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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shakes hands with Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. | Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Regardless of what happens in November, you really have to give it to Vice President Kamala Harris. No political opponent of Donald Trump has been able to get him spun out the way she has. […]

Source: grandriver / Getty Tyron McAlpin, a Black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, faces charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest following an incident in August, during which he was reportedly punched and tased by two Phoenix police officers. McAlpin’s attorneys argue that the charges are baseless and assert that the officers should be held accountable for their unlawful use of force. According to a police incident […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty This week, on Oct. 8, President Biden announced a historic ruling on environmental racism issued by the Environmental Protection Agency: Water utilities across the nation had 10 years left to replace “virtually every lead pipe in the country, imposing the strictest limits to date on a neurotoxin that is particularly dangerous to infants and children,” the New York Times reported Tuesday. The paper reported […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral Church of New York in the borough of Queens on September 28, 2024. | Source: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office It is difficult not to view New York City Mayor Eric Adams turning to the Black church after being indicted on federal corruption charges as anything but a politician’s cynical weaponization of the church. To be […]

Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday (October 9) as a Category 3 storm, causing catastrophic damage across Florida with millions left without power and homes. Milton slammed into Florida’s west coast near Siesta Key. Many parts of Florida are still recovering from Hurricane Helene from less than two weeks ago. Milton brought a historic storm surge, with some areas along Florida’s west coast receiving 10 […]

Lethal injection Death Chamber at a Texas prison on November 14, 1991, at Huntsville, The Ellis Unit, Texas. | Source: Paul Harris / Getty A death row inmate in South Carolina convicted under questionable circumstances has been tasked by the state with choosing the method in which his execution will be carried out. Richard Moore, a Black man, is the only death row inmate in South Carolina who was found […]

Source: Getty / General Hip-hop icon Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to go to trial on May 5 to face sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. The trial date was confirmed during a hearing on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, where Combs appeared before Judge Arun Subramanian. During the hearing, the judge outlined key deadlines for both sides to submit legal arguments ahead of the trial, which Combs’ legal team […]

Source: Jena Ardell / Getty H.J. Heinz Company has, unbeknownst to itself, given us a master class on why DEI matters--and why we need more Black people in advertising. That’s the only reason I can think of for why Heinz has come under fire for not one, but two recently released ads that have been dragged across social media as racist at worst and insensitive towards the Black community at […]

Source: Raymond Hall / Getty Kamala Harris took part in major interviews with Howard Stern and Stephen Colbert, closing out a busy media day for her campaign. Tuesday (Oct. 8) turned out to be a major media blitz for Vice President Kamala Harris, as she took part in interviews with Howard Stern and Stephen Colbert after appearing on ABC’s The View. The Democratic presidential nominee’s appearance on Stern’s Sirius XM […]