforts to get their cases dismissed have failed are now trying a new legal tack: They’re hoping a criminal appeals court will rule in their favor based on a new state law relating to…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 05: Jill Scott attends Day 2 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 05, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Josh Brasted/Getty Images for ESSENCE) “Nobody’s perfect. And I’m divorced twice. Like, there’s no way that I’ve had a perfect existence,”…
President Donald Trump has angered some of his biggest critics throughout 2025 with various polarizing decisions, but tearing down the White House’s East Wing in order to build a multi-million-dollar ballroom has become one of his most controversial acts. Initially, the supposed 90,000-square-foot event space was estimated to cost around $200 million when it was…
Source: KOCO video screenshot / KOCO screenshot If the state of Oklahoma was ever looking to shed its reputation for consistently being among the lowest-ranked states in terms of education, it’s not going to be able to look to the University of Oklahoma to aid in that effort, because OU is clearly more interested in…
President Donald Trump is a well-known golf enthusiast, but the billionaire businessman was filmed having a good time participating in another team-centered sport. Social media was in shock after viewing footage of Trump, 79, running on the beach and playing in the sand while on vacation. Left to right, Elizabeth Trump Grau, her husband Jim…
A rambling, weak, and sweaty President Donald Trump took his feud with Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to a new level during a speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he spent two minutes talking about his derisive nickname for Greene and wondering, “What happened to her?” But it’s his appearance and meandering delivery that really have…
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 19: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a rally at the Rocky Mount Event Center on December 19, 2025 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Trump spoke on his plans to lower the cost of staples, including gas and health care, while blaming the Biden administration for the economic…
Source: Caylo Seals / Getty At a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, Vice President JD Vance, the self-appointed “hillbilly” who made it out the mud, told white Americans they no longer have to “apologize for being white.” After Vance’s remarks, much of the media coverage fixated on crowd reaction, viral outrage, and whether the…
