‘I Will Not Make That Happen’: Biden Says No to $50,000 Student Debt ForgivenessGet ready to lower your expectations if you’d been hoping that President Biden would heed the call of some Democrats…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 17, 2021
JetBlue Fires Employee Who Sparked Hostage Rumors Because She Had to Quarantine in Jamaica After Positive COVID TestPeople have been carrying on with a whole lot of foolery in the year since the coronavirus pandemic has taken the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 16, 2021
Number of New Daily COVID-19 Cases Decreasing; Biden Says He’ll Surpass Goal of 100 Million Vaccine DosesThere are some hopeful indications that the U.S. could be turning a corner in the devastating coronavirus pandemic,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 16, 2021
St. Louis to Pay $5 Million to Black Cop Who Was Beaten By Officers While Undercover as a ProtestorTaxpayers in St. Louis have ended up holding the bag for the actions of local police officers accused of beating and…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 16, 2021
That's a Reach: Washington Post Claims Financial Problems Could Have Helped Fuel Capitol InsurgentsThe tired and already debunked myth that white people support Trump because they are economically anxious is being…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 10, 2021
Janet Irvin Arrested in Case of Quawan Charles, 15-Year-Old Whose Body Was Found in Louisiana Sugar Cane FieldA woman who reportedly was one of the last people to be seen with Quawan “Bobby” Charles, a Black teen who was found…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 10, 2021
After 64-Year-Old Inmate Dies of COVID-19, Lawyers Decry Conditions at Texas Jail Overcrowded With People Unable to Pay Cash BailThe coronavirus pandemic continues to expose and exacerbate some of the worst inequities in America, especially…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 10, 2021
Black Michigan Republican Thirsty for Racist Support Pledges to Cancel 'Offensive' Black History MonthYou ever hear that saying about people who pull up the ladder behind them right after they’ve gotten where they want…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 9, 2021
Maryland Considers Allowing Civilians to See Police Misconduct Records; Police Union Complains That Cops’ ‘Privacy’ Will Be ExposedAs jurisdictions across the country work to implement policing reforms in response to last year’s nationwide…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 9, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene Continues to Push Conspiracies on Twitter, This Time About the Capitol InsurrectionDespite Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s halfway attempt at walking back her love of conspiracies theories last…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 9, 2021
Unrest in Haiti as President Rejects Call to Step Down, Arrests Opponents for Alleged Coup AttemptPolitical unrest in Haiti resulted in the arrest of more than 20 people in the nation’s Port-Au-Prince capital over…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 8, 2021
New York Times Reporter Resigns After Report on His Racist Remarks, But Now 'Woke' Journalists Are Being BlamedMedia institutions continue to grapple with the question of how exactly to take responsibility for their roles in…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 8, 2021
Democrats Plan to Go After Child Poverty With $3,000 Payment Per Child Under COVID Relief PackageDemocrats are using the opportunity presented by President Biden’s economic relief package to propose legislation…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 8, 2021
NAACP and BeBe Winans to Educate Country Singer Morgan Wallen on Why the N-Word Is BadIn the year 2021, there are apparently white people in America who don’t know they’ll be looked upon badly for using…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 5, 2021
Mother of 9-Year-Old Who Was Pepper Sprayed by Cop Says She Will Sue; Rochester Mayor Announces Police Reform ProposalsMayor Lovely Warren of Rochester, N.Y., is recommending that the city be allowed to fire police officers for cause,…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 5, 2021
Black Police Officer Dies by Suicide After Lambasting Police BrutalityA 43-year-old deputy with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana died by suicide earlier this week after…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 5, 2021
House Votes to Eject Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From 2 CommitteesIn an unprecedented move, the House voted to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 4, 2021
NYPD Anti-Discrimination Head Fired for Virulently Racist Internet Posts, But, of Course, Keeps His PensionInspector James F. Kobel of the New York Police Department has been fired after an internal investigation found he…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 4, 2021
Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant and Increased Bond for Kyle Rittenhouse After He Flips Off the Law, AgainThe case of Kyle Rittenhouse is fascinating, not because it shows that white men have privilege under the law…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 4, 2021
28 Days of Black Joy: The Ties That Still Bind Us TogetherI’m a Black woman who was born and raised in Jamaica, an island in the Caribbean you might have heard of (whether…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedFebruary 4, 2021