✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, cutting through the noise to deliver the news that matters most to our community. This week’s “What We Need to Know” segment spanned press freedom, political courage, everyday costs, faith, and a tribute to a trailblazer whose legacy still lifts us today. Here’s what you need to carry with you. A Standoff Over Press Access Reporters from CNN, MSNBC, […]
Source: Samuel Corum / Getty The Trump administration’s ongoing war with the press just graduated from petty White House grumbling to an actual federal lawsuit. CNN, MS NOW and Politico announced Monday that they are suing the Trump administration after the White House revoked their journalists’ access and credentials, arguing that the ban violates their First Amendment rights and constitutional protections. According to ABC News, the outlets say the administration […]
Source: Aaron J. Thornton / Getty For generations, Black women have been dealing with fibroids. Often in silence. And, at times, the struggle came without even knowing what was really happening in our bodies. Heavy periods got brushed off as something women simply deal with. Pain became another thing to push through. And for some of us who did seek answers from our doctors, symptoms were dismissed, misdiagnosed or attributed […]
Source: Gallo Images / Getty The nine women whose bodies have been found in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, since July, were mostly Black South African women from working-class townships—Kempton Park, KwaThema, Dawn Park—communities that have long absorbed the brunt of the country’s gender-based violence epidemic. According to the Washington Post, most of the victims were in their 20s and 30s, and several were found partially unclothed and bearing bruises; eight […]
Source: BeritK / Getty When Does Daylight Saving Time End in 2026? What to Know Before You Fall Back Daylight saving time ends Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 2 a.m. local time, when clocks fall back one hour. It began this year on Sunday, March 8. In the United States, daylight saving time always starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. Falling […]
Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty For at least the past few months, people all over the country and across social media have been expressing deep concerns over the use of Flock cameras by law enforcement, especially since a multitude of cops have been caught using the AI roadside cameras to stalk their ex-girlfriends and wives, among other misuses of the damn near Orwellian mass surveillance system. Well, according to […]
Tom Williams / Lauren Boebert There is video of Lauren Boebert literally telling reporters, “Go to church. Find Jesus. Why is everybody so horny here?” It turns out that may have been a serious case of projection on her part. An explosive complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee claims that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) engaged in a sexual relationship with her district director in the office, in a car, and […]
Source: Slaven Vlasic / Getty Since rapper Macklemore was unceremoniously dumped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour over his views on Palestine, a whole house of dominoes has fallen one after the other. Sheeran, who asked Macklemore to leave the tour, allegedly was threatened by stadium owners who said they wanted Macklemore out because of his pro-Palestine stance. Sheeran acquiesced, and the wrath has been swift: The four remaining opening acts […]
Source: (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) / (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) Chicago’s fingerprints are all over American music. The city has helped shape blues, gospel, house, soul and Hip-Hop, while producing generations of artists who found ways to make their neighborhoods, slang and experiences travel far beyond Illinois. When Chicago rap entered another era in the early 2010s, drill gave the city a new sound that would eventually influence rappers from […]
