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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on January 21, 2019, in Washington, D.C | Source: Pete Marovich / Getty As the nation prepares for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025—a day that coincides with our observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day—we are confronted with a moment of profound reckoning. This convergence compels us to ask: Who […]

Source: NurPhoto / Getty Less than 24 hours after ending service in the U.S., TikTok is working to get things back up and running. On Sunday (Jan 19), President-elect Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order to stall a federal ban on the popular social media platform. RELATED: As Potential TikTok Ban Looms, Users Flock To Chinese App RedNote RELATED: 30 TikTok Moments We’ll Never Forget The United […]

An officer walks past a sign saying “Altadena Strong-We Will Rebuild” in the Eaton Fire-damaged area on Lake Ave in Altadena, on January 14, 2025. | Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty Urban One, the largest distributor of urban content in the country, issued a formal statement in response to the ongoing wildfires in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region: All of us at Urban […]

Shareif Ziyadat   There are no words to properly describe the devastation felt worldwide as a result of the West Coast wildfires that’ve been burning continuously since the year began just over two weeks ago. However, rap queen Lil Kim did her best to put together a few that she believed would at the very least show support all the way from her native borough of Brooklyn. Things started out […]

Shareif Ziyadat There are no words to properly describe the devastation felt worldwide as a result of the West Coast wildfires that’ve been burning continuously since the year began just over two weeks ago. However, rap queen Lil Kim did her best to put together a few that she believed would at the very least show support from her native borough of Brooklyn. Things started out fine, as you’ll see […]

Source: Kevin Carter / Getty A GoFundMe is now set for a former flight attendant fired for twerking on the job. According to the GoFundMe page, Nelle Diala says she was “wrongfully” fired from her job at Alaska Airlines after participating in a popular TikTok trend. In the clip, featuring the song “Ghetto” by E.K.E. featuring TruCarr, Diala is seen twerking on an empty plane. @_jvnelle415 Cant even be yourself […]

Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District Georgia Congratulations are in order for Shanelle Booker, who was named the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia on Jan. 12, according to a press release issued by the United States Attorney’s Office. Booker’s historic appointment marks the first time a Black person and a Black woman has led the office. Booker has an impressive resume that makes her […]

This photo illustration created on January 7, 2025, in Washington, DC, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. | Source: DREW ANGERER / Getty If anyone needed more evidence that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a barely-closeted MAGA dude-bro who believes women and any other demographic that falls under the “diversity” banner is of lesser value and should be subordinate to […]

Source: Alicia (Robin) Robinson/GoFundMe Here’s a question: What incentive do police officers even have to deescalate situations in order to avoid a senseless death if the bar is so high to hold them accountable for their actions? During the early morning hours of Sept. 1, 26-year-old anti-gun violence activist Justin Robinson was shot at point-blank range at least 11 times by two officers with Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department after […]