A Black woman from Louisiana spent six days in jail on child neglect charges after Shreveport police officers discovered insects inside her apartment after she called them for help over another issue. But the charges were dismissed when Calvinitri White proved she had been trying for months to get the apartment management to address the roach issue Read More…
President Donald Trump could be close to taking over the Federal Reserve. On September 9, a federal district judge blocked Trump’s effort to remove Lisa Cook as a Federal Reserve governor; on Thursday, the administration petitioned the Supreme Court to allow the firing to go through. If the high court ends up siding with the administration, then Read More…
Sakir Everett, an 11-year-old African American boy from Lansing, Michigan, who bravely disarmed a classmate with a gun, has been expelled from his school. Instead of being celebrated as a hero, he now faces a year away from the classroom. The incident took place back in May at Dwight Rich School of the Arts. Sakir Read More…
During a heated White House press conference this past Friday, President Trump clashed with Ebony McMorris, a correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) who is one of only a few Black women in the White House press pool. The tense exchange unfolded in the Oval Office as Trump fielded questions from reporters about domestic Read More…
Two African American men, Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett, who were wrongly accused in the 1989 killing of Carol Stuart, will receive $150,000 from the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The settlement comes decades after their wrongful arrests, a formal apology from the mayor, and years of racial tension tied to the case. Carol Stuart, a Read More…
Since divorcing from Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott has donated over $19 billion of her wealth—but this is one of her largest single donations ever.© Dia Dipasupil-Getty Images MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s most prominent philanthropists, has just donated $70 million to UNCF, the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to Black students. The donation by Read More…
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