Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Images) “I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C.” This is how the President started his rally at Mount Rushmore on Friday, in what was a clear …
Read More »Nigerian influencer nabbed for money laundering and cybercrime
A 38-year-old Nigerian businessman and Instagram influencer, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, was taken into custody for money laundering and conspiracy charges, according to the Department of Justice. Once known for rocking fancy watches, driving luxury cars, and wearing designer clothes, Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi on social media, was extradited to …
Read More »Another Black Man Found Hanging In A Tree
Another Black male was discovered hanging from a tree in a park in Morristown, NJ, and his death has been ruled a suicide, raising questions in the community. Hangings—long a symbol of racial terror against Blacks by whites—have been rising in cities across the nation amid protests over police-related killings …
Read More »Aurora Police Officers Fired For Selfies Mocking Elijah McClain's Death
Screenshot: @CBSNews (Twitter Four Aurora Police Department officers are now out of a job following an investigation into photos they took of themselves at the site where 23-year-old Elijah McClain was put in a chokehold by police before dying last summer. The photos show Kyle Dittrich, Jared Jones, and Erica …
Read More »Woman Yells ‘I Hate Black People’ At Fort Bragg Soldier
A North Carolina woman has been evicted from her Fayetteville apartment after she was caught on video yelling racial slurs at a Fort Bragg soldier. Diamonte Ugbesia was visiting a friend at Kings Cross Apartments on June 26, when he heard a woman yelling racial slurs from a neighboring building …
Read More »Artist Hebru Brantley Collaborates With Bombay Sapphire Gin For Limited Edition Bottle To Support Black Lives Matter Chicago
Share0 Image via Bombay Sapphire Since the start of the protests sparked by the viral video of a police officer suffocating George Floyd, corporations and public figures have been more public with their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and have been pressured by consumers to work toward social …
Read More »Look Mighty Glorious in a Plus Size Swimsuit for a Fantastic Price
What would summer be without the perfect swimsuit? Plus size swimwear has come a long way in the last five years and the options are abundant. I can’t help myself, when there is a good sale, I always look at the swimsuits first! This week there is a load of …
Read More »The New Boomerang Kids Could Change American Views of Living at Home
Photography by Caroline Tompkins Image above: Marielle Brenner, age 25, in the living room of her parents’ house in Melville, New York, in June. She moved back in with them after the economic fallout from the pandemic made her rent in Chicago unaffordable. For the most part, the pandemic has …
Read More »Black Alums From ‘Survivor’ Say They Were Edited
Black alums of the popular reality television show Survivor are airing out the truth behind the long-running series. In an interview with NPR, the first Black woman to ever compete on the show in 2000, Ramona Gray Amaro, claimed the final production footage was edited to make her appear one …
Read More »8-Year-Old Organizes ‘Children’s Black Lives Matter’ Protest
On Saturday, June 27, 8-year-old Nolan Davis led demonstrators from a park in his hometown of Kirkwood, Missouri to the city center in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. But they were not the unusual demonstrators—they were hundreds of children. Nolan helped organize the protest along with his …
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