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Source: vadishzainer / Getty A white Ohio police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a video captured him kneeling on the back of a 15-year-old girl during a chaotic arrest following the Elyria Juneteenth Celebration on June 20. The incident, which occurred in downtown Elyria, has sparked community outrage and prompted an internal investigation by the Elyria Police Department. Elyria Juneteenth arrest: What happened? According to WKYC, […]

Source: Tyler Kaufman / Getty The alleged party of small government has somehow managed to politicize the post office. During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Postmaster General David Steiner said that the Postal Service would withhold mail-in ballots in states that refuse to submit voter data to the federal government.  According to the New York Times, the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing was focused on a proposed rule the Postal […]

Anadolu / Hunter Biden We are very sure no one had Hunter Biden providing much-needed advice to the Democrat party on their bingo cards after incumbents suffered shocking primary defeats to Mayor Zohran Mamdani-backed DSA candidates. The internet was absolutely stunned when former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his observations about the New York City primary elections. In his post, Biden urged […]

✕ D.L. Hughley: What Does It Mean To Love America? In this Notes From The GED Section, D.L. Hughley unpacks a viral moment from scholar Eddie Glaude Jr., who said he does not love America and never has. That admission stops D.L. in his tracks, because he believes most Black people have wrestled with that same question at some point in their lives. From childhood, we are trained to recite […]

Source: Jonathan Hill / GoFundMe A Black woman who worked as a general manager at a Dollar General in Columbus, Georgia, was shot to death by a customer, who was then shot and killed himself by an officer later the same day. According to WTVM 9, 44-year-old Alexis Hill was identified by the Muscogee County Coroner’s Office as the woman who was senselessly shot by a man who came into […]

✕ D.L. Hughley and Jasmine Sanders welcomed the legend Denzel Washington for a chat that felt lmore like family talking on the porch. Here’s how it all went down. D.L. didn’t hold back on the praise, telling Denzel he’s “as great at acting as I’ve seen anybody be at anything.” The compliment came with a truth so many of us feel watching Denzel work: you believe every single role. Whether […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with another edition of “What We Need to Know,” the daily roundup that keeps our community informed and ready to move. From Capitol Hill to the big screen, here are the stories shaping our world right now—and why they matter to our community. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: Senate Iran Vote, World Cup Truce & $3.7B Medicare BustSybil […]

Source: Joe Raedle / Getty While Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have been evasive about the future of Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, it appears the facility is coming to a permanent close, as vendors received notice on Monday that they could begin dismantling the site.  The New York Times reports that state officials informed vendors on Monday that they could begin taking down tents, fences, trailers, and […]

Source: Anadolu / Getty The bigoted UFC fighter who blurted out, “Michelle Obama is a man,” during a Freedom 250 event at the White House is now pretending he was trying to pay the former First Lady a “compliment,” but also defending his clear insult was a matter of “free speech,” because if we’ve learned nothing else from the state of things under the Trump administration, it’s that these what […]