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Source: Michael Tullberg / Getty Rapper Young MC and Grammy-nominated singer Morris Day have officially withdrawn from President Trump’s Freedom 250 Festival in Washington, D.C., an event tied to the Great American State Fair celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary from June 25 through July 10, 2026. Meanwhile, C+ C Music

Source: Robert Prange / Getty I’m writing to you, Naomi Osaka and Taylor Townsend, as a Black woman who has spent the bulk of my career doing all I can to carve out spaces where Black people and stories get told and elevated. Along the way, I’ve come to understand

Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty In addition to undermining democracy, starting pointless wars, and using his office to enrich himself, President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term trying to rewrite history when it comes to the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot. Apparently, giving blanket pardons to people who

Source: Slaven Vlasic / Getty Listen: We have all heard about rapists using intimidation tactics and retaliation to re-victimize their victims. We know that rapists who are in positions of power are especially adept at performing such abuse. Regardless, it should be far more shocking than it is when the

Source: Thanaphum Tachakanjanapong / Getty President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is now several months behind the two-to-four week timeline he initially gave at the start of the war. A ceasefire was declared in April, but it’s looking increasingly fragile as both the U.S. and Iran are accusing the other

Source: Tawnda Tamiece Grayson / facebook A 75-year-old Black woman died following a physical altercation with employees at a Tim Hortons restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, earlier this month, and because video footage of the incident shows both the woman and the much younger, much whiter employee both displayed what

Source: Sean Rayford / Getty The ongoing redistricting roller coaster has taken another turn after a redistricting effort backed by President Donald Trump stalled in the South Carolina Senate.  The New York Times reports that the state Senate voted against ending the debate period on the new map, effectively preventing

Source: Fairfield Police Department / facebook A Fairfield, California, police officer has gained national attention for all the wrong reasons after video footage of her repeatedly striking a 16-year-old high school student went viral, and days after that video came to light — wouldn’t you know it— a second video surfaced,

Source: Kevin C. Cox / Getty Two full weeks into the 2026 WNBA season, the league is already starting to show us which hot starts might be real and which teams are still figuring themselves out. Every team has played between five and seven games now, which means we’re past

Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty/ – Who is Christian Menefee? Congratulations are in order for the new Congress Rep. Christian Menefee. On May 26, he defeated longtime Rep. Al Green in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, according to NBC News and CBS News. But who