Thirty years after one of history’s worst genocides, the country is full of promise and potential
Ibotta, a digital marketing platform that allows consumer packaged goods companies to offer promotions to customers through a network of publishers, said its
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal by a Black Lives Matter activist, allowing the case against him to move forward in the lower courts.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case will return to a lower court for further review. There were no noted dissents but Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately and said that lower courts would be able to take into...
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has announced that he has chosen Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah as his running mate.
Times staff report When looking for a children’s book on a local African American hero, Hailey Mason initially couldn’t find one on Richard Arrington Jr., Ph.D., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. “I volunteered at some local [Birmingham] elementary schools and I wanted to do a segment on local Black history figures and […]
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
Happy Black Women’s History Month! Flavor Flav gave a nod to hip-hop’s femcees and Beyoncé win’s iHeartRadio’s Innovator Award.
The U.S. now boasts a record 550 “million-dollar” cities, where the typical home is worth $1 million or more, according to a new analysis by Zillow.
Kayla Harrison looked extremely drained on the scales ahead of her UFC debut. The two-time Olympic gold medallist judoka takes on Holly Holm this weekend on the stacked UFC 300 card at the T-Mobile
Through April, Rocky’s Ace Hardware will be holding their “Round Up for Kids” fundraiser, which 100 percent of funds raised will go to Baystate Children’s Hospital
Congratulations are in order for a member of Bluey‘s extended family, as revealed in the Australian cartoon’s latest special “The Sign,” now streaming on Disney+. While the focus of the 28-minute episode is evenly divided between Rad/Frisky’s wedding and the Heelers’ potential move to a new city, there’s one blink-and-you-missed-it moment that has fans of […]