Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and André Carson (D-Ind.) came together to condemn Republican lawmakers’ inaction after Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) repeated Islamophobic remarks against Omar. “When a sitting member of Congress calls a colleague a member of the ‘jihad squad’ and falsifies a story to suggest I will […]
Source: Pictorial Parade / Getty On this day 97 years ago, a political and womanist icon was born. Shirley Chisholm went on to make history in 1968, becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress. At only 43 years old, she represented New York’s 12th Congressional District, an office […]
In the latest evidence that there are “two justice systems” in America based on race, a Maryland police officer became the second white person convicted of rape in as many weeks to enjoy the privilege of not receiving any jail or prison time for their […]
Last week, a video went viral of a Black high school student, Nya Sigin in Minneapolis being bullied by a racist white girl in a video. Now police are involved. According to CNN, police in the town of Savage are now investigating the video shared extensively on social media. During her hateful rhetoric, […]
The Justice Department reached an $88 million settlement with the survivors and families of the victims of the 2015 massacre at Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina. DOJ announced Thursday that the family members of those killed in the mass shooting would get $6-7.5 million […]
A Massachusetts farm is offering an apology after calling the police on a Black couple and falsely accusing them of stealing apples. According to a post by Manikka Bowman and Jeff Myers, the couple paid more than $100 for admission to go apple picking and enjoy food and drinks on […]
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