Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s death exactly one week ago sent the political world into a frenzy, as speculation over who President Donald Trump would choose to succeed the progressive Supreme Court justice reached a fever pitch. The stakes couldn’t be higher: another conservative justice added to an already right-leaning court could …
Read More »Trump Attempts To Woo Black Voters With ‘Platinum Plan’
President Trump is making his most significant effort to woo Black voters with what he calls his “Platinum Plan” for Black economic empowerment at a campaign event in Atlanta. The Trump campaign released its plan Friday to coincide with the event. Trump’s Platinum Plan includes a $500 billoion investiment in …
Read More »New York Judge Orders Renewed Inquiry Into the Death of Eric Garner
Photo: Christopher Penler (Shutterstock) A judge on New York’s Supreme Court has ordered a new investigation into the death of Eric Garner in 2014, a 43-year-old Black man who was killed after being put in a chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo on accusations of selling loose cigarettes. While a …
Read More »Hong Kongers, Don’t Idolize the U.K.
Read: Hong Kong is a colony once more The U.K. has not yet explained how it will accommodate mass migration amid struggles with Brexit negotiations, COVID-19, budget cuts, and a shrinking economy. Personally, I’m less focused on these logistical issues than the possibility that Hong Kongers have an overly romantic …
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There is a Mike Tyson biopic in the works but one person you will not see portrayed in the film is his former wife, actress Robin Givens. According to Page Six, Givens’ lawyer sent the former heavyweight champion and Jamie Foxx, who is portraying Tyson in the film, a cease-and-desist …
Read More »Kamala Harris Clowned on Twitter for Calling Tupac the “Best Rapper Alive”
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Read More »Black Woman Entrepreneur Owns Two 7-Eleven Stores Right Across the Street From Each Other
Meet Alyson Rae Lawson, the CEO and founder of RaeLawson Enterprise LLC, a franchisee/operator of two 7-Eleven convenience stores with gas stations that are located right across the street from each other in Arlington, Texas. She is the only African American in her city to have accomplished this. Originally from …
Read More »Black Girl Movie Magic: Yara Shahidi to Star as Tinker Bell in Disney's Live-Action Peter Pan and Wendy
Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) Yara Shahidi, star of ABC’s Grown-ish and a leader in the growing group of impressive and talented young Black women making waves in Hollywood, will be taking on the iconic role of Tinker Bell in Disney’s upcoming live-action film adaptation of Peter Pan. According to …
Read More »Justin Bieber And Chance The Rapper Make Donations To Fans
Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper recently collaborated on new song “Holy” and then offered fans some divine help during these tough times during the pandemic. People reports that across social media accounts on Thursday (Sept 24), Bieber and Chance shared messages calling for fans to tell them about how …
Read More »Large-Scale Political Unrest Is Unlikely, But Not Impossible
Anton’s warning of a color revolution has gone viral on the Trumpian right. But his analysis rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept. I’ve been looking at the history of color revolutions to see if conditions are actually ripe for one in the U.S. The term color revolution was …
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