On May 21, Black author Dr. La’Tonya Rease Miles appeared at a book talk to promote her new memoir, “Smart Girl: A First-Gen Origin Story.” Attendees gathered at the quaint James M. Duncan Branch Library in Alexandria, Virginia, hoping to get their books signed and to hear Miles’ inspiring story of being the first in...
President Donald Trump denied any involvement in the federal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, even though just weeks earlier, he had posted a message on Truth Social instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to “go after” him and other political opponents. During a recent press briefing inside the Oval Office, Trump was back to...
A Black man’s visit to the gym at his apartment complex turned on its head when he was harassed by his property managers and asked for his ID and apartment number. A now-viral video set to the popular “Nothing Beats a Jet2 Holiday” sound on TikTok shows a man being approached by two people who...
A Black woman from Louisiana spent six days in jail on child neglect charges after Shreveport police officers discovered insects inside her apartment after she called them for help over another issue. But the charges were dismissed when Calvinitri White proved she had been trying for months to get the apartment management to address the...
A North Carolina family is still demanding answers and accountability from a dental office after a 2-year-old child suffered a medical emergency during a dental procedure and died. The parents of 2-year-old Er’Mias Mitchell say they took their son to the Valleygate Dental Surgery Center in July for a simple cavity filling. Staff members conducted...
