(Photos: Getty Images & AP Newsroom) Recently on “The Joe Budden Podcast,” Dr. Marc Lamont Hill explained why many believe Assata Shakur was framed for killing a state trooper. This week on “The Joe Budden Podcast,” Dr. Marc Lamont Hill gave listeners a history lesson in honor of Assata Shakur’s passing last week. While paying…
DeVon Franklin attends the Ruth & Boaz Atlanta Special Screening on September 22, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Netflix) Producer DeVon Franklin, Serayah McNeill, and Tyler Lepley describe what it was like to translate the biblical love story for modern audiences. The idea for Netflix’s new film “Ruth & Boaz”…
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Welp, the U.S. government is on the precipice of yet another shutdown due largely to the inability of the two parties in our two-party system to get along — a condition that has likely been exacerbated by a White House administration led by a president who is observably content with…
FILE – The Hollywood Sign is seen in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file) Trump’s vague tariff threat targets an industry where U.S. movies already lead the world, sparking fears of retaliation, lost billions, and unintended damage to Hollywood itself. President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made…
Scott Olson ICE in Chicago: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially launched Operation Midway Blitz, a large-scale, multi-agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiative targeting “criminal illegal aliens” in Chicago and across Illinois. The operation, which began on Sept. 8, was publicly announced on the DHS website and is named in honor of…
Jennifer Lopez says the making of her new movie, “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” was the best and the worst of times. Lopez, 56, was in the midst of a separation from Ben Affleck while production was underway during the summer of 2024. Filming wrapped that June, and by August she had filed for divorce…
Meka on Fox 5 DC after surviving a kidnapping attempt in Tunisia While traveling to Tunisia in Northern Africa, a young woman name Meka says she was drugged and kidnapped from her hotel. Best friends, Meka and Queen, are grateful to be back home in Montgomery County, Maryland, after enduring a horrific experience abroad. What…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Donald Trump’s new “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” presidential memorandum masquerades as a tough law enforcement tool. But for those of us who speak against systemic violence—on racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equity—this document reads like a declaration of war. Under the guise of protecting national security,…
Once again, Melania Trump was filmed having a spat with her husband, President Donald Trump, in front of cameras. Amid constant rumors about their marital issues in the White House and their separate sleeping arrangements, the first lady was seen pulling away from Donald’s hard grip. Melania’s icy gesture toward Trump ahead of their tense…
Source: JEFF KOWALSKY / Getty Yet another white man has been identified as the shooter in yet another mass shooting that appears to be an act of political violence — which essentially means we have another story that will inevitably result in no solutions to the clear pattern of this kind of violence, but plenty…
