The Kansas City Police Department says they’re investigating after a cellphone video surfaced showing the rough arrest of a Black woman on the ground by several of its officers last month. The Jan. 28 video captures the heated arrest of 25-year-old Daysheion Renee Ponds, which the Kansas City Star published on its website. It shows,…
The exterior of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which is the headquarters of the FBI, in Washington, D.C. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty In the early 1960s, young Black activists, including John Lewis, Dianne Nash and Julian Bond came together to fight back against injustice, advance social change, and win civil rights. This…
Me’Arah O’Neal has the best of two worlds. The high school basketball star has the athleticism of her dad, Shaquille O’Neal, and the beauty of her mom, Shaunie Henderson. In addition to her mom’s good looks, she has the fortune of having a stepfather, Pastor Keion Henderson — who loves and supports her. Their worlds typically…
A TikTok video that’s racked up more than five million views over the past day purports that six Nigerian billionaires died in a helicopter crash in California. TikToker @aja_ba shared details about a crash that happened last Friday in a remote part of the Mojave Desert that killed prominent Nigerian banking executive Herbert Wigwe. The…
Wendy Williams’ ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, believes her upcoming documentary, “Where is Wendy Williams?” is another way for people who do not have her best interest at heart to exploit the television host. The raw and unprecedented look at her life after departing her eponymous talk show in 2021, her battle with alcoholism, financial status, and…
On this episode of Small Doses with Amanda Seales, community organizer Richie Reseda dials in to discuss prison feminism. Richie Reseda is a social entrepreneur, abolitionist and artist delivering feminist programming to incarcerated men. Having spent seven years in prison for armed robbery, the Los Angeles native found his calling as a community organizer. Reseda…
Source: Michael Owens / Getty Super Bowl LVIII made history as the most-watched American television broadcast in decades, according to Neilsen. On Feb. 11, the explosive game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers drew in an average of 123.7 million viewers, breaking Super Bowl viewership records from 2023. The highly anticipated showdown…
A Michigan lawmaker, who is white, has been stripped of his staff and committee assignment after reposting a graphic appearing to show support for a racist ideology on X, formerly Twitter. On Feb. 6, Republican Rep. Josh Schriver, who serves Michigan’s 66th House District, reposted an X post from the senior editor of a conservative…
Questions about Beyoncé’s plans for the second act of her three-part Renaissance were answered during the Super Bowl when she revealed new music was dropping in a post-halftime Verizon ad, which reportedly cost the phone service provider $30 million. What happened next signaled the BeyHive to get into line dancing formation: the release of two…
Andra Day performs Lift Every Voice and Sing prior to Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Source: Perry Knotts / Getty At this point, it’s just kind of amusing to watch white conservatives get their Klan-derwear…
