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Source: Joe Raedle / Getty In a world rife with systemic exclusion and a relentless struggle for justice, Aimee Allison is dedicated to creating inclusive and equitable spaces for Black women across the U.S. As she nears her 55th birthday—solidly placing her in Generation X—Allison is more energized than ever to champion social justice, striving for a future where Black women are not only heard and seen but empowered to […]

Source: LAS VEGAS, NV David Becker / Getty Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell (California) has proven (not that we needed proof) that Donald Trump is such a living, breathing parody of himself that satire about him can be made using just slightly reworded variations of things the ex-president has said in real life. Seriously, there are a lot of pretty good anti-Trump ads out there, but Swalwell’s might be the only […]

Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty Right now, Deontae Faison,  a Black father of two in Oakland, California, has been lying in a coma since April after being tased repeatedly by an officer while in water — and, somehow, that’s not the worst of it. According to the Miami Herald, the family of 35-year-old Faison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing officers not just of tasing their loved one–who was […]

Source: x / x   Authorities are investigating a police school resource officer (SRO) in Akron, Ohio, after he was caught on camera repeatedly punching a 16-year-old high school Black student in the head. According to News 5 Cleveland, the incident began when the school principal tasked the SROs to help find the boy, who did not pass through the metal detectors. The incident, caught on the school’s security camera, […]

Source: Mario Tama / Getty The McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers are being linked to an outbreak of E.coli.This new outbreak has sickening nearly 50 people in ten states. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ABC News Live (@abcnewslive) The majority of the people who are ill all stated they ate a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonalds. Investigators are working to confirm which ingredient is contaminated. A total […]

Source: NurPhoto / Getty American Airlines has agreed to a $50 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Transportation for violating laws that protect airline passengers with disabilities. The investigation uncovered numerous infractions with American Airlines. Some included cases of American providing “unsafe physical assistance” to passengers. The alleged treatment “at times resulted in injuries and undignified treatment of wheelchair users,” investigators stated in an announcement on Wednesday. The investigation […]

Barack Obama demonstrated several times that he is aligned with Hip-Hop culture in several aspects, and a recent appearance at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris adds to that assessment. During the rally in Detroit, Mich., with Eminem bringing out the former president, Barack Obama rapped the opening bars of the Motor City rapper’s smash hit “Lose Yourself” to uproarious applause. Barack Obama was in Detroit on Tuesday (October […]

Robert Smalls – Source: MPI / Getty South Carolina is set to make history soon when a statue of the remarkable Robert Smalls is erected in Beaufort, a quaint city located on Port Royal Island.  Thanks to the efforts of the Robert Smalls Monument Commission, established by Act 183 of the 2024 South Carolina Legislature, a monument honoring the freedom fighter is set to be built in the former Confederate […]

Source: Fulton County Jail / Fulton County Jail Sheriff’s Office Rudy Giuliani was ordered by a court to surrender his New York City apartment to two Georgia poll workers he defamed, and social media erupted with joy over it. On Tuesday (October 22), Rudy Giuliani was ordered to surrender his Manhattan luxury penthouse to Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the two Black Georgia poll workers he attacked and defamed […]