I was eating tandoori chicken at Shalimar Restaurant in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco on a school night when I received a call from my aunt, Yasmeen, who said my parents had been arrested. Earlier in the morning, a dozen armed FBI agents had raided our home in Fremont, …

Two pastors face 20 years in prison after defrauding the federal government of $14 million in loans.  Sheila Quintana, 67, and Staccato Powell, 62, were arrested and indicted on wire fraud and conspiracy charges after securing the loans under false pretenses. The mendacious pastors, who were leaders of the African …

Photo: Vitalii Vodolazskyi (Shutterstock) Affirmative action has been under attack since its inception in the 1960s. On Monday, January 24, 2022, the Supreme Court stated that it would hear two cases opposing race-conscious admissions at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. However, experts say that Black and Latino …

Carl Dennis doesn’t tend to focus his writing on death, love, and the Big Questions. His poetry serves as a reminder—perhaps especially to people who see the form as melodramatic—that not every line of verse needs to take itself so seriously. Instead, his sweet spot is in the small things—“the …

Cheslie Kryst, the former 2019 celebrated Miss USA winner has died apparently by suicide, according to the NY Post. She was 30. (Miss USA) According to the NY Post, on Sunday Kryst, a 30-year-old attorney was identified as the woman who jumped from a Midtown Manhattan high-rise building following a …

Photo: Silarock (Shutterstock) Ghuan Featherstone grew up in South Central, Los Angeles in the 70’s and rode his first horse in Griffith Park where his parents took him for the experience. And although he didn’t continue riding throughout his youth, he forever remembered how free and powerful he felt that …

Florida, Miami Beach, Publix, supermarket check out cashier during Coronavirus Pandemic. On May 27, 2020. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Black business owners feel they are experiencing the brunt of high inflation rates, but experts point to the 1980s as an indication that the worst …

This piece was originally published by Undark. On the outskirts of the Northern California town of Grass Valley, a massive concrete silo looms over the weeds and crumbling pavement. Nearby, unseen, a mine shaft drops 3,400 feet into the earth. These are the remains of Grass Valley’s Idaho-Maryland Mine, a …

Altruism is a way of life for Ozie Nzeribe. “I’ve been raised to put others before myself,” said Nzeribe, an International World Peace Youth Ambassador in 2016. “I enjoy seeing the smile on people’s faces that I help. You can’t put a price on that.” Beyond that, the question, “who …

Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) Is it me, or is somebody cutting onions this Sunday morning? This weekend, the internet has been abuzz with a video circulating of Lizzo. The singer’s virality is often due to her dancing, trying TikTok food trends, or telling her haters exactly where they can …