Dollar General, the popular discount variety store, was hit with a lawsuit from two Black women who claimed they were racially discriminated against while shopping at a South Charleston, West Virginia, location. The customers, identified as Alexandria Shoffner and Kitrena Mitchell, filed separate complaints concerning their experience at the store last August, the West Virginia Record reported....
A Black woman on the London Underground was racially attacked, resulting in clumps of hair being ripped from her scalp and bite marks, during a recent trip on the British subway system. She also said that despite an off-duty police officer sitting nearby, the incident was not stopped before she was injured. Selma Taha, director...
The gunman who carried out a mass shooting in New York City last year was sentenced to 10 life terms in prison by a federal judge this week. In April 2022, 64-year-old Frank James discharged his firearm during rush hour at the 36 Street subway station in Brooklyn, leaving 10 people shot and more than a dozen...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has his own theme music, and the public is confused. On Oct. 3, Adams started his “off-topic” press conferences, where he’ll only answer off-topic questions from reporters every Tuesday. The policy is a way of experimenting with a better way to talk with reporters. .@NYCMayor Eric Adams enters today’s...
Former Donald Trump aide and reality star Omarosa Manigault Newman is bashing the former president for his harsh and derogatory remarks about Black women. Manigault Newman, who served as Trump’s director of African-American outreach during his 2016 campaign and later oversaw White House public engagement during his tumultuous term as president, says he consistently directs...
Authorities in Baltimore, Maryland, released a video of the multiple persons of interest potentially connected to the shooting at Morgan State University. City police responded to reports of gunfire after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 2. When cops arrived at the scene, they discovered five victims with gunshot wounds, identified as one female and four...
