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Two Black students faced disciplinary action for their commentary on the death of right-wing podcaster and founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 10, in Utah. After back-to-back incidents at separate colleges in Texas, both students have been disenrolled from the universities.
When it was all over, Kamala Harris couldn’t believe it. “I could barely breathe,” she writes in her new book about learning she had lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. One of her aides peeled “Madame President” off celebratory cupcakes before serving them to crushed staffers. Harris kept asking, “My God, my God,
Patti LaBelle didn’t envision a six-decade career when she entered the music business at 14 years old. But 67 years later, she doesn’t take it for granted, acknowledging the fragility of life. “I think of my sisters who all passed before they turned 50, and so I thought that I would
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows Thursday using a mix of humor and solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. Stewart opted for satire to critique ABC suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely following comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Colbert took a
The family of De’Martravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old Delta State University student who was found dead on campus last week, is demanding answers after authorities initially gave them conflicting information about his death. Reed was discovered hanging from a tree near the school’s pickleball courts on the morning of Sept.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., got testy with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday during a House Oversight Committee hearing on crime and safety in the District of Columbia. On the heels of President Donald Trump‘s federal “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital, which included the deployment of the National
Coretta Scott King was more than the wife and widow of Martin Luther King Jr. She was an architect of justice and a leader in her own right. A classically trained singer turned activist, she was as comfortable in front of a protest line as she was on a stage,
Moments before news broke about “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” being suspended indefinitely, comedian Wanda Sykes was getting ready to sit down and chat with the show’s co-host that evening. The suspension came after the Trump administration lodged complaints about Kimmel’s recent monologue on the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. In a
Political leaders are calling out the Trump administration and accusing it of suppressing fundamental First Amendment rights following the suspension of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after conservative pushback over comments the comedian made about the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration
Michelle Obama once said, “When they go low, we go high.” However, Jemele Hill is making it clear she is not Obama. On Wednesday, September 17, during the final moments of a livestream on YouTube, the 49-year-old journalist and media personality didn’t show any reservations about meeting Megyn Kelly where
Two Black students faced disciplinary action for their commentary on the death of right-wing podcaster and founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 10, in Utah. After back-to-back incidents at separate colleges in Texas, both students have been disenrolled from the universities.
When it was all over, Kamala Harris couldn’t believe it. “I could barely breathe,” she writes in her new book about learning she had lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. One of her aides peeled “Madame President” off celebratory cupcakes before serving them to crushed staffers. Harris kept asking, “My God, my God,
Patti LaBelle didn’t envision a six-decade career when she entered the music business at 14 years old. But 67 years later, she doesn’t take it for granted, acknowledging the fragility of life. “I think of my sisters who all passed before they turned 50, and so I thought that I would
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows Thursday using a mix of humor and solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. Stewart opted for satire to critique ABC suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely following comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Colbert took a
The family of De’Martravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old Delta State University student who was found dead on campus last week, is demanding answers after authorities initially gave them conflicting information about his death. Reed was discovered hanging from a tree near the school’s pickleball courts on the morning of Sept.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., got testy with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday during a House Oversight Committee hearing on crime and safety in the District of Columbia. On the heels of President Donald Trump‘s federal “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital, which included the deployment of the National
Coretta Scott King was more than the wife and widow of Martin Luther King Jr. She was an architect of justice and a leader in her own right. A classically trained singer turned activist, she was as comfortable in front of a protest line as she was on a stage,
Moments before news broke about “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” being suspended indefinitely, comedian Wanda Sykes was getting ready to sit down and chat with the show’s co-host that evening. The suspension came after the Trump administration lodged complaints about Kimmel’s recent monologue on the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. In a
Political leaders are calling out the Trump administration and accusing it of suppressing fundamental First Amendment rights following the suspension of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after conservative pushback over comments the comedian made about the shooting death of Charlie Kirk. “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration
Michelle Obama once said, “When they go low, we go high.” However, Jemele Hill is making it clear she is not Obama. On Wednesday, September 17, during the final moments of a livestream on YouTube, the 49-year-old journalist and media personality didn’t show any reservations about meeting Megyn Kelly where