*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 […]
In 1963, race car driver Wendell Scott was the first Black driver win a NASCAR Grand National Series race. Now, 58 years later, he’s still the only African-American driver to win at NASCAR’s highest level, and his family finally has been presented with the trophy Scott should […]
The Chicago police officer seen struggling with a Black woman walking her dog along the city’s lakefront was placed on administrative leave on Monday, pending an investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The move comes as more details about the officer’s pattern of misconduct emerge. […]
Dub and reggae music icon Lee “Scratch” Perry died on Sunday at a hospital in Lucea, Jamaica, at the age of 85. Though a cause of death has yet to be confirmed Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness shared the sad news in a series of […]
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