Breaking News

For example, a now-deleted tweet from a local Washington station claimed that “pepper spray caused a short stampede”—as the professor Sarah J. Jackson notes, “failing to name the police as the source of the apparently sentient pepper spray.” 2. Don’t fall for the “chaos” theory of the protests. “The word …

Minnesota governor Tim Walz announced the launch of the civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, NBC News reports. The probe will be led by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. “The Minnesota of Department of Human Rights is filing a commissioner’s …

Amid national unrest, companies and brands are releasing statements and making newly found commitments to support black causes. Billions of dollars are being poured into the community after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. And as people organize for justice, SheaMoisture has created the Social Justice …

Photo: Aaron J. Thornton (Getty Images) Outside of the social media initiative Blackout Tuesday, which encouraged internet folks to post a black square to show their solidarity with the black community and then continue to work to end racial injustice, June 2 was an election day in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, …

Keke Palmer is beloved for her movie and TV roles and for the many memes she’s given us over the years, but she has also earned the admiration of her fans for always standing up for what’s right. Now, a new viral video of the actress facing off against a …

Share0 A Bank of America branch in Las Vegas (iStock.com/LPETTET) Bank of America has announced that it is introducing a $1 billion four-year commitment of additional support to help local communities address economic and racial inequality that has been caused by the coronavirus global pandemic. The programs will be focused …

Steve King forced this pumpkin to turn white before agreeing to hold it.Photo: Joshua Lott (Getty Images) Steve King, the longtime member of the “I don’t understand how saying that whites are God’s favorite people is racist,” just had a house fall on him, but luckily, his shoes are just …

Jay-Z and his label Roc Nation have reportedly partnered with families who have lost brothers, sons, and fathers to police violence, along with high-profile attorneys and fellow activists, to take out full-page ads in newspapers across the country in honor of George Floyd and the thousands of other victims of …

Photo: Brendan Smialowski (Getty Images) White supremacists are at home baking cookies while antifa is organizing terror cells. The government is blacking out cell phone signals so you can’t riot. George Soros is paying negro crisis actors. Black people are trying to overthrow the government. These are just a few …

Written by Melanie Eversley What should have been a quick trip for a bite to eat became an ordeal for two HBCU students who were tasered and assaulted by Atlanta police on Saturday (May 30) night. “I don’t want to die is what kept going through my mind,” Messiah Young, …