Throughout his career spanning music, film and entrepreneurship, Ice Cube has maintained an unwavering commitment to advocacy for economic justice. The entertainment mogul addressed widespread assumptions about his political stance, according to the Atlanta Black Star, particularly regarding his supposed alignment with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Setting the record straight The creator of the Contract...
Twelve years after he was soundly defeated by Republican Richard Nixon in the 1972 election, former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern was asked how long it had taken him to recover. “I’ll let you know when I get there,” the South Dakota Democrat quipped. So it stands to reason that Kamala Harris, who entered Election...
In a significant legal development, two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, are seeking further penalties against Rudy Giuliani for his continued false accusations regarding their involvement in the 2020 presidential election. This comes after they won a staggering $148 million defamation judgment against him. Background of the case...
A Missouri family and their community are mourning the tragic deaths of a 34-year-old woman and her infant daughter, who were killed in an officer-involved shooting earlier this month. Family members say Maria Pike and her 2-month-old daughter Destinii Hope were shot to death on Nov. 7 after police were called to an apartment in...
In Epworth, a settlement on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo embodies the struggle many young women face in accessing reproductive health services. Carrying her infant daughter, Moyo waited two hours for birth-control pills at an outreach clinic — her best chance at avoiding another unplanned pregnancy and achieving her dream of returning...
Notorious South Carolina mother Susan Smith, who drowned her two young children after initially claiming a Black man had kidnapped them, was denied parole Wednesday. “I wish I could take that back, I really do,” said Smith, now 53. “I didn’t lie to get away with it. … I was just scared. I didn’t know...
