Remember when Jemele Hill was the target of conservatives and Donald Trump? Back in September, which feels like eons ago under the Trump administration, Hill called out Trump’s racism. The White House’s lyin’ press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called for her to be fired and Trump demanded an apology. Jemele Hill was eventually suspended by ESPN […]

Clarence Thomas was one of three justices to write a dissent about the Supreme Court's blocking the execution of Keith Tharpe, a Black Georgia death row inmate.

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Laura Govan is setting the record straight about rumors of her connection to Vincent Herbert. Tamar Braxton lit Instagram on fire last month as she kissed 2017 goodbye by claiming that Vince was getting ready to have a baby with another woman. Laura became a target of suspicion when Tamar tagged her, questioning whether the […]

The NAACP launched a civil rights investigation into alleged police violations in the arrest of 70 people in Cartersville, Georgia.

New York City will close its first jail on Rikers Island this summer as part of a 10-year plan to shut down the infamous and violence-plagued jail complex.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos considers revoking Obama-era directive against racial bias in school discipline.

The former heavyweight champion of the world is having an epic start to 2018. According to The Blast, Mike Tyson is creating a cannabis resort, which “aims at not only producing high quality strains of THC and CBD, but also implementing cutting-edge technology to advance the research on the health benefits of marijuana.” On December […]

American Eagle is getting some serious backlash for a men’s bracelet that some say looks like a slave shackle. One person noticed the striking resemblance and Tweeted this: https://twitter.com/Ron_II/status/940313720009510913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansascity.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Farticle189603789.html It’s hard to see these bracelets don’t look like a throwback to shackles. It’s as if someone at American Eagle Googled “slave shackles” and said, “What […]

A Chicago watchdog group that investigated the 2015 police shooting deaths of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones have ruled the slayings "unjustified."