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Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty On Aug. 21, 2022, seven Adams County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputies raided the home of Grammy-nominated rapper and parody artist Afroman while investigating allegations tied to drugs and possible kidnapping. The deputies found nothing and their raid resulted in no charges being filed against their suspect. Afroman, however, did find something as a result of that raid: Comedy gold. The seven deputies filed a defamation lawsuit against Afroman, born […]

Source: – / Getty Since tensions with Iran escalated into war in recent weeks, a wave of viral posts has spread across social media claiming that Iran has signaled Black Americans would not be targeted in a potential conflict with the United States. The posts vary in tone but follow a similar pattern. Some present the claim as a little-known historical fact, pointing to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and […]

Source: Reach Media / Radio One In Sybil’s latest ‘What We Need to Know’ segment, she delivers the crucial updates that directly impact our lives. From international conflicts, high-profile legal accountability, local community support, and corporate responsibility in entertainment. Here is a breakdown of the vital news shaping our week. ✕ Shifts in Global Conflict International tensions remain high following reports from Iranian state media confirming the death of Ali […]

Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty It would be nice if, just once, President Donald Trump would nominate someone who is qualified, intelligent, well-adjusted, and somewhat grounded in reality to serve in his Cabinet or anywhere else in his administration. Just once. Well, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), the man Trump tapped to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, certainly is not that nominee. This fool thinks dueling is legal […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty Welp, the thing everybody who isn’t a tongue-in-boot MAGA scrub knew was going to happen has happened. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is set to be shut down for at least two years — because it was taken over by the most unpopular president in any of our lifetimes. Or as President Donald Trump claims, “renovations” need to be made. […]

Source: Tom Williams / Getty President Donald Trump is finding it to be quite lonely on the battlefront, now that his deadly and expensive strike on Iran is growing increasingly unpopular, and losing him allies, both abroad and, apparently, within his own administration. On Tuesday, the man Trump appointed as a top counterterrorism official resigned over the administration’s war in Iran, and now the president is responding by calling the […]

Source: US Department of Justice / other Brian Cole Jr. , the Black man who was arrested in December after being accused of placing pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) the night before the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot — which he reportedly told investigators he did because he believed President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen — is […]

Source: Reach Media / Urban One Jasmine Sanders and DL Hughley are back at it on The DL Hughley Show, serving up the latest “Jazzy Report” with the kind of raw honesty and humor our community relies on. From alarming legislative proposals targeting vulnerable youth to new health studies that might make you rethink your evening wind-down routine. If you missed the conversation, we’ve got you covered with the highlights […]

Source: seb_ra / Getty It seems like every couple of weeks at most, I’m presented with an opportunity to ask this question: If the Republican Party isn’t currently the party of racists and Nazis, why is it so many Republicans, young and old, self-identify as racists and Nazis? Let’s take, for example,  Florida’s Nazi problem. Earlier this month, we reported that the secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party started a group […]