Disgraced former U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is currently serving up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse and assaults upon hundreds of girls and women placed in his care. But as Simone Biles told Congress: “The scars of this horrific abuse continue to […]
*Four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges they violated Floyd’s civil rights during his arrest in May 2020. Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have been charged with violating Floyd’s constitutional rights in ways that […]
*Members of the Hebrew Israelites Community of Dimona in southern Israel have been ordered to leave the country by September 23 or face forcible deportation. As someone noted on Twitter, “Israel welcomes white American Jewish immigrants but if you’re black it’s often another story (you may as […]
*New York State Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threw pointed savagery toward Texas Governor Greg Abbott and what she called his “disgusting” ignorance of a woman’s reproductive system. During an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, AOC addressed Abbott’s public defense of his state’s new controversial law that makes it illegal […]
Rebellious inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility give the Black power salute while Commissioner R.G. Oswald negotiates with leaders of the takeover. The riot began in the overcrowded prison after inmates discovered alleged undeniable racial biases with past prison sentences and parole decisions. A half-century after […]
*I can describe the leading crop of declared candidates angling to lead the second largest — and one of America’s most liberal and progressive leaning cities — in two words: White and male. So, when rumors hinted at a possible mayoral bid by Congresswoman Karen […]
By Rich Mancuso There is supposed to be a valid and accurate drug testing procedure that sanctioning organizations, promoters, and fighters agree is necessary, but there are always questions about what is valid and what is not. Undefeated WBC junior featherweight champion Oscar Valdez and […]
There is no bond like that of family. It is the foundation upon which each of us are built, its stability or unsteadiness providing the emotional bedrock on which we stand. For George M. Johnson, the bestselling author of 2020’s groundbreaking “memoir-manifesto” All Boys Aren’t Blue, the […]
September 7, 2021 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder It has been nearly 40 years since soccer player Jean-Pierre Adams became comatose. On Monday, he died at the age of 73. Former France defender Jean-Pierre Adams fell into a coma after a medical error in 1982, according to CNN. Adams was admitted […]
September 6, 2021 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder Congress said the deluge offered irrefutable evidence that power lines, roads, bridges and other infrastructure are deteriorating even as extreme weather is strengthening Shaken by haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and subways and other damage caused […]
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