In footage obtained and published by the Associated Press on Wednesday, Louisiana State Police trooper Jacob Brown was caught on body camera footage beating Black motorist Aaron Larry Bowman with a flashlight during a traffic stop in May 2019. Bowman was struck with a flashlight 18 times by the […]
Director Spike Lee says he is re-editing the final episode of his new HBO docuseries, following criticism for giving a prominent platform to 9/11 conspiracy theorists. “I’m Back In The Editing Room And Looking At The Eighth And Final Chapter Of NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔2021½ . […]
Another major magazine can now boast a Black editor-in-chief! On Wednesday, Condé Nast was announced that it had found its replacement for longtime Allure magazine EIC Michelle Lee, who announced earlier this summer that she’d be departing for Netflix. Fashionista reports that Lee’s replacement will be none […]
After 21 years of incarceration and painstaking efforts to fight his contentious conviction, it was a whirlwind when rapper McKinley “Mac” Phipps Jr. was granted early release in June and walked out the door just a few hours later. He was greeted by his wife, […]
By Ryan Steal Colorado Gov. Jared Polis this week revoked a 19th-century proclamation calling on residents to kill Native Americans and seize their property, in an effort to atone for “past misdeeds.” The Sand Creek Massacre, one of Colorado’s darkest and most tumultuous historical episodes, was precipitated […]
