On the corner of Octavia and Bush in San Fransisco sits a small park filled with big lore. Being the city’s smallest park, Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park may seem insignificant to most people unfamiliar with its history. The park was named after one the most powerful Black women to ever live in America. Now,…
A U.S. senator just revealed some unsettling information about how some governments are spying on smartphone users using their apps’ push notifications. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in which he told Garland about a tip his office received that exposed how government agencies in foreign countries demanded those…
The lawyer representing a Black New Yorker who alleges the use of excessive force during her 2020 arrest by police is drawing parallels between her case and the tragic circumstances surrounding George Floyd’s death. The attorney has filed a civil claim pressing the city of New York, the New York Police Department, and nine of…
Cherelle Parker is seen during her first press conference after winning the Democratic nomination for mayor in Philadelphia on May 22, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Violent crime, and how to reduce it, dominated the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral campaign. As a candidate, Cherelle Parker suggested she would support using stop-and-frisk…
Mariah Carey has become a mockery on social media as fans have unleashed criticism about a recent Christmas performance. Dismayed viewers were stunned by the singer’s lackluster attempt at choreography and decision to not sing all of her hit record of the season, “All I Want For Christmas.” The attempt now has many wondering if…
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed a lawsuit against a tow truck company for purposely targeting Black customers. Stein is suing David Jewel Satterfield and his company, A1 Towing Solutions, Inc., which is based in Charlotte. According to a press release from the North Carolina Department of Justice on Dec. 12, Satterfield allegedly targeted…
Source: Kanokwalee Pusitanun / Getty A Black student in Texas who was suspended because of his locs won’t be returning to school anytime soon. According to AP, Darryl George, 18, will remain in in-school suspension at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas for the remainder of the year as his lawyer’s efforts to pause his…
It looks like Derrick Jaxn’s estranged wife, Da’Naia Jackson, has traded in her helmet of salvation for a sexy orange dress and kitten heels as she sent a message to the “corrupt church.” On Tuesday, Dec. 12, Jackson shared a cryptic message on her Instagram page while rocking the tantalizing ensemble. As the video began,…
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an elderly California woman who was involved in an aggressive police traffic stop in 2019, giving new life to a lawsuit that accuses the officers of excessive force. The high court sided with Elise Brown in a case that challenged the controversial legal doctrine known as qualified…
Source: TikTok Is anyone else starting to suspect that crazy, racist white women are auditioning for some kind of “America’s Next Top Karen“ reality gameshow the rest of us don’t know about? Maybe all of the senseless harassment of Black people and people of color, the violent and explicitly racist temper tantrums, and the persistent…
