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Octavia Spencer is putting Hollywood’s pay gap back in the spotlight, telling Keke Palmer that her experience with salary negotiations showed her just how sharply compensation can differ for Black actresses. During a conversation featured on Palmer’s podcast, Spencer recalled the moment she discussed her pay history with Jessica Chastain,
The family of a Texas woman who died from severe pregnancy complications has filed a lawsuit accusing state officials, doctors and a San Antonio medical center of failing to provide care they say could have saved her life. Tierra Walker, 37, died in December 2024 while about 20 weeks pregnant.
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Since President Donald Trump began his second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been moving like thin-skinned bullies. Homeland Security’s propaganda tries to make ICE look like tough guys, but reality has shown they’re anything but. I mean, if they were really tough
Source: Anadolu / Getty Aaaaand we’re back for another round of Surviving Trump, our regular column that lists the latest slate of President Donald Trump’s big, beautiful blunders, buffoonery, and big-baby blathering sessions, because if we must endure the clown in the White House, we might as well come together
Benjamin Provo, a former security guard at Donda Academy, says he could be owed roughly $23 million in damages in his discrimination lawsuit against Kanye West and the school. The lawsuit follows another former employee’s allegations of anti-Black discrimination at Yeezy and Donda Academy, as well as a separate former
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Jayden Williams, the 23-year-old who was Georgia’s youngest Black mayor, was removed as mayor of Stockbridge, Ga., for misusing city funds and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager, reports NBC News. On Sunday, the Stockbridge City Council voted 3-0 to remove Williams
Viola Davis will receive the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence at this year’s San Diego International Film Festival, adding another major honor to her career across film, television, and theater. Accoridng to Variety reports Davis will be honored during the festival’s Night of the Stars Tribute on Oct. 13
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty The open-air prison camp for immigrant detention in Florida—officially named the Florida Soft-Sided Facility, but known colloquially as “Alligator Alcatraz”—was not fit for human habitation, even by the standards of ICE, the Department of Homeland Security said in a report released on Monday. The DHS
Big Tigger waited until the case closed before saying much of anything. Then he logged onto Instagram Live. The Atlanta radio host, whose legal name is Darian Morgan, opened by announcing the outcome himself. “They got them charges dropped,” he said, before steering viewers toward the paperwork rather than his
Maxine Waters did not let Scott Bessent finish many sentences on Tuesday. The Hill reported that the California Democrat, ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, used the Treasury secretary’s appearance to press him on the administration’s approach to artificial intelligence, arguing that President Donald Trump is pushing development
Octavia Spencer is putting Hollywood’s pay gap back in the spotlight, telling Keke Palmer that her experience with salary negotiations showed her just how sharply compensation can differ for Black actresses. During a conversation featured on Palmer’s podcast, Spencer recalled the moment she discussed her pay history with Jessica Chastain,
The family of a Texas woman who died from severe pregnancy complications has filed a lawsuit accusing state officials, doctors and a San Antonio medical center of failing to provide care they say could have saved her life. Tierra Walker, 37, died in December 2024 while about 20 weeks pregnant.
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Since President Donald Trump began his second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been moving like thin-skinned bullies. Homeland Security’s propaganda tries to make ICE look like tough guys, but reality has shown they’re anything but. I mean, if they were really tough
Source: Anadolu / Getty Aaaaand we’re back for another round of Surviving Trump, our regular column that lists the latest slate of President Donald Trump’s big, beautiful blunders, buffoonery, and big-baby blathering sessions, because if we must endure the clown in the White House, we might as well come together
Benjamin Provo, a former security guard at Donda Academy, says he could be owed roughly $23 million in damages in his discrimination lawsuit against Kanye West and the school. The lawsuit follows another former employee’s allegations of anti-Black discrimination at Yeezy and Donda Academy, as well as a separate former
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Jayden Williams, the 23-year-old who was Georgia’s youngest Black mayor, was removed as mayor of Stockbridge, Ga., for misusing city funds and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager, reports NBC News. On Sunday, the Stockbridge City Council voted 3-0 to remove Williams
Viola Davis will receive the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence at this year’s San Diego International Film Festival, adding another major honor to her career across film, television, and theater. Accoridng to Variety reports Davis will be honored during the festival’s Night of the Stars Tribute on Oct. 13
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty The open-air prison camp for immigrant detention in Florida—officially named the Florida Soft-Sided Facility, but known colloquially as “Alligator Alcatraz”—was not fit for human habitation, even by the standards of ICE, the Department of Homeland Security said in a report released on Monday. The DHS
Big Tigger waited until the case closed before saying much of anything. Then he logged onto Instagram Live. The Atlanta radio host, whose legal name is Darian Morgan, opened by announcing the outcome himself. “They got them charges dropped,” he said, before steering viewers toward the paperwork rather than his
Maxine Waters did not let Scott Bessent finish many sentences on Tuesday. The Hill reported that the California Democrat, ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, used the Treasury secretary’s appearance to press him on the administration’s approach to artificial intelligence, arguing that President Donald Trump is pushing development