If you’ve followed model Chrissy Teigen on social media, then you already know that the wife of singer John Legend pretty much has no filter. But having no filter has backfired on the mom and media personality who owned up to her bullying behavior in a long, emotional Instagram post …
Read More »Black Ross Employee Remains Calm While KK-Karen Calls Her a 'Black Bitch'
Screenshot: @LoniLove/ Twitter Normally, I’m not one to praise Black people for remaining calm and peaceful in the face of aggressive white racism—because I don’t believe we should have to. Why the hell do I have to take the proverbial high road when there’s a belligerent melanin-not in my face …
Read More »The Capitol Riot Was Prologue
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Read More »Safaree Samuels Responds To Pregnancy Rumors
Love & Hip Hop star Safaree Samuels took to social media to silence rumors that he got another woman pregnant. This comes after some fans of the reality show suggested that was the reason why his estranged wife Erica Mena doesn’t want him in the room when she will give …
Read More »Federal Judge Pauses $4 Billion Federal Relief Program For Black Farmers As White Farmers Cry Discrimination
A federal judge in Wisconsin ordered a temporary stop to the $4 billion federal loan relief program addressing decades of inequities farmers of color have experienced after a group of white farmers filed a legal challenge crying discrimination. Judge William Griesbach issued a temporary restraining order last Thursday blocking the …
Read More »Ted Cruz Continues Courting Trump, Files Lawsuit for His Boo to Reclaim Millions He Gave to Campaign
Then President Donald Trump greets El Paso Mayor Dee Margo, left, and Senator Ted Cruz, right, as he disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, August 7, 2019.Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Images) I don’t know how campaign financing works, but I …
Read More »What I Learned at a Dodge City Meatpacking Plant
This article was published online on June 14, 2021. On the morning of May 25, 2019, a food-safety inspector at a Cargill meatpacking plant in Dodge City, Kansas, came across a disturbing sight. In an area of the plant called the stack, a Hereford steer had, after being shot in …
Read More »NFL Player Kevin Ware Arrested After Girlfriend Goes Missing
Former NFL tight end Kevin Ware Jr. was arrested Friday (June 11) after missing his bond supervision hearing and was expected to face questions from investigators stemming from the disappearance of his girlfriend Taylor Pomaski, KPRC 2 reported. Deputy U.S. Marshals apprehended Ware in the parking lot of a Spring, …
Read More »State Autopsy Confirms Andrew Brown Jr. Died of Gunshot Wound to the Back of his Head
A police killing of a Black man, described as an “execution” by members of the victim’s family, died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head, according to the state autopsy report. According to CNN, based on a state autopsy report commissioned by the family, Andrew Brown Jr. …
Read More »Students Help the School From Remember the Titans Forget Its Racist Namesake
Denzel Washington Stars In “Remember The Titans.” (Photo By Getty Images)Photo: Getty Images (Getty Images) Everyone remembers the Titans, but soon, we’ll have one less reason to remember T.C. Williams–the namesake of the Alexandria, Va. school where the football team immortalized by the Denzel Washington-led film calls home. NBC 4 …
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