(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) The newly signed law establishes a task force to investigate why Black women and girls go missing at such high rates and recommend solutions. Lawmakers in Missouri are finally taking the crisis of missing Black women and girls seriously. Earlier this year, the state passed a new bill establishing the “Missing…
The National Association of Black Bookstores is a first-of-its-kind national organization dedicated to uplifting Black-owned bookstores. (Photos: Adobe Stock/ NAB2) The National Association of Black Bookstores is a first-of-its-kind national organization dedicated to uplifting Black-owned bookstores. Just as rich history lies between the lines of iconic Black literature, a rich history lies in the Black-owned…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Earlier this week, Texas Democrats fled the state to prevent a vote on a new electoral map that would add five new Republican seats in the state. There have been threats of arrest, expulsion, and now U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R) has called on the FBI to find the…
Subway and Doritos coming together to present $5 Footlong Nachos has everyone talking and may have ignited an online food fight. The new snack was added to the Subway menu in April 2025. Footlong Nachos contained nacho cheese-flavored chips, Baja Chipotle sauce, jalapeno slices, diced tomatoes, red onion, cheese, and a choice of chicken or…
A white South African farm owner and his two employees are now on trial after being accused of fatally shooting two Black women last year, then feeding their bodies to pigs. Maria Makgatho, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were shot to death last August while they were looking for food on a pig farm belonging…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty I’ve written before about how President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, and what the event represents. The reason he wasted no time in his second term before he unilaterally pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, the reason…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty I’ve written before about how President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, and what the event represents. The reason he wasted no time in his second term before he unilaterally pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, the reason…
Instagram launches Instagram Maps (Photos: Adobe Stock & Meta) Instagram introduces “Instagram Maps” a feature designed to help users connect with friends, but raises major safety concerns. The app that was once known as a photo sharing app with fun filters like “Valencia” (if you know, you know) has now turned into a photo, video,…
(Photo: Getty Images) “This is a power grab that undermines our democracy,” Obama wrote in a post condemning Texas Republicans. Former U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out against Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan to give them a leg up in next year’s election, calling it clear gerrymandering and a threat to democracy. The 44th president of…
