Today’s 6–3 Supreme Court decision is a hinge point for American democracy. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Today’s Supreme Court decision further weakening the Voting Rights Act affirmed that the only way Democrats can reverse the wave of restrictive voting laws in GOP-controlled states is to pass new federal …
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On Wednesday, Miya Ponsetto, also known as “SoHo Karen,” pled not guilty to hate crime charges stemming from an incident where she was caught on video allegedly assaulting a Black teen, Keyon Harrold Jr., the son of jazz musician Keyon Harold Sr., over an alleged stolen iPhone. On Dec. 26, …
Read More »Bill Cosby speaks to reporters outside of his home on June 30, 2021; Phylicia Rashad attends the premiere of Tyler Perry’s “A Fall From Grace” at Metrograph on January 13, 2020; Janet Hubert on PopViewers.Photo: Michael Abbott (Getty Images), Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images), Screenshot: PopViewers/YouTube (Getty Images) Content Warning: The …
Read More »“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection,” Thomas Paine wrote in his pamphlet series The American Crisis. It was …
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Willow Smith is providing some shocking revelations about her experience while touring with her mother Jada Pinkett Smith and how it impacted her own music career. During an interview for the cover of L’Officiel’s July 2021 issue, the 20-year-old remembered joining Pinkett Smith’s rock band Wicked Wisdom while they were …
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The mother of a Naval Academy midshipman lost her life after being fatally shot outside of her Annapolis hotel on Tuesday morning. Michelle Jordan Cummings, 57, was visiting Maryland from Houston, Texas to drop off her son, Leonard Cummings III, at the Naval Academy, KXXV reports. Police don’t believe that …
Read More »Photo: Jaromir Chalabala (Shutterstock) A grand jury decided on Monday not to indict a former Georgia State Trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist last year. What was his crime? Having a broken taillight. According to the New York Times, 60-year-old Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis was fatally shot last August …
Read More »The former comedian’s verdict was overturned on procedural grounds. What does that mean? Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Matt Slocum / …
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Leave it to BET.com to give you the low-down on the latest and greatest from today’s hottest hip hop and R&B artists. We got it straight from the source on the red carpet at the 2021 BET Awards on Sunday, June 27 outside of the Microsoft Theater in Los …
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