Donald Trump booed at Tennessee-Texas game as midterms loom
President Donald Trump got some boos Saturday during the Tennessee-Texas football game, when he appeared on the Jumbotron at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. The reaction was mixed, with plenty of cheers also coming from the sold-out crowd of roughly 100,000. But the audible boos added another moment to Trump’s growing history of encountering resistance at […]
Nicki Minaj takes aim at how Democrats court artists ahead of Lara Trump sit-down
Nicki Minaj has settled into a second career lane this month, and it runs through Fox News. TMZ reported that the rapper appears in a teaser clip promoting her interview with Lara Trump, where she explains what turned her against the Democratic Party. Her central complaint concerns the relationship between politics and entertainment. “I think […]
50 Cent’s meeting with Tony Buzbee draws attention after Jay-Z accuser’s court reversal
A photograph of 50 Cent with attorney Tony Buzbee has drawn attention online, coming just days after the woman who previously accused Jay-Z of sexual assault formally withdrew those allegations in court. Buzbee shared the photo on social media after attending a Houston Children’s Charity event with his wife, Frances. In the post, he praised […]
Misael Ramos released on bail after arrest over Austin protest against ICE shooting
Austin City Council candidate Misael Ramos was released from the Travis County Jail Saturday after being arrested in connection with a protest over the shooting of a Venezuelan man by a federal immigration officer. Ramos, who is running for the District 1 seat, was taken into custody by Texas Department of Public Safety officers on […]
Trump DOJ Drops Dozens Of School Desegregation Cases, But The Most Segregated Schools Are In The North
Source: Pen Sangraksawong / Getty The Trump administration is walking away from one of the federal government’s oldest tools for enforcing Brown v. Board of Education. The Justice Department said Thursday it has ended more than 50 decades-old consent decrees aimed at undoing Jim Crow-era school segregation, CBS News reports. Harmeet Dhillon, who heads the […]
Dante Moore leaves Oregon-USC game in an ambulance, evaluated at local hospital
Dante Moore was already going down when the hit came. The Oregon quarterback scrambled during the second quarter of Saturday’s game against USC in Los Angeles and began his slide, a move that signals to defenders the play is over and triggers protections written specifically to prevent what happened next. Linebacker Desman Stephen II arrived […]
Spike Lee, Chance the Rapper and Scottie Pippen anchor J.Crew’s intergenerational style moment
A 40-year-old jacket is getting a fresh introduction to a new generation, and some of the most recognizable names in American culture are part of the conversation. For its 40th anniversary celebration of the Barn Jacket, J.Crew has brought together 160 people across five cities, including filmmaker Spike Lee, Chance the Rapper, hip-hop artist Vince […]
Georgia Mother Shanteria “Tia” Mosely Found Dead After Family’s Search; 18-Year-Old Charged With Murder
Source: N/A / Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department A 26-year-old Georgia mother is dead, and an 18-year-old man has been charged with her murder after her family tracked her to a Smyrna, Ga., apartment complex and found her remains. Smyrna police charged Kingston Lammar Bradley with malice murder on Friday (Sept. 25) in the death of […]
‘Y’all still keep buying these cars’: Tesla racism trial sparks calls for boycott
As Tesla faces a high-profile racial discrimination trial over allegations that Black workers endured years of harassment and unequal treatment, some Black social media users are asking a pointed question: Why are people still buying Tesla vehicles? The backlash erupted in the comments of a recent theGrio Instagram post about Tesla’s defense in the California […]