President-elect Donald Trump has nominated famed neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson to his cabinet. Specifically, Carson will potentially head the Department of Housing and Urban Development if he’s confirmed by the Senate.
There was a variety of reactions to Donald Trump’s election victory on Tuesday. Those who voted for him openly celebrated while those who didn’t are likely still experiencing some of the five stages of grief. While the President-elect took the opportunity to say that he’ll work on unifying the country during his acceptance speech, the […]
On Sunday night, FBI Director James Comey released a letter to lawmakers that the FBI had reached the same conclusion regarding Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server: that no new evidence of mishandling classified information was found and that the FBI does not recommend charges against Clinton.
The initial reactions to the news that David Duke would be participating in a US Senate debate at Dillard University, a historically black college in Louisiana, were shock and disbelief. After gaining 5.1% of votes in the polls for the Senate race, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan qualified for a televised debate […]
There’s an episode of Law and Order: SVU out there where a young white woman and her boyfriend were looking to cover up a crime by blaming it on “a black guy” they “couldn’t really see”. Fortunately, the detectives caught on early and let them bury themselves in their lies. But it was Detective Fin Tutuola’s […]
Brandi Bledsoe, 23, is at least the 23rd transgender person to be murdered this year. Her body was found in a driveway in Cleveland by a five-year-old riding his bike with his older brother. According to the Advocate, Bledsoe’s death was the result of a gunshot wound to the chest. She was found with plastic bags […]
There’s been a call for reparations for black people in the United States ever since the possibility slavery coming to an end even became a notion. Yet it still hasn’t happened, so supporters of the idea continue to make cases for its necessity. The latest of which comes from the United Nations. The United Nations’ Working Group of […]
A group of protestors were marching by Eastern Michigan University’s campus following a racist act that brought shame to the entire institution. Unfortunately, their demonstration was interrupted by another act of disrespect as a driver tried to drive their SUV through the crowd.Â
By Lamont Lilly Mainstream media would have most of us believe that the current struggle at Standing Rock, North Dakota is all about clean water – that its only focus is stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) from running through Indigenous reservation land. And yes, it is about these things. But while such a […]
Betty Shelby, the Tulsa Oklahoma Police officer who shot Terence Crutcher last week, has been charged with felony manslaughter in the first degree, according to CNN.Â
Cannon Lambert, attorney for Bland’s family, has informed members of the media that her family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.9 million. Texas Department of Public Safety will pay the maximum of $100,000, according to ABC 13.Â
Four-hundred people were shot in Chicago within the span of 31 days. Ninety of them died. Multiple outlets, including The Washington Post and CNN, are calling August the deadliest month the city has experienced in two decades. Some news reports implicated widespread gang violence within the city for the drastic uptick in crime, while others […]
