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Ex-Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is being accused of committing “shockingly violent” acts of sexual assault against an officer, who was also his former driver, on the night ultimately leading to his firing last year. According to the Chicago Tribune, in a lawsuit filed late Wednesday (October 14), Officer Cynthia …

The United States has the highest rate of infant deaths in the developed world with that rate being even higher if you are a Black mother. According to the CDC, Black mothers are almost four times more likely to die during childbirth. Now, a new study shows that Black newborns …

Illustration: Jim Cooke (G/O Media Donald Trump has made one thing clear: he doesn’t care about democracy or protecting your right to vote. With an on-going pandemic hampering local and state government’s capacity to run safe elections, Trump and the GOP at every level are making it harder for people …

The most important difference, though, was starkly highlighted by the side-by-side presentations. For Trump, the supposed businessman, everything is a war, every question an attack, and every attack demands a counterpunch. Biden, the career politician, treated each encounter as a sale. When he was challenged—on fracking and the Green New …

Vaughn McClure, a reporter who covered the Atlanta Falcons for ESPN, has reportedly passed away near his Atlanta home. He was 48. A former Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times sports writer, McClure joined ESPN in 2013 to cover the NFL and cover the Falcons as a beat writer. He covered …

Language learning isn’t exclusively done in adolescence or through required credits in school, and honestly, it shouldn’t be. Becoming multilingual can benefit you immensely and doesn’t have to be too difficult whenever you decide to start. Maybe you’ve been trying to connect with your family’s first language, are aiming to …

Jussie Smollett is still in a legal battle with the Chicago Police Department after he was accused of staging a hate crime. However, the former Empire star and singer is still moving forward with his career. The 38-year-old is reportedly making his dictatorial debut with the adaptation of the James …

What An Official Ballot Box Looks Like in California Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Despite state election officials sending a cease and desist order, the California Republican Party said it will not remove its unofficial ballot boxes. According to CNN, unofficial ballot boxes have been found in the counties of …

Media mogul Tyler Perry is helping to fund a $500,000 mobilization effort in Florida targeting Black voters in the key battleground state. He joins many prominent Black celebrities who are actively helping Black communities ahead of the 2020 presidential election on November 3.  According to The New York Times, Perry …

Read: The prophecies of Q This was not the first time Trump has praised QAnon, which the FBI has called a domestic terrorism threat. “I heard these are people that love our country,” he said in August. By one count, he has amplified Twitter accounts that promote QAnon more than …