The president is hosting an international Covid Summit at the White House to determine how nations should act to combat the years-long pandemic. The nation’s flags are flying at half-staff today as President Joe Biden mourned the deaths of 1 million Americans from Covid-19. President Biden is hosting the second Covid-19 Summit at the White […]

Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Cullors faced a heap of backlash last month when news emerged that the organization had “secretly” purchased a lavish LA mansion with a whopping price tag of $6 million. The home purchased in 2020 has six bedrooms and bathrooms, a swimming pool, a soundstage, and office space. On Monday, […]

The World Health Organisation has called for a globally enhanced regulation of the digital marketing of alcohol. The agency made this disclosure in a release published on its website on Tuesday. It added that alcohol consumption was capable of robbing young people of their lives and potential. According to WHO, the rise in sophisticated online […]

Former Ohio state senator Nina Turner decisively lost in her rematch against Rep. Shontel Brown in the Democratic primary for Ohio’s 11th district. According to NBC News, as of last night (May 4), Brown was leading with 65.3 percent of the vote to Turner’s 34.7 percent. Brown, who was endorsed by President Biden, said during […]

Derek Chauvin is asking a judge to overturn his 2020 murder conviction of George Floyd, CNN reports. According to an 82-page filing, the former Minneapolis police officer’s attorney, William F. Mohrman, has listed several aspects of the case and trial that he alleges were “structurally defective.” Among those aspects listed is the pre-trial publicity and […]

The university will establish a $100 million fund to actively address the impacts of slavery that it benefitted from in Harvard’s earliest years. Nearly 80 Harvard University leaders, donors and staff members had owned enslaved people until slavery remained legal in Massachusetts in 1783, according to a report the university released Tuesday. Written by members […]

Former President Barack Obama is speaking out about social media and its effects on democracy. Speaking at Stanford University last Thursday (April 21), he said the way voters consume and share information is weakening democracies around the world and is responsible for “turbocharging some of humanity’s worst impulses.” “One of the biggest reasons for democracies […]

SpaceX just sent the first Black woman to the International Space Station for an extended period of time. Jessica Watkins is one of four astronauts who were hurled into orbit early Wednesday morning — part of a mission called Crew-4, which was using yet another Dragon rocket to make their daylong ascent. The team went […]

Global tech company, Google, has marked the 2022 Earth Day celebration by creating a unique doodle. As a way of celebrating the day dedicated to environmental protection, Google Doodle icon for April 2, 2022 addressed climate change. In commemoration of this year’s Earth Day theme ‘Invest in our Planet’, the doodle showed real time-lapse imagery, displaying the impact of […]

Barack and Michelle Obama are leaving Spotify amid reports of frustration over the terms of their multimillion-dollar deal to exclusively make podcasts with the streaming giant, according to Bloomberg. The Obamas announced in 2019 they would partner exclusively with Spotify to release podcasts through their media company Higher Ground, in a deal rumored to be […]

A federal judge has decided to drastically decrease the settlement in a Tesla racial discrimination case from $137 million to $15 million. As previously reported, Owen Diaz worked as an elevator operator for Tesla between June 2015 and May 2016. He sued the company in 2017, alleging a hostile work environment and racial harassment. A […]

Chicago Businessman Willie Wilson Will Fund His Own Mayoral Campaign. Calling his past endorsement of the current mayor “a hell of a mistake,” Chicago businessman and philanthropist Willie Wilson has entered the race for mayor. He challenges Mayor Lori Lightfoot despite his hearty endorsement of her candidacy four years ago. CBS News reports Wilson regretted […]

Ketanji Brown Jackson, a liberal appeals court judge, was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Thursday, overcoming a rancorous Senate approval process and earning bipartisan approval to become the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the high court in its more than 200-year history. After weeks of private meetings and days of […]

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, sought suspension of the Russian Federation from the Human Rights Council over Ukraine’s accusation that invading troops massacred civilians in the town of Bucha. Thomas-Greenfield, who made the call while addressing the UN Security Council on Tuesday in New York, said that Russia had been […]

