Stephen A. Smith apologized Monday for saying that blacks could relate to Trump because the former president has faced legal persecution.
Justice Department civil rights chief Kristen Clarke released guidelines this week on how to report cases of voter intimidation, asserting that "voter intimidation has no place in our democracy." Years earlier, Clarke defended a New Black Panther Party member who threatened a Philadelphia poll worker while brandishing a club.
Kanye West faces a lawsuit by a former security guard for wrongful termination that also alleges discrimination against Black employees.
Vice-president given task of convincing disillusioned bloc that they are
Donald Trump and his allies are trying to appeal to Black voters with overpriced sneakers, fried chicken, past-their-prime rappers and, now, some plain old bigotry to boot. In recent months, Trump-allied groups have begun running radio ads targeting voters in largely Black areas that push a raft of offensive claims as they seek to undermine support for President Joe Biden. The ads were highlighted by sports journalist Jemele Hill over the weekend during her coverage of the NFL draft in Detroit. ...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) argues that the very trials meant by Democrats to bankrupt and destroy Donald Trump are more likely to inspire black Americans to switch allegiance to Trump and the GOP.
Vice President Kamala Harris heads to the battleground state to make an urgent case to voters who delivered a surprise victory in Georgia for Biden.
Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York’s Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by flipping Democratic constituencies. But five months before the first general election votes […]
Stephen A. Smith is backtracking his comments about Donald Trumpbeing "relatable" to the Black community due to his ongoing criminal trial.
A petition calling on the Canadian government to apologize for its role in Black slavery has captured renewed attention after a local member of Parliament tabled it in the House of Commons. Local activist Elise Harding-Davis, a historian and consultant on African-Canadian heritage, launched the petition in February 2023 in her years-long quest for an […]
Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens. In one case, the trial judge said the prosecutor “got a bad vibe” from a Black prospective jurors responses prior jury service. [ more › ]
Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York's Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning U.S. politics by flipping Democratic constituencies. But five months before the first general election votes are cast, the former president's campaign has little apparent organization to show for its ambitious plans. His campaign removed its point...