The city that became known worldwide as “The Black Mecca” originated when a charismatic and brilliant lawyer named Maynard Jackson became the first Black mayor of Atlanta in 1974. Atlanta City Hall hosted the commemoration of the remarkable life of the late trailblazing legal lion, social activist, and political powerhouse on the 50th anniversary of...
The 17-year-old Michigan girl is speaking out more than two years after her parents filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against her school district following months of taunting and harassment. The Detroit News sat down with Clara Malick and her parents, Rob and April Malick, for an interview published on Jan. 3, and she shared...
Though she was 89 years old, trailblazing politician Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) should not have died on Dec. 31. Her family says inadequate medical care following September back surgery is to blame for leaving a recently retired U.S. Congresswoman — the first nurse ever elected to Congress — “lying in her own feces and urine.”...
An Ohio high school teacher has been hospitalized after a student, who was acting “distraught,” attacked her last week, resulting in a serious brain injury. The incident happened inside a classroom at Colerain High School on Thursday, Jan. 4. An unidentified 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged with felonious assault, local police said. Just after...
Donald Trump had one simple message for the residents of Iowa in regards to a high school shooting that took place on Jan. 4: Get over it. In a campaign stop in the Hawkeye state on Jan. 5, the 45th president mentioned the recent shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa. “Before going further,...
The Federal Election Commission sent a letter to Kanye West’s presidential committee on New Year’s Eve, seeking clarification on campaign expenditures after regulators flagged $21,525 the rapper spent on legal fees, financial services, and travel expenses following his failed bid for president in 2020. The letter, which accused the campaign of an “unauthorized disbursement” from...
