Legislation that could improve access to the ballot and strengthen democracy depends on whether the Senate can remove the filibuster,…
The bloodletting of white nationalism and white supremacy is no brand new agony for us. Now, we mourn more loss…
One of the businesses that had to deal with both the COVID-19 pandemic and May 30 riots last year is…
Ida Nelson believes administrators at the Providence St. Mel School in Chicago are playing into respectability politics after they told…
Jacob Blake, a Wisconsin Black man who was paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a white officer…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state's voter suppression bill into law while seated in front of a painting of…
Sen. Raphael Warnock spoke out in defense of Rep. Park Cannon, questioning her treatment by officers in comparison to the…
Georgia police forcibly arrested Democratic State Rep. Park Cannon for peacefully and nonviolently protesting the governor signing a new law…
On Thursday the California Supreme Court ruled that judges can't keep a criminal defendant in jail over their inability to…
Daniel Pantaleo, the fired NYPD cop who used an illegal chokehold on Eric Garner before the unarmed Black man died, has…
Rob Lederman, the radio host who was fired for comparing Black women's skin tones to a toaster's settings, has all…
Stephanie Denaro, a pro-Trump, COVID-denying, anti-vaxxing racist unleashed more fury on Instagram and openly showed no remorse after calling a…
Respected relationship expert/self-love ambassador/YouTuber Derrick Jaxn is caught up in a cheating scandal that spilled onto social media.
A white administrator at the St. Martin de Porres Marianist Catholic school in Long Island resigned on Wednesday after the…
Two Black women accused of a racist attack against the Asian owner of a beauty shop in Houston claim they…
Black Twitter was on fire this week. Between the new Verzuz line up, Quavo and Saweetie split, and Lil Mama's…
Just as soon as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine had vetoed a bill that would have crippled his and other medical…
A predominantly Black Kentucky community is outraged after a judge dismissed the case of a white man who raped and…
The premise that wages be based on ability and not race or gender has been especially elusive for Black women.
A total of 16 lawsuits have been filed accusing Watson of sexual misconduct spanning back to March 2020. The latest…
A video showing a racist white woman in New York City shamelessly calling a Black bakery employee the N-word went…
Janey became the first woman and first Black person to lead the nearly 400-year-old city on Monday.
Committing the first $10 million in revenue from the city’s cannabis tax, Evanston, Illinois, is the first city in the…
After facing an uncertain future due to the COVID-19 pandemic, movie theaters are starting to make a comeback in 2021…
And THATS how you shut up a hater.
Here’s a treat for those who are looking to go see a movie at a theater or have received at…
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