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Source: khaled Ahmed / Getty Natchez, Mississippi. April 20. A 4-month-old baby, soft and new, still learning the shape of air, lies on the ground beneath a car. His mother’s foot rests on his stomach as if his body were something to hold in place. He is small against the
Source: Warut Lakam / Getty Another day, another development that makes President Donald Trump’s claims that the war in Iran would be over within weeks look increasingly unlikely. While Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran earlier this week, his order for the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small
A former North Carolina police officer was arrested in Florida on Wednesday (Apr. 22), after law enforcement officials across three states obtained information that the individual was traveling to New Orleans in order to commit a mass shooting at a New Orleans Jazz Festival. Christopher Gillum, 45, had previously been
Around this time last month, filmmaker and producer Nina Lee had social media threads talking about the reality of getting Black projects greenlit by studios, after sharing that executives said the future of her already completed rom-com “That’s Her” depended on the success of “You, Me and Tuscany.” Now, a
As Prime Video’s hit series “The Boys” arrives at its fifth and final season, the show’s signature blend of satire and spectacle continues to blur the line between exaggeration and reality. What once felt like a sharp critique of power now lands with an unsettling sense of familiarity. Season 5
Last November was a moment of vindication for Calvin Duncan. Wrongfully convicted of murder, the New Orleans native decided to run for New Orleans’ Clerk of Criminal Court, aiming for that office strictly because, according to him, it had denied him access to trial records that would have proved his
Two teens were shot and killed in northeast Washington, D.C., in what authorities describe as a targeted burst of gunfire that left bystanders caught in the violence. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened on April 14 around 3:25 p.m. on the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue. Investigators
Source: Cavan Images / Ladanifer / Getty The audacity is both breathtaking and infuriating. Last week, we held space for Black mamas—celebrating our magic, our resilience, and our right to exist in a world that often feels designed to erase us. While we were honoring the sacred work of Black
Source: Calvin Duncan / other On Thursday, the GOP-led Louisiana Senate passed a bill eliminating the office that Calvin Duncan, a man who was exonerated after being imprisoned for decades, was elected to hold last November. According to the Louisiana Illuminator, the state House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 256
✕ At Howard University, students have increasingly relied on e-scooters to move across its sprawling, hilly campus. But that convenience collided with a growing national concern last semester, when a scooter caught fire inside a residence hall. No one was injured, but the incident underscored a risk that fire officials
Source: khaled Ahmed / Getty Natchez, Mississippi. April 20. A 4-month-old baby, soft and new, still learning the shape of air, lies on the ground beneath a car. His mother’s foot rests on his stomach as if his body were something to hold in place. He is small against the
Source: Warut Lakam / Getty Another day, another development that makes President Donald Trump’s claims that the war in Iran would be over within weeks look increasingly unlikely. While Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran earlier this week, his order for the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small
A former North Carolina police officer was arrested in Florida on Wednesday (Apr. 22), after law enforcement officials across three states obtained information that the individual was traveling to New Orleans in order to commit a mass shooting at a New Orleans Jazz Festival. Christopher Gillum, 45, had previously been
Around this time last month, filmmaker and producer Nina Lee had social media threads talking about the reality of getting Black projects greenlit by studios, after sharing that executives said the future of her already completed rom-com “That’s Her” depended on the success of “You, Me and Tuscany.” Now, a
As Prime Video’s hit series “The Boys” arrives at its fifth and final season, the show’s signature blend of satire and spectacle continues to blur the line between exaggeration and reality. What once felt like a sharp critique of power now lands with an unsettling sense of familiarity. Season 5
Last November was a moment of vindication for Calvin Duncan. Wrongfully convicted of murder, the New Orleans native decided to run for New Orleans’ Clerk of Criminal Court, aiming for that office strictly because, according to him, it had denied him access to trial records that would have proved his
Two teens were shot and killed in northeast Washington, D.C., in what authorities describe as a targeted burst of gunfire that left bystanders caught in the violence. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened on April 14 around 3:25 p.m. on the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue. Investigators
Source: Cavan Images / Ladanifer / Getty The audacity is both breathtaking and infuriating. Last week, we held space for Black mamas—celebrating our magic, our resilience, and our right to exist in a world that often feels designed to erase us. While we were honoring the sacred work of Black
Source: Calvin Duncan / other On Thursday, the GOP-led Louisiana Senate passed a bill eliminating the office that Calvin Duncan, a man who was exonerated after being imprisoned for decades, was elected to hold last November. According to the Louisiana Illuminator, the state House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 256
✕ At Howard University, students have increasingly relied on e-scooters to move across its sprawling, hilly campus. But that convenience collided with a growing national concern last semester, when a scooter caught fire inside a residence hall. No one was injured, but the incident underscored a risk that fire officials