Christmas Miracle or Trump's Final Fake Out? President Waits Until Last Minute to Hold Up Stimulus Checks With $2,000 Demand and Veto ThreatJust as Democrats and Republicans in Congress have finally agreed on how much (or rather, how little) stimulus money…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 23, 2020
Kansas City Star Apologizes For Decades of Racially Biased ReportingThis year was marked by a movement towards racial reckoning in America, including a recognition of the historic…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 20, 2020
Trump Is Reportedly Considering Using Martial Law to 'Rerun' the ElectionTrump and his criminal cronies are escalating their ideas of how to deny the results of November’s election.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 20, 2020
Uh-Oh: The U.K. Has a New Strain of COVID-19 and Is in Lockdown AgainI can’t lie y’all—I’m sick and tired of the global nightmare that is the coronavirus, which is why I’m not one of…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 20, 2020
Family of Man Who Was in Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Say They Will Take COVID-19 VaccineThe relatives of one of the men who were in the Tuskegee syphilis study say they will take the COVID-19 vaccine as…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 19, 2020
Boston Cop Seen on Body-Cam Footage Bragging About Driving Into Protestors During Police Brutality DemonstrationsIn the midst this year’s national protests against the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and numerous…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 19, 2020
FDA Gives Authorization to Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Allowing for Doses to Be Distributed Across CountryThe Federal Drug Administration has authorized a second COVID-19 vaccine, opening the door for more people to…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 19, 2020
Black Man Sues Kansas Sheriff's Deputy for Allegedly Running Over Him With a Patrol TruckIt sounds like something from a nightmare, but it’s what 35-year-old Lionel Womack is alleging he experienced in…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 17, 2020
Imprisoned in Michigan for Nearly Four Decades, Walter Forbes Is Freed After Witness Recants StatementWalter Forbes, a 63-year-old Black man in Michigan, is now free to spend the holidays with his family for the first…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 17, 2020
In First Decision of Its Kind, British Officials Rule That Air Pollution Was a Cause in the Death of 9-Year-Old Black GirlA coroner’s court in the United Kingdom has ruled that air pollution was a cause of death in the case of Ella…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 17, 2020
Police in Colombia Seen on Video Punching and Pulling Gun on Insecure’s Kendrick SampsonAnti-blackness and violent policing may have some of their most visible expressions in the U.S. given the nation’s…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 16, 2020
A Former Houston Police Captain Was Arrested for Accosting a Repairman and Putting a Gun to His Head Over Fake Ballot ClaimsIf you still don’t believe that certain people are empowered to operate with violence indiscriminately in this…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 16, 2020
More Child Pornography Charges Laid Against Cheer Star Jerry HarrisJeremiah “Jerry” Harris, the breakout star from Netflix’s reality TV series Cheer, is now facing additional charges…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 13, 2020
MAGA Marchers and Proud Boys Descend on D.C., Setting Fire to Churches' Black Lives Matter Signs and Getting into Stabbing Fights [Updated]Roaming bands of white supremacists trawled the streets of Washington D.C. on Saturday, setting fires to Black Lives…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 13, 2020
Iconic Country Singer Charley Pride Dead at 86 of COVID-19Another Black veteran of the entertainment industry has died due to COVID-19. Charley Pride, the country singer…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 13, 2020
Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty To Federal Gun Charge, Could Go To Prison for 10 YearsLil Wayne could be headed to the slammer based on federal charges for illegal possession of a firearm.ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 12, 2020
Carol Sutton, Actress Featured in Steel Magnolias and Queen Sugar, Dead at 76 From COVID-19New Orleans-based actress Carol Sutton, whose long career spanned film, stage, and television performances, has died…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 12, 2020
Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Gets a Go From FDA, First Emergency Shipments Heading To Healthcare FacilitiesThe U.S. is getting closer to widespread distribution of vaccines for COVID-19, following the FDA’s emergency use…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 12, 2020
US Olympic Committee Says It Won't Sanction Athletes for Racial Justice ProtestsThis year, people from all walks of life used their voices to protest against the injustice they saw around the…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 11, 2020
The Republican Party Goes All In Against Democracy, Files Brief to Supreme Court Asking to Void Millions of Votes [Update: SCOTUS Rejects Texas' Lawsuit]Though it may be easy and somewhat comforting to hold onto the idea that President-elect Biden’s win and soon-coming…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedDecember 11, 2020