Black Lives Matter bought a swanky Southern California home for nearly $6 million using donation cash, according to a report Monday. Three leaders of the social justice movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Melina Abdullah — recorded a video last June outside the “secretly bought” home while marking the first anniversary of George Floyd’s […]

Former President Barack Obama is returning to the White House for his first time since leaving office in 2017 for an event to celebrate the Affordable Care Act. According to a White House statement, Obama will make his return tomorrow (April 5) and will be discussing the Affordable Care Act, which provided healthcare to millions […]

Hurray!! Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on her way to making history as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. After receiving an 11-11 vote on Monday that posed a hurdle in the procedure, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer broke the tie and sent Jackson’s nomination to the floor in a procedural […]

President Joe Biden announced new appointees on Thursday (March 31) to the President’s Board of Advisors (PBA) on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “Dr. [Glenda] Glover and I could not be more thrilled about the opportunity to serve with such a talented and deeply committed group of colleagues on the President’s Advisory Board for […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams sides with those who say Will Smith shouldn’t lose his Best Actor Oscar for slapping comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony. “Will Smith has been an amazing actor, humanitarian, he has been a real leader. I think he had a bad day,” Adams said Wednesday (Mar. […]

Lightfoot again says the Columbus statue will return to Grant Park. But almost 2 years after its removal, will it? Earlier this week, Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she “fully expects” the statue of Christopher Columbus to be returned to its pedestal in Grant Park. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Lightfoot also said she wants […]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from a Washington, DC, hospital Friday morning a week after he was admitted for what a court spokesperson described as an infection. Thomas, 73, entered Sibley Memorial Hospital last Friday after experiencing flu-like symptoms. The court’s public information officer did not say anything about Thomas’ condition when he […]

North Carolina’s William Peace University, founded in 1857, was named after a man who enslaved more than 50 people in 1860, according to census records. Now, the name may change. On March 21, the university’s Board of Trustees voted to remove a statue of Peace on campus. William Peace University President Brian Ralph said the […]

Madeleine K. Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, passed away on Wednesday (March 23). She was 84. According to a statement from her family, Albright died from cancer. “We are heartbroken to announce that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and first woman to hold that […]

Hampton University is extending an invitation to Ukrainian and international college students studying in the country amid the ongoing war with Russia. According to WTKR, HU President Dr. William R. Harvey welcomes 50 to 100 students to attend the private institution free of charge! President Harvey released a statement saying, “The collective Hampton University faculty, […]

US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vowed Monday to defend the “grand experiment of American democracy” as she launched a historic bid to be the first Black woman on the nation’s highest judicial bench. The federal judge who may become the first Black female justice was formerly introduced to the 22 senators on the […]

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized with “flu-like” symptoms and will work in absentia for several days. In a statement, the court said Mr Thomas was taken to hospital and diagnosed with an infection. It comes one day before the Senate begins confirmation hearings for court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Mr Thomas, […]

Popular Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi has received fresh charges as US prosecutors submit court documents showing how he committed fraud and laundered over $400k from behind bars. US prosecutors presented documents before the United States District Court of California on Wed 16th March 2022 with fresh evidence indicting HushPuppi of committing fraud and money laundering in […]

After five years, Dr. Ruth Simmons is stepping down as president of Prairie View A&M University. According to KTRK-TV, Simmons, who joined the HBCU in 2017, said in a statement: “Be assured that while I will step down from the presidency, my work for Prairie View A&M will not cease. Many supporters from around the […]

Former President Barack Obama is “feeling fine” after contracting covid. Though Covid-19 cases have continued to fall across the country, that doesn’t mean the virus is no longer a threat. On Sunday, former President Barack Obama announced he had contracted the coronavirus. “I just tested positive for COVID,” he wrote on Twitter. “I’ve had a […]

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has claimed that the actions committed by Russia against the Ukrainian people constitute war crimes, marking the first time a senior US official has directly accused Moscow of war crimes since the invasion of Ukraine began. “They constitute war crimes; there are attacks on civilians that cannot […]

