Florida teen learns her fate after pleading guilty to stabbing high school boyfriend to death
An 18-year-old girl who pleaded guilty in March to charges related to the killing of her boyfriend will spend nearly two decades behind bars. A Florida judge sentenced Jahara Malik to 17 years in prison on manslaughter charges for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Yakheim Lollar in December 2024. Malik’s lawyers argued that Lollar’s death was an […]
Larenz Tate hopes Black men do not take Black women’s loyalty for granted
Larenz Tate hopes Black men do not take Black women’s loyalty for granted. The 50-year-old actor recently opened up about his nearly 20-year marriage to his wife, Tomasina, and his thoughts on Black love. “Black love is unconditional,” Tate told People magazine. “The support of Black women is so special because of their loyalty.” And […]
Border Czar Tom Homan Is Really Mad New York Doesn’t Hate Undocumented Migrants Like He Does
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Between President Donald Trump’s glaring cognitive decline, his imbecilic war in Iran, his economy crippling businesses and hiking up the price of gas and groceries, the DHS funding disputes that led to a partial government shut down, and the Republican Party’s abysmal midterm election prospects prompting actions such as the […]
Kwanza Jones could make MLB history as the first Black woman majority owner
For more than a century, Major League Baseball has stood as one of America’s most tradition-bound institutions. Since its modern founding in 1903, the league has weathered wars, strikes, integration battles, and cultural shifts, but one milestone has remained conspicuously unmet: no Black woman has ever held a majority ownership stake in an MLB franchise. […]
Dave Chappelle and Michelle Obama take jabs at Trump in ‘IMO’ interview: ‘Tried to tell the people’
Comedian Dave Chappelle famously wished for President Donald Trump to do right by the country when he was elected for his first term in 2016. A decade later, the 52-year-old has different views on Trump, echoed by members of his own family — and Michelle Obama. The former First Lady and her brother Craig Robinson […]
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The Trump Administration Wants White Men To Be Oppressed So Badly
Source: Al Drago / Getty Welp, it appears that the Trump administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is still scouring the U.S. in search of white men who are pretending to be victims of systemic racial discrimination, so that the administration can get in on the action of turning white fragility into legal precedent. On Tuesday, […]
FBI reportedly raids state Democratic Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas’ offices
Weeks after Democratic Sen. L. Louise Lucas helped pass Virginia’s groundbreaking redistricting law, the FBI is executing a federal search warrant on the Virginia legislator’s offices in Portsmouth, VA. According to the Associated Press and Fox News, federal agents executed a raid on Lucas’ office. Additionally, agents executed a search on “The Cannabis Outlet,” a […]
Bernice King speaks out about Spirit Airlines’ 17,000 employees amid closure: ‘Behind every corporate headline are human beings’
After the air carrier finally shuttered over the weekend, Bernice King hopes Spirit Airlines’ 17,000 former employees don’t get lost in the fray. On Tuesday, May 5, the 63-year-old lawyer, activist, and youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King spoke out on Instagram about the thousands of workers now left […]
Tennessee Reveals New Map Eliminating Majority-Black District
Source: Brett Carlsen / Getty The GOP has wasted no time in capitalizing on the Supreme Court’s ruling to gut the Voting Rights Act to disenfranchise Black voters. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called a special session on Tuesday to focus on redistricting, and on Wednesday, the state legislature revealed a map that eliminates the state’s […]