A Houston mother was killed in a drive-by shooting at her hotel in Annapolis, MD, while in town to drop off her son at the U.S. Naval Academy. Police said 57-year-old Michelle Cummings was an innocent bystander during the shooting, which took place on Tuesday around 12:21 […]
Since 1866, Juneteenth has centered radical joy and serves as a reminder of what is at stake, and how critical our movements for liberation are. As we continue to reflect on the emancipation of our ancestors and hold space for our joy, we must reflect […]
A Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper is under fire after surveillance video captured him repeatedly tasing a 16-year-old biracial boy he assumed was a burglar. Jack Rodeman was going to visit his girlfriend on June 16 and was standing on her back porch when a state trooper […]
Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out her House GOP colleagues who voted against establishing “Juneteenth” as a federal holiday. “They were all men and they were all white. Like all white men. There weren’t even women. Like no diversity in it,” AOC told TMZ in an on-the-street interview on […]
Yacouba, a political activist in Ivory Coast, knew if he didn’t immediately flee his home country, he wouldn’t survive. After being threatened, attacked and tortured by people sympathetic to those in power, Yacouba fled his country in 2018. He went to Brazil for a few […]
“I never imagined me sharing my art and talking about racial injustice with my team would lead to this.” The San Jose Sharks caught some heat on Wednesday after the NHL team tweeted a picture of their shark logo biting through a slave’s chains for Juneteenth. The […]
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