Amid last week’s 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently expressed a potent critique of the ruling that ended racial segregation in schools, resulting in many critics denouncing him on social media. Thomas, the Black conservative who currently is the longest-serving justice...
In a significant move to support families affected by police violence, Representative Cori Bush, alongside other Democratic Representatives, has reintroduced the Helping Families Heal Act. This legislation, first proposed in September 2022, coincides with what would have been Michael Brown’s 28th birthday, a young Black man whose death at the hands of police sparked a...
The Missouri teenager who was captured on video slamming another girl’s head into the concrete during a fight will be tried as a juvenile despite previous calls for her to face charges in adult court. Maurnice DeClue, 15, has been in a juvenile detention facility since March 9 following the altercation that left Kaylee Gain,...
A Georgia state representative who publicly implied being affiliated with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was exposed for being a false organization member. On May 21, Democrat Georgia state Rep. Angela Moore won her re-election bid to represent District 91. On May 20, the Southern regional director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Amaris L....
A former Chicago police officer who claimed he accidentally shot and killed the mother of his child in self-defense three years ago was found not guilty of murder despite evidence he tried to cover up the woman’s death. Pierre Tyler, 32, was acquitted May 17 after a jury unanimously declared him innocent in the 2021...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has filed a trademark application for the rights to the phrase “BLEACH BLONDE BAD BUILT BUTCH BODY” after insulting Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene with the statement during a House Oversight Committee session on May 16. The lawmakers were meeting to vote on hold Attorney General Mack Garland in contempt for refusing to...