Author: Christopher Palma

Source: Angelina Katsanis / Getty Dear Cathy, First and foremost, I’m sending you, Adam Silver, and the entire league my congratulations as you enter into the WNBA’s historic 30th season.  As a fan, I attended my first WNBA game in the late ’90s at Madison Square Garden, rooting for the

Source: Alex Wong / Getty On Tuesday, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment that could give Democrats four new House seats in the state. It was a narrow victory for democratic voters and congressional Democrats, as the referendum passed with 51% of the vote, leading to immediate court challenges, which

Source: Megan Varner / Getty A new law targeting Black women’s leadership in metro-Atlanta awaits Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature. But instead of fixing a potentially dire situation concerning a ballot law deadline, Republicans couldn’t pass up the chance to give metro-Atlanta the finger.  HB 369 would require the state’s

Source: Joe Raedle / Getty On Tuesday, Virginia voters dealt a devastating blow to the GOP in the nationwide redistricting battle by voting “yes” on a new congressional map that would give Democrats a 10-1 advantage in the state. With Democrats now narrowly edging out Republicans in the number of

Source: Nuoriginal2017 / Getty On Tuesday, the Trump administration reclassified medical marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug.  According to AP, the order was signed by President Donald Trump’s acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The reclassification doesn’t legalize marijuana on the federal level, but it does label

Source: Pool / Getty New details have come to light in the case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was discovered in 2025 inside a Tesla linked to singer d4vd. In a press release issued April 22, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner concluded that Hernandez

Source: Ashley Gonzalez / Screenshot Look, we all hate to see a racist cop — because Black people have enough to fear, being over policed, without Klan members with badges and guns patrolling our streets — but one thing we should all love to see is a racist cop, who

Source: Big Groove / movewitgroove.com OK, y’all, we really need to have a discussion about social media influencer Big Groove, formerly known as Groovin Gorilla. If you’ve ever scrolled through YouTube, Instagram, Facebook reels, or the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, you’ve likely come across this muscle-bound Black

Source: z1b / Getty We do everything we can to protect our loved ones from harm, but forces beyond our control —shaped by industries, weak environmental policies , and absent leadership — take the greatest toll on marginalized people. Our planet’s changing climate often leaves Black and Brown women, working people, nonbinary people of color, and lower-income households burdened by adverse health outcomes, higher energy bills, and detrimental working conditions. This Earth Day,

Source: Anadolu / Getty FBI Director Kash Patel’s agenda to sue his way out of allegations that he’s a drunken, absentee bureau leader isn’t going well so far, as a federal judge in Houston has dismissed a defamation lawsuit Patel filed against a former FBI official, who said he spent