Source: Spencer Platt / Getty The government shutdown has entered its third week, and federal workers are feeling the strain more and more. On Tuesday, a food drive intended to help furloughed federal workers had lines wrapped around the building as they go nearly a month without pay. According to CNN, Capital Area Food Bank partnered with No Limits Outreach Ministries to host the food drive in Landover, Maryland. The […]
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Stephen A. Smith is the Aaron Burr of Black men. OK, admittedly, I don’t know anything about Aaron Burr that I didn’t either learn from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton or that one “Got Milk?” commercial from the ’90s. So, when I say famed sports analyst Stephen A. Smith is the Aaron Burr of Black men, I’m assuming the real-life Aaron Burr is similar to […]
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✕ When I began looking into how students at Howard were managing their tuition this fall, the first semester after Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill capped federal student aid, I didn’t expect my reporting to lead me to GoFundMe. But late one night, I typed “Howard University tuition” into the site’s search bar — and kept scrolling. And there it was: hundreds of my classmates, crowdfunding their education one donation […]
Source: Joel Joseph Earlier this year, Black owned brand Design Essentials celebrated 30 years in business. That’s 30 years of service, providing staple hair products to Black women and years of initiatives dedicated to uplifting and supporting them. The brand continues to put their money where their mouth is and their latest commitment– a long-term financial commitment to Spelman College– is an proof of that. They’re investment in the future […]
Source: Rebecca Noble / Getty Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against the House of Representatives for delaying the swearing in of Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. According to CBS News, Mayes filed the suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and asked for a judgment ruling that Grijalva would officially be a member of the House of Representatives “once she has taken the oath prescribed by […]
Source: Al Drago / Getty So, it turns out a funny thing happens when a sitting president taps his personal attorney to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite said attorney having no prosecutorial experience whatsoever… The idiot president runs the risk of having high-profile cases prosecuted by another idiot. My GOD, y’all — Lindsey Halligan is an idiot! According to Newsweek, Halligan — […]
Source: Vinnie Zuffante / Getty Sometimes you take absence for granted. Not because you don’t miss the person, but because you know that they’ll be back. While D’Angelo’s presence was never constant, it was still a fixture, and that makes his loss feel so odd. When the news broke last week that D’Angelo had passed, it hit like the opening chords to his track from “Black Messiah,” “Really Love.” Low, […]
Source: izusek / Getty Another weekend of mass actions in the books, but the momentum behind the second No Kings Day continues through cross-issue organizing and everyday workers lifting up their voices and taking action. With the increasing concern over rising health care costs and cuts to necessary programs, SEIU member home care workers like Athena Jones and Phyllis Pride see an opportunity beyond one-off days of action. Speaking with […]
