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Source: National Urban League Civil rights leaders and justice organizations gathered on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to address the urgency of newly sworn-in President Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back civil rights protections and policies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The event, titled the “Demand Diversity Roundtable,” is being held at the National Press Club and be moderated by National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial. […]

Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty In a historic move during his final days in office, former President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned iconic civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey. Read more details about who was involved to make this happen inside. The legendary civil rights activist and a champion of Black empowerment and racial equality was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, […]

Listen: We’ve seen a lot of strange Karen activity over the years. We’ve seen encounter after encounter involving the most entitled of wayward white women spotting Black people in their neighborhoods who they don’t think belong and deciding it’s their unofficial duty to mind everyone’s business but their own and weaponize tears, white fear and/ police presence in order to reinforce their non-authority. But imagine being a Black person who […]

Source: JIM WATSON / Getty Trump Pardons Over 1,000 January 6 Rioters & Commutes Sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers Leaders President Donald Trump has marked his return to the White House by issuing sweeping pardons and commuting sentences for those involved in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. On his first full day back in office, Trump granted clemency to more than 1,500 individuals, including leaders of […]

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty OH – IO! The Ohio State Buckeyes have emerged as the first-ever national champion in the 12-team College Football Playoff. This win comes two months after a defeating loss to Michigan that cast lots of shade on the Buckeyes and Coach Day’s future. They silenced all doubts Monday night with a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. This marks […]

Source: iOne Digital Creative Services The dystopian nightmare that haunts us is finally here. Donald Trump and the ToTRUMPlatarians are set to take office and the dark clouds are looming. The air you feel on the back of your neck, that cold air that makes you hunch your shoulders up, is the feeling of dread we know awaits us. Or a refusal to believe that climate change is real, but […]

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance react at the end of the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. | Source: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty If you ever needed a visual representation of America’s gleeful commitment to historical amnesia, look no further than Donald J. Trump—birther-in-chief, professional race-baiter and lifelong bigot—being sworn in as the nation’s 47th President on […]