Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Texas State Representative Nicole Collier has emerged as a key figure in the state’s ongoing electoral map controversy. On Aug. 18, Collier was confined to the House floor after refusing to sign what lawmakers described as a “permission slip” authorizing law enforcement to monitor her movements around the Capitol. The…
It’s the latest viral video showing a white person attempting to police a Black man for no apparent reason. This time, the Black father and his toddler-aged son were waiting for an Uber in the lobby of their upscale residential building in Miami to go to the airport for an early flight. The father, who…
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Apparently, Texas House Republicans didn’t know that State Rep. Nicole Collier is a freeborn Black woman who doesn’t need their permission to move freely. The Fort Worth legislator refused to accept the Republican version of freedom papers after Democratic lawmakers successfully broke the quorum. Texas Democratic lawmakers have been using…
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 14: Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier (D-95) (3rd L) speaks to reporters as U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (2nd L) and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) (L) listen after a meeting between the senators and members of Texas House Democratic Caucus at the U.S. Capitol July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.(Photo by…
A federal judge in Alabama issued a judgment last month awarding nearly $1 million in damages to a Black millwright who alleged he was called the N-word by a co-worker, then demoted and fired by an industrial services company after he complained. The judgment of $978,075 ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bradley Murray in Alabama…
FILE – Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks, accompanied by Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith, during a news conference on President Donald Trump’s plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National Guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) The probe comes as Trump…
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 13: Tamika Scott of Xscape performs onstage during the 2022 Soul Train Awards presented by BET at the Orleans Arena on November 13, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) The R&B singer praised a young waitress who seated her and her daughter after other…
FILE – New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) The clash escalates Trump’s long-running feud with New York’s attorney general, who won a $454M fraud judgment against him. President Donald Trump’s political weaponization czar sent a letter urging New York Attorney General Letitia James to resign from…
Monica Lewinsky survived a presidential scandal nearly three decades ago, and yet, there are still new details emerging about her life in hiding during that time. The TV producer is helping to promote her and Amanda Knox’s latest project, the Hulu series “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.” Knox being the American exchange student who…
Patrick Blackwood and NinaUnrated at CuVee’s Culinary Creations (Screenshot from “Unrated EX Files” YouTube page) The scary scene happened in Houston and the influencers have a lot to say about their near-death experience. About the last thing most people think of happening to them while eating a meal is for a vehicle to crash into…
