Reverend Al Sharpton arrives for The Color of Conversation during 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center on August 07, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) “DEI is the civil rights fight of our generation,” says Al Sharpton as community leaders plan a pro-DEI protest…
President Donald Trump’s health is again under scrutiny after viral photos and videos of his bruised right hand lit up social media feeds. But instead of the openness Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has promised when she called him “the most transparent and accessible” president in history, the White House leaned on disgraced Texas Rep. Ronny…
Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett (right) speaks outside the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, while her colleague, Commissioner Mo Ivory, looks on. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback) Georgia’s most populous county, Fulton County, must pay $10,000 a day until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board. The government of Georgia’s…
Source: UCG / Getty The Trump administration’s handling of FEMA has been met with criticism from both victims of recent climate events and staffers who’ve worked at the agency for decades. As we mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, 180 current and former FEMA employees signed a letter of dissent warning that the changes…
An angry resident flipped out on a Black street performer who was singing gospel tunes on an Oakland, California, street corner this week. Pressure P, who describes herself as a “trap Evangalist,” had set up an amplified speaker on Jefferson Street in the Civic Center area of Oakland, a mixed-use zone with apartment complexes next…
Cardi B attends the Balmain Spring/Summer 2025 collection presented in Paris on Sept. 25, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File) “She couldn’t get a scratch from me because I didn’t touch her,” Cardi B said on the stand in her second day in court for the lawsuit. Cardi B testified Wednesday that she didn’t touch…
Members of the National Guard are posted at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The Trump administration’s takeover of Union Station will reportedly help “beautify” the landmark to align with Trump’s vision. President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government…
California Governor Gavin Newsom continues to troll Donald Trump on social media, and people are eating it up with delight. The latest troll has the governor clapping back after the POTUS called Newsom “incompetent” and said he had “some strange hand action” during a White House cabinet meeting on Aug. 26. “You have an incompetent…
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who faced criminal charges for assaulting police officers in California has been found dead, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Isaiah Anthony Hodgson, 29, was discovered inside a Riverside County home, east of Los Angeles, on Friday, just days after a recent court appearance. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty It appears the gains made by the Texas redistricting effort weren’t enough for President Trump, who is working to convince legislators in Indiana and Florida to begin redistricting efforts in their respective states, with Florida legislators signaling their openness to drawing new maps. According to CBS News, Florida Republicans…
