If you know anything about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, you know she’s not going to take an ignorant insult lying down. As a first-time candidate, Ocasio-Cortez pulled a major upset, ousting 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district. She is a self-proclaimed Democratic […]
Extreme couponing is the white suburban mother’s dream. It’s a show that focuses on how much a person can save while doing everyday things like grocery shopping. So why did a Dollar General Manager find it appropriate to call the police on a black woman […]
While his father was being arrested, a 10-year-old boy was being held on the ground, an adult police officer on top of him. It begs the question, if you can’t restrain a child without tackling them to the ground, should you really be on the […]
The head of the Boston police department, who played a major role in the city’s response to the 2013 marathon bombing, is stepping down after nearly four decades. His second-in-command will become the city’s first black commissioner, Superintendent-In-Chief William Gross. Gross was the department’s first black […]
Many are calling for a boycott of Trevor Noah’s comedy tour, as a video resurfaces of an offensive joke he made in 2013. Noah made a joke about the physical appearance of indigenous Australian women during a stand up special. “All women of every race […]
New York City banned solitary confinement for inmates younger than 22 three years ago, and yet some young inmates are still being subjected to it. Bypassing the rule, the city has been increasing the number of transfers within the state ever since the ban was […]