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Zayden Leonard, a 21-year-old student at Mississippi State University, is considering legal action after campus police handcuffed and detained him over a bomb threat allegation, his attorney says, that was false. The incident involving Leonard is the latest in a series of events where Black students have disputed police allegations
Source: The Washington Post / Getty If you’ve spent the last year wondering how far the Supreme Court will go in allowing President Donald Trump to run roughshod over the United States’ foundational principles, you’re not alone. In fact, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has expressed concerns about how the court’s
Thélyson Orélien’s rapid rise in France’s literary scene was interrupted when the Académie Goncourt removed his novel, “It Was Either That Or Die,” from consideration amid allegations of the use of artificial intelligence and plagiarism. The decision came just days after Orélien won the 2026 Prix du Roman Fnac, a
In 1906, years before Tulsa became known as home to one of the deadliest massacres of Black men and women in United States history, a similar race massacre befell Atlanta. Now the Fulton County Commission Board has established official days of remembrance for the Atlanta Race Massacre, as the four-day
Charles Booker is aware that he is a Black man and Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, a former antebellum enslaver state that is more than 84% white and has voted for every Republican candidate since 1992. It’s for those exact reasons why Booker, the Democratic nominee
Remy Ma is once again adding fuel to the fire regarding her estranged husband, Papoose. On Friday, the Bronx rapper released the full video for “Why I Get Married?” featuring Keke Wyatt, showcasing different elements of Rem taking in various stages of a marriage, from the dream dress and what
Even the grief experts are having a difficult time right now. Marisa Renee Lee, an advocate and author of “Grief Is Love,” admitted that despite years spent researching and writing about grief, she recently found herself sitting in therapy trying to figure out what to do with her own. “This
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 — which happened in 2024, during the time a multitude of sexual assault allegations were leveled at Sean “Diddy” Combs — has recanted her allegations against the rapper and music mogul, saying those
From TV to YouTube, to podcasts and even TikTok, ads for sports betting platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket, FanDuel and DraftKings have been appearing everywhere. So much so that the betting ads expanded to betting on reality shows like “Love Island USA” over the summer. And while these brands have boasted
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Welcome back for another episode of Surviving Trump, our regular round-up of President Donald Trump’s demonstrations of sheer MAGA idiocy, corruption, bigotry, and disrespect for the office he holds. Tracking Trump shenanigans is a job that never ends, but it’s not exactly the kind of
Zayden Leonard, a 21-year-old student at Mississippi State University, is considering legal action after campus police handcuffed and detained him over a bomb threat allegation, his attorney says, that was false. The incident involving Leonard is the latest in a series of events where Black students have disputed police allegations
Source: The Washington Post / Getty If you’ve spent the last year wondering how far the Supreme Court will go in allowing President Donald Trump to run roughshod over the United States’ foundational principles, you’re not alone. In fact, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has expressed concerns about how the court’s
Thélyson Orélien’s rapid rise in France’s literary scene was interrupted when the Académie Goncourt removed his novel, “It Was Either That Or Die,” from consideration amid allegations of the use of artificial intelligence and plagiarism. The decision came just days after Orélien won the 2026 Prix du Roman Fnac, a
In 1906, years before Tulsa became known as home to one of the deadliest massacres of Black men and women in United States history, a similar race massacre befell Atlanta. Now the Fulton County Commission Board has established official days of remembrance for the Atlanta Race Massacre, as the four-day
Charles Booker is aware that he is a Black man and Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, a former antebellum enslaver state that is more than 84% white and has voted for every Republican candidate since 1992. It’s for those exact reasons why Booker, the Democratic nominee
Remy Ma is once again adding fuel to the fire regarding her estranged husband, Papoose. On Friday, the Bronx rapper released the full video for “Why I Get Married?” featuring Keke Wyatt, showcasing different elements of Rem taking in various stages of a marriage, from the dream dress and what
Even the grief experts are having a difficult time right now. Marisa Renee Lee, an advocate and author of “Grief Is Love,” admitted that despite years spent researching and writing about grief, she recently found herself sitting in therapy trying to figure out what to do with her own. “This
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 — which happened in 2024, during the time a multitude of sexual assault allegations were leveled at Sean “Diddy” Combs — has recanted her allegations against the rapper and music mogul, saying those
From TV to YouTube, to podcasts and even TikTok, ads for sports betting platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket, FanDuel and DraftKings have been appearing everywhere. So much so that the betting ads expanded to betting on reality shows like “Love Island USA” over the summer. And while these brands have boasted
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Welcome back for another episode of Surviving Trump, our regular round-up of President Donald Trump’s demonstrations of sheer MAGA idiocy, corruption, bigotry, and disrespect for the office he holds. Tracking Trump shenanigans is a job that never ends, but it’s not exactly the kind of