(Photo: Getty Images) “There is a price for convenience and Black and brown [people] will pay the brunt of it every-time,” SZA warns of AI. By now, you’ve probably scrolled past at least one think piece or panel about the promise of artificial intelligence (AI). The hype is everywhere, from Silicon Valley to social media…
President Donald Trump is in unfamiliar territory — not lashing out at Democrats, but turning on his own base. Facing a wave of backlash over his administration’s abrupt decision to shut down the Epstein investigation, the president has begun publicly scolding the very supporters who once believed he would be the one to expose the…
Source: Daniel Bartel / Getty Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is heavily in his protect Black women bag, as he recently came to the defense of Chicago Sky star Angel Reese in the wake of the online racist attacks she received from former football player-turned-commentator Robert Griffin III. During a recent appearance on the Off…
(Photo: Getty Images) “What the Trump administration is doing to the Department of Education is not about policy. It’s about power. And it’s coming at the direct expense of America’s kids,” said Pennsylvania State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. Elected officials and advocates are decrying ongoing cuts and funding freezes at the U.S. Department of Education, which…
FILE – Guard Flau’jae Johnson warms up during practice at USA Basketball women’s Americup trials, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at the USA Olympics training center in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) As NIL opportunities reshape the landscape of college sports, women’s basketball stars are building brands, giving back, and redefining success on and…
(Photo: Getty Images) “These bills are a gift-wrapped invitation for Trump to continue his full-scale crypto con,” warned the longtime congresswoman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to pass landmark cryptocurrency legislation, sending the nation’s first federal regulatory framework for stablecoin digital currencies to the…
Source: Interim Archives / Getty Five years after civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis passed away, communities are mobilizing to make some “good trouble” on Thursday, July 17. More than a symbolic nod to Lewis and his commitment to voting rights and civil rights more broadly, organizers of the “Good Trouble Lives On” Day of…
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Trump blasts his own base over Epstein backlash, calls sex trafficking case a “hoax” and disavows former loyalists amid growing rift with…
Nicki Minaj and SZA go back and forth on social media (Photos: Getty Images) As fans scramble to piece together the root of the drama, TDE’s Punch offers insight into SZA and Nicki Minaj’s beef. This week, Nicki Minaj and SZA caught fans off guard with an unexpected back-and-forth on X (formerly Twitter). The source…
A Hispanic American Chicago family who said their 5- and 9-year-old children were traumatized by guns pointed at them during a bungled 2017 no-knock police raid on the wrong apartment are poised to receive $2.5 million in a settlement of their lawsuit against the city and seven police officers. On Monday, the Chicago City Council’s…
