A 53-year-old man faces hate crime charges after police say he pointed a gun at two people while shouting racial slurs. Harold Andrew Howard was charged with two counts of first-degree assault and committing a race/religious crime against a person or group following an incident in White Plains, Maryland, on Sunday. The Charles County Sheriff’s...
In 2021, the state of Georgia enacted SB201, known as the Election Integrity Act. While proponents argue it enhances election security, critics label it as a direct attack on voting rights, particularly for Black and brown communities. This law has sparked significant backlash, culminating in protests led by students and activists in Atlanta. Protests erupt...
A video from a May 25, 2022, incident resurfaced on social media this week, showing a white man unleashing a racist tirade inside a Georgia Target store before being arrested for spitting on officers who were called to defuse the situation. The entire incident was captured on police bodycam footage, which has gone viral on...
Former President Donald Trump stirred debate with recent comments about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War during a Fox News interview on Oct. 18, 2024. Trump’s suggestion that Lincoln could have avoided the war by negotiating with the South has drawn criticism and raised concerns about historical understanding. When asked about his favorite childhood president...
A 15-year-old girl who pleaded guilty in the beating death of a 64-year-old disabled man in the nation’s capital last year testified that she knew the victim was dead before she and four accomplices fled the scene, and that they carried out the vicious attack because they were bored and looking for something to do. Reggie Brown,...
In a series of high-profile interviews leading up to the upcoming elections, Vice President Kamala Harris has engaged in discussions that resonate deeply with the Black community. Notably, her recent appearance on The Breakfast Club with Charlamagne Tha God has sparked significant reactions across social media platforms. Harris on reparations and more During the hour-long...
In May of 2020, a top-producing loan officer for Fairway Independent Mortgage Company sent an email to a loan processor about a possible property purchase in Ensley, a majority-Black neighborhood in Birmingham, which said, “Ensley is the GHETTO. We don’t own a house there, I promise. LOL!” The Fairway Mortgage processor responded, “‘ROFLOL,’ presumably meaning...