Police in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday responded with drawn guns and tear gas as swarms of protesters stormed in and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump’s election loss shortly after some of Trump’s fellow Republicans launched a last-ditch effort to throw out the results. Police evacuated the House …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); The rioter who was shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol during a siege on the building has been identified as Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran from San Diego and avid supporter of President Donald Trump. Babbitt’s identity was revealed by …

Screenshot: Djeneba Aduayom for Cosmopolitan Magazine It seems like just yesterday I was riding around and gettin’ it to Grammy-nominated artist SZA’S album CTRL, singing (albeit loudly and offkey) to “Love Galore.” To say that that particular single was one of my favorites off the album would be an understatement. …

The president of the United States summoned his supporters to Washington, D.C., today, and then stood in front of the White House and lied to them, insisting that he had won the election and that extraordinary measures were necessary to vindicate his win. They took his message to heart, marching …

Hours after TMZ reported that Dr. Dre was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a brain aneurysm, the rap mogul posted an update on his condition for concerned fans. Taking to Instagram, Dre (born Andre Young) wrote, “Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their …

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the country, causing many businesses to close and leaving many Americans without jobs. When news of a coronavirus vaccine coming to the market started to make the rounds, many people, particularly in the Black community, were expressed skepticism about taking it due to …

Photo: Mike Ehrmann (Getty Images) Time and time again, we’ve seen police officers go unpunished for unruly behavior that targets the Black community, so while Tuesday’s announcement that the officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake will not be facing any charges wasn’t exactly surprising, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t …

Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and co-counsels Patrick A. Salvi II and B’Ivory LaMarr released a statement following the news that Kenosha District Attorney Michael Gravely decided that no charges will be pursued against Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey in the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake. RELATED: Kenosha Shooting: Police Officers …

EDWARD GARDNER  SOFT SHEEN PRODUCTS INC. EST. 1964  As founder of Chicago-based Soft Sheen in 1964, Gardner and his wife, Bettiann, operated their fledg-ling enterprise in the basement of their home. Over two decades, they built it into a mammoth Black-owned haircare manufacturer with global reach. With the introduction of the …

Photo: Jessica McGowan (Getty Images) Real quick: I heard them on the phone talking about you, disparaging your integrity. I would have at least told them to keep my people’s name out of their mouths, but I imagine that’s how white boys talk in private. In my head, they’re always …