When it comes to racist, hateful behavior the assumption is that young, white men have the market cornered. Two white women in Massachusetts decided to prove that they can be just as trash as their male counterparts. NBC News reports that 25-year-olds Jenny Ennamorati […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 24 people were killed, some in their beds, authorities said. […]
Three Baltimore men were exonerated in November after serving 36 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Now they are getting a huge settlement from the state of Maryland in an attempt to right a wrong. In 1983, Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andrew Stewart were 16 […]
At this year’s festival, guests will be able to sample more than 500 wines and enjoy bites from some of Philly’s best restaurants. Tickets are on sale now for the annual Philadelphia Wine Fest, where guests have the chance to taste more than 500 wines from producers around […]
Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching […]
Added Weight Did Not Hurt Fury Photo: Special to the NY Beacon By Joshua Garcia Legs shaking, lip busted, with blood seeping from everywhere above the shoulders, Deontay Wilder stood toe to toe with Tyson Fury in the middle of the […]
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, the 15-year-old who starred in Disney’s Queen of Katwe, died tragically Sunday of a brain tumor. According to Uganda’s Daily Monitor, the young actress was diagnosed with the tumor in 2016 as she took on the role of Gloria in Katwe. It was a movie […]
Until The Flood stars Dael Orlandersmith in a gripping solo performance set in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Until The Food draws you in to experience each character that she portrays on a personal level, as they […]
By Shara Talia Taylor It was a bittersweet reunion as the NBA All-Star weekend returned to Chicago after 32 years. Television ratings were high and the new format gave the participants extra incentive to compete on both ends of the court. Unfortunately, the […]
For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality to all. But Narendra Modi’s BJP is remaking the nation into one where some people count as more Indian than others. By Samanth Subramanian Soon after the violence began, on […]
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