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Source: Joe Raedle / Getty After the news broke that President Donald Trump had confirmed that his administration carried out a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela, and that our government went into the country and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, I wrote a piece about how, under Trump, the U.S. isn’t even hiding that it is an imperialist nation that assumes authority over sovereign nations, destabilizes their governments, and plunders their […]

Source: hadynyah / Getty If there’s one thing MAGA America has been good for, it’s creating new racial slurs. Oh, they’re not creating new words or anything like that; they’re just taking existing language and doing their favorite thing with it: making it racist. For example, “illegal” was already an existing word, but it didn’t become a slur until white conservatives made it plural, referring to human beings — typically […]

Source: Reach Media / Radio One Sybil Wilkes delivers the latest on “What We Need to Know,” keeping our community informed and empowered. From changes in childhood vaccine guidelines to a wide-open governor’s race in Minnesota and crucial tax deadlines for business owners, here’s a breakdown of today’s essential headlines. ✕

✕ Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the Eaton Fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed over 9,000 buildings. Thousands of Californians had their lives irrevocably changed in the blaze, with the Black residents of Altadena particularly feeling the impact. NewsOne’s documentary One Year Later: Eaton Fire explores the rich Black history of Altadena and the fire’s impact on the city’s Black community.  “I feel sad, the memories are coming […]

Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 MAGA attack at the U.S. Capitol, we published a list of times President Donald Trump made a public effort last year to rewrite and reframe the 2021 event. Well, apparently, the White House also commemorated the date by publishing its own release — one that explicitly rewrites and reframes the events of Jan. 6. Since the start […]

Source: Reach Media / Radio One Sybil Wilkes delivers the latest on “What We Need to Know,” keeping our community informed and empowered. From changes in childhood vaccine guidelines to a wide-open governor’s race in Minnesota and crucial tax deadlines for business owners, here’s a breakdown of today’s essential headlines. ✕

Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Have you noticed that it feels like everyone around you is fighting something off right now? From the church pews to the barbershop, the sound of coughing and sneezing is becoming the soundtrack of the season. If it feels like this winter is hitting harder than usual, you aren’t imagining it. The United States is currently battling its most intense flu season in a quarter-century, […]

Source: Reach Media / Urban One As we’ve come to understand year after year, day after day, death is an inevitable part of life—a universal truth that spares no one. Yet, despite its certainty, the weight of loss never becomes easier to bear, nor does the act of processing its impact. For those within Black culture, where community and shared experiences often serve as pillars of strength, the pain of […]

Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Five years ago today, a massive mob of MAGA Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol, broke through barricades, brutally assaulted police officers, scaled walls, broke into and vandalized the offices of government officials, and threatened the very lives of legislators, all in an attempt to stop the certification of votes in a free and fair election that their messiah lost. These domestic terrorists committed these offenses […]