PoliticsPoliticsTeam Trump Threatens to Yank Billions in Fed Cash From California for Not Cutting Air Pollution—but Won’t Let the State Cut Air PollutionDoes Donald Trump want California to battle air pollution, or not? That’s a question lawmakers there likely have on…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 24, 2019
CultureBusinessCultureBusiness‘Hot Girl Summer’ Officially Belongs to Megan Thee StallionJust in time for summer’s end, “Hot Girl” Megan Thee Stallion got her wish and was awarded a trademark for the song…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 24, 2019
CultureSportsCultureSportsOlympics to Finally Give Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos Their Props by Inducting Them Into Hall of FameDecades before Colin Kaepernick was taking a knee on the football gridiron to protest racial injustice, Olympic…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 23, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityDallas Cop Who Got Fired After Killing a Black Man Minding His Own Business in His Own Home Cries Self-Defense as Murder Trial BeginsThe Dallas cop who got fired after she shot and killed a black man in his own home, saying she mistook his apartment…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 23, 2019
Beauty + StyleBeauty + StyleAngelica Ross of Pose Fame Speaks Truth to Power, Riling Bernie Bros and Trump Twitter TrollsAngelica Ross gained the attention of a flood of Bernie Sanders supporters and enraged Trump Twitter trolls after…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 23, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsPelosi Backs Passing Laws to Make It Easier to Indict Tru ..., Uhm, Any Sitting PresidentHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains on the fence about impeaching the current occupant of the Oval Office, but she say…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 20, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsCandace Owens Is At It Again, Coming Out Her Black Face to Whitesplain Away the Impact of White SupremacyAnd she’s back. Auntie Ruckus, aka black conservative commentator Candace Owens, was back on the Hill Friday in her…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 20, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsBen Carson Reportedly Speaks of ‘Big, Hairy Men’ Entering Women’s Bathrooms in Comments Called TransphobicBen Carson invoked tropes of “big, hairy men” invading women’s bathrooms in shelters and mourned a past when there…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 19, 2019
NewsNewsWhite Supremacist Busted on Charges He Ran Black Candidate Out of Race for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.One day, a black activist aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement was announcing his intent to run for City…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 19, 2019
NewsOpinionExplain Like I’m a Racist 5-Year-OldNewsOpinionExplain Like I’m a Racist 5-Year-OldThe Whistleblower Complaint About Donald Trump's Secret Phone Call, ExplainedHey Buddy! Long-time, no see! How have you been?ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 19, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsFeds Scold HUD Administrator Lynne Patton for Her Political Comments on Company TimeWatch your mouth! That was the word from the feds to Lynne Patton, former Trump event planner and now somehow an…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 18, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsTrump Others ‘the Hispanics’ During Appeal for Latinx Support at New Mexico RallyNever one to say die, Donald Trump was out on the campaign trail, presiding over a rally in New Mexico, in a bid to…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 17, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNC Sheriff Allegedly Was OK With Murder in Order to Hide Use of ‘Racially Insensitive Language’Talk about killing a story. A North Carolina sheriff has been indicted on charges he knew of a credible threat…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 17, 2019
EntertainmentMusicEntertainmentMusicIt’s Official: Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city Is the Longest-Running Hip-Hop Studio Album in Billboard 200 HistoryKendrick Lamar has made hip-hop history. His 2012 studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, has appeared on the…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 16, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeStrangers Chip In When Oklahoma Mom Who Got 12 Years for Selling $30 Worth of Weed Is Tossed in Jail Again When She Can’t Pay Court FeesYears after an Oklahoma mom was released from prison after being handed a 12-year sentence for making $30 in weed…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 16, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsGeorgia Rep. John Lewis Says He Has Trump’s Impeachment on His MindDonald Trump may be in line to get his comeuppance sooner rather than later, now that the “conscious” of the House…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 13, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeFelicity Huffman Gets 2 Weeks in Jail for Gaming Educational System — Not So Long Ago, a Black Mom Wasn’t So LuckyWith tears of misspent white privilege streaming down her face, actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 13, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsThe Black Man Trump Called ‘My African American’ Calls It Quits on the Republican PartyGregory Cheadle, the black Republican Donald Trump once referred to as “my African American,” has finally had enough…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 12, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsTrump’s Cringe-Worthy Pitch to HBCU Leadership: I’m the Best You’ve Ever HadDonald Trump, addressing leaders of the nation’s HBCUs on Tuesday, pledged to be a force for “strengthening”…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 10, 2019
NewsNewsAntonio Brown’s Former Trainer Accuses the New England Patriot of Rape in LawsuitAntonio Brown, the NFL receiver who this weekend was traded to the New England Patriots from the Oakland Raiders…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 10, 2019