✕ At just 18 years old, James Ray Lewis walked into a profession most people spend their lives avoiding. Now, decades later, the veteran funeral director in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has buried generations of Black families, watching not only their grief, but the business of death itself, change in ways that trouble him. “It used to be about helping people,” Lewis says in a quiet, steady voice. “Now, it’s collecting […]
Source: General / Radio One ELATED: Top 15 Most Famous People Of All-Time From Indiana RELATED: The All-Time History Between The Indianapolis Colts And Seattle Seahawks 15 Black Leaders From Indiana Who Changed History Indiana’s impact on Black history runs deeper than most people realize. From civil rights pioneers and political trailblazers to cultural icons and business innovators, the Hoosier State has produced leaders who did more than succeed. They […]
Source: Photo via KSAT / Alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Cole Tomas Allen. More information has emerged about the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, allegedly identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Torrance, California. According to a press conference held Saturday by Metropolitan Police Department official Jeffery Carroll, Allen attempted to force his way past a U.S. Secret Service security checkpoint at the Washington […]
Source: Jason Kempin / Getty Laura Loomer, the far-right agitator for whom racism is a core personality trait, reportedly called Candace Owens a “nappy-headed Black b—h.” Meanwhile, Donald Trump shared a doctored TIME Magazine image of her labeling her a “vile person” and “extremely low-IQ individual.” Yeah, all that is racist. And yes, it’s ugly. But this is also Candace Owens. So . . . a whole lot of Black […]
Source: KEN CEDENO / Getty The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25 was meant to celebrate the First Amendment and freedom of the press, bringing together political leaders, journalists, and celebrities in Washington, D.C. Instead, the evening was disrupted by a shocking security breach involving an armed suspect identified as Cole Tomas Allen. The following night, President Donald Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell on 60 Minutes to […]
Anadolu / Donald Trump We can’t make this up even if we tried. Donald Trump used last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to talk about his vanity project, the White House ballroom. Donald Trump and his group of unqualified cabinet members quickly ran to the White House press briefing room, where Orange Mussolini hopped in front of the podium to talk about the shooting, and made […]
Getty Images / Donald Trump / Candace Owens Candace Owens finally learned that even if you think you are aligned with them, they will still treat you like you’re the rest of them after Donald Trump hit her with the favorite insult he loves to lob at Black people and people of color. President Donald Trump took his ongoing feud with right-wing political commentator Candace Owens to another level Friday […]
Black women deserve safety, protection, and the fundamental right to live. Yet for far too long, the national conversation around violence in the Black community has ignored that painful truth. We rally, we protest, we organize around the systemic dangers facing our men and the heartbreak of losing our sons—but we rarely address or name the violence that lives much closer. Source: Delmaine Donson / Getty Whether at work, the […]
President Donald Trump is offering new details and visuals from the shooting that disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. According to HuffPost, Trump is sharing video footage and images that show the suspect attempting to breach a secured checkpoint before being taken into custody. Source: Pool / Getty The footage, posted to Truth Social ahead of a late night press conference, shows a man rushing past law enforcement officers stationed […]