A former Kansas City police detective has been sentenced to six years in prison for fatally shooting Cameron Lamb, a Black man, who was backing a pickup truck into a garage in 2019. On Friday (March 4), Eric DeValkenaere was sentenced to three years for second-degree involuntary manslaughter and six years for armed criminal action, […]

President Joe Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, calling her “one of the nation’s brightest legal minds”. She will be the first black woman to serve in the court’s 233-year history if confirmed. She would replace liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires at the end of the […]

The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in their suburban Georgia community, were found guilty on Tuesday of committing federal hate crimes and other offenses in the 2020 killing. A predominantly white jury deliberated for about four hours over two days […]

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen acquitted after shooting and mortally wounding two men while injuring another during an anti-racism protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has announced that he plans to sue Whoopi Goldberg. Appearing on Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight, the Illinois teen, whose incident happened during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, said […]

This week, Amazon has suspended the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation from its charity platform. The company cites that the reason for the decision was the foundation’s failure to disclose how over $50 million in donations received after the racial injustice protests in 2020 have been spent. The platform, AmazonSmile, was designed to make […]

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday morning. Potter stood before Judge Regina Chu, who determined that Potter made a mistake when she accidentally pulled her firearm on 20-year-old Wright during a traffic stop. Judge […]

A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person in the world to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday February 15.  The case of a 64-year-old woman of mixed […]

Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned after weeks of criticism for his handling of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have paralyzed the city. Protesters have occupied the center of Canada’s capital for 19 days, halting traffic and enraging residents. The prime minister on Monday invoked the Emergencies Act as a “last resort” in response to […]

The school’s board of trustees voted to honor Foster alone and to not name the building jointly with a former governor who was a KKK leader. The legacy of civil rights activist Atherine Lucy Foster will be honored at The University of Alabama. On Friday, the school’s board of trustees voted to name the school […]

Swelling mobilization by American conservatives over what is taught in schools has led several states to push for new curbs on what educators can discuss related to sexual and gender identity — opening yet another front in the country’s rolling culture wars. Schools have increasingly become flashpoints for political confrontation in the United States, with […]

Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddy” Bryan are facing federal hate crime charges for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Now, jury selection has begun for the convicted murderers. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood expects 12 main jurors and four alternates to be selected by Monday, Feb. 14. […]

The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to keep the federal government funded through March 11 while talks on a broader spending package continue. Lawmakers voted 272-162 to pass the legislation released Monday by House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. The bill now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he […]

New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to end her state’s mask mandate for most indoor public places on Wednesday (Feb 9), The New York Times reported, joining several American states lifting face-covering rules in the weeks ahead as the latest Covid-19 surge loosens its grip. The Democratic governor intends to let the mask mandate, which […]

Up to a third of UK children – mostly young teens – consume at least one energy drink a week, while some are having them almost daily, new research suggests. Those who drink lots may get headaches and sleep problems, warn the authors of a report in the BMJ Open. High consumption is also linked […]

Former US President, Donald Trump on Monday, February 7, released a statement blaming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that is alleged to have been carried out by his own supporters. Even though Trump was commander-in-chief on January 6 and had urged his supporters to “fight […]

Joe Rogan has apologized for his second controversy in two weeks after a compilation surfaced that showed him using a racial slur in 12 years’ worth of episodes. In a six-minute video posted Saturday on Instagram, the podcaster offered his “deepest apologies,” acknowledging that his use of the N-word on “The Joe Rogan Experience” looked […]

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the first surgeon general of California, is resigning. California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed her to the role in 2019. Harris said in a statement, “I am incredibly proud to have been part of a team that, together, worked tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of all Californians. Our efforts ensured […]

An “exceptionally” virulent variant of HIV has been detected in the Netherlands, where it has been circulating for several years, scientists say. The variant, which is thought to have arisen in the late 1990s, has infected 109 people in the country, according to a research article published in Science. Without treatment, the variant – referred […]