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Source: The African American Policy Forum / The African American Policy Forum The African American Policy Forum will host their first Freedom Summer 2024 Homeroom which will discuss New Hampshire’s recent decision to strike an educational censorship law (HB-2). The organization will host Deb Howes (AFT New Hampshire President), Dan McNeil (AFT General Counsel), Paul Ortiz (University of Florida professor), Tina Kim Philibotte (Chief Equity Officer, Manchester School District), Becky […]

Source: General / Getty The man accused of forcing his way into Bun B’s home appeared in court today, and the Texas rap legend took the stand to describe that fateful night and the impact it had on his families sense of peace. RELATED: Bun B Reportedly Shoots Home Invader, Suspect Arrested RELATED: Bun B Chased Down Armed Robber To ID Him To Authorities The incident took place in 2019, when […]

Source: Carolyn Cole / Getty In today’s episode of Black People Can’t Have Nice Things Because The Beneficiaries Of White Supremacy Can’t Mind Their Own Business, a Chicago suburb is being sued for becoming America’s first government-funded reparations program for Black Americans. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, officials announced the city’s reparations plan, which came after a city council resolution establishing a reparations fund and a reparations subcommittee was approved in 2019. […]

Source: Nicholas Klein / Getty Nicknames For Each Major City In The United States Let’s talk about city nicknames! Did you know that most major cities across the United States have fun, serious, or even a funny nickname that will tell you a lot about them? It like they have their own personal identity. Some city nicknames we are sure you have heard before are “The Big Apple,” for New […]

Source: Nicholas Klein / Getty Nicknames For Each Major City In The United States Let’s talk about city nicknames! Did you know that most major cities across the United States have fun, serious, or even a funny nickname that will tell you a lot about them? It like they have their own personal identity. Some city nicknames we are sure you have heard before are “The Big Apple,” for New […]

Source: Keystone / Getty History tends to forget our heroes, especially when they’re Black. As we remember the fallen heroes of World War II on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, let us not forget the all-Black unit that helped turn the tides of war.  The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion played a crucial role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, yet their story is often overlooked or flat-out never told. These […]

Source: Inti St Clair / Getty   Cpl. D-Day, Jr., a Black army medic who saved nearly 200 lives during D-Day in 1944, is being posthumously honored for his heroic efforts.  On June 3, Woodson, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 83, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army’s second-highest military honor for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat, according to Democratic Sen. […]

Source: 20th Century Studios / 20th Century Studios We’re still two months away from seeing what director Fede Álvarez has in store for us when he resurrects a classic horror franchise with Alien: Romulus—and judging from the latest trailer, it’s going to be scary good. Taking place in-between the events of 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens, Romulus is set to be a standalone story which features the terrifying Xenomorph creatures that […]

Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Do you know what really gets me about Donald Trump? It’s not the pathological lying or the seething bigotry. It’s not the hypocrisy of constantly going at President Joe Biden’s age, presence of mind and ability to articulate as if Trump, who’s only a few years younger, has ever been able to string together three comprehensible sentences in a row without turning orangey-red in the […]