Nikole Hannah-Jones has entered the Jillian Michaels chat with cold, hard facts. After Michaels grossly downplayed the scope of slavery in America during a recent television appearance, Hannah-Jones responded in a lengthy video posted to Instagram on Monday, breaking down just how central slavery was to every facet of the

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is fighting back in court after not being allowed to leave the state Capitol because she refused to sign a “permission slip” that would have required her to be under 24-hour supervision by a law enforcement officer. Collier on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the

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President Donald Trump’s political weaponization czar sent a letter urging New York Attorney General Letitia James to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days after starting his mortgage fraud investigation of her. Then he showed up outside her house. Ed Martin, the director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group,

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Audra McDonald has some thoughts on boundaries she’d like to share.   In a video shared to her Instagram Reels on Saturday, August 16, a day ahead of her final bow in the historic Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” the 55-year-old Broadway star recounted a troubling encounter that happened after Friday night’s

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Tre Johnson’s book Black Genius. It has been lightly edited for clarity. Education is supposed to be the door to a better life and set of opportunities, but too often the American education system smothers and smooths over Black

by Sharelle B. McNair August 19, 2025 Collier said “absolutely not” after House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced Democrats would not be permitted to leave the chamber unless they agreed to have a DPS escort. Talk about standing your ground! Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier decided to spend the night on

by Jeroslyn JoVonn August 19, 2025 Nikole Hannah-Jones won’t sit by and allow Jillian Michaels to spread “harmful nonsense” about the painful realities of slavery. Nikole Hannah-Jones is sounding off in response to Jillian Michaels’ recent claims that “less than 2% of white Americans owned slaves.” The 1619 Project creator