Facing Backlash, Pete Buttigieg Drops Attorney Who Tried To Cover Up Laquan McDonald’s Murder (UPDATED)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is returning campaign contributions from a former Chicago attorney who led a…
Gina Rodriguez Apologizes For Using Racial Slur In Instagram Story
After posting a video in which she says a racial slur while singing a Fugees song, Gina Rodriguez has shared…
Texas Cop Fatally Shoots Black Woman In Her Own Home During Welfare Check, Police Say
A Fort Worth, Texas, police officer fatally shot a black woman in her own home early Saturday while responding to…
Texas Judge Defends Hugging, Gifting Bible To Botham Jean’s Killer
A Dallas judge says her decision to hug and share Christian teachings with a convicted murderer in her courtroom was…
Killer Of Black Man In Parking Dispute Sentenced To 20 Years
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) ― A white Florida man who told detectives he was irritated by people who illegally park in…
Jewish American Activists Observe The High Holidays With Protests Against ICE
Jewish Americans across the country are marking the High Holidays this year by praying with their feet ― showing up…
Ava DuVernay Brings Exonerated Five To Emmy Awards
Ava DuVernay attended the 71st Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday alongside the inspirations for her Emmy-nominated work. The director brought…
Beyoncé Shared Photos Of Herself Dressed As Lisa Bonet And Fans Are Crazy In Love
Whenever Beyoncé gives us an inside look at her life it’s a gift, but photos of herself dressed as Lisa…
Rwandan Gospel Singer Albert Nabonibo Shocks Nation By Coming Out As Gay
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Friends of Albert Nabonibo, a well-known gospel singer in Rwanda who recently came out as a…
Crystal Mason Reacts To Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Prison Sentence
News of actor Felicity Huffman’s sentence to 14 days in prison on Friday prompted many on social media to compare…
Transgender Women In Mexico Fight For Justice As Murders Go Unpunished
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Months after Kenya Cuevas’ friend was slain in front of her, a funeral wreath with Cuevas’…
‘Islamophobe’ Pastor’s Church Cancels Anti-Muslim Lecture Series After Backlash
A Baptist church in Michigan has canceled a blatantly anti-Islam lecture series after heated backlash from politicians and religious leaders.…
Group Tied To Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church Urges Anti-LGBTQ Action
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A group affiliated with Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government’s silence…
Brazil Newspaper Publishes Gay Avengers Kiss On Front Page To Defy Evangelical Mayor
As Rio de Janeiro’s evangelical mayor battled to ban a Marvel Avengers comic showing two male characters kissing, a Sao…
Meek Mill Gets Plea Deal, Won’t Serve Any More Prison Time
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge on Tuesday and won’t serve additional time…
Catholic Order Settled Black Men’s Abuse Claims For Thousands Less Than Average
GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) — A famed Catholic religious order settled sex abuse cases in recent months by secretly paying two…
Evangelical Group: Indefinitely Detaining Migrant Children Is Wrong
An evangelical Christian organization is criticizing the Trump administration’s plan to allow federal agencies to indefinitely detain migrant families who…
4 Students Shot At Block Party Near Clark Atlanta University
ATLANTA (AP) — Four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of 200 people outside…
Leah Remini Scientology Series Ending With Finale About Danny Masterson Allegations
Exposing Scientology’s alleged abuses is a lifelong fight for Leah Remini, but for now, her docuseries is coming to an…
Louisiana Museum Founded By Slain Activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph Is Vandalized
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say Baton Rouge’s African American history museum was reported to have been…
Pulse Nightclub Museum Plans Are Disrespectful To Victims, Group Claims
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A group of survivors and family members of those killed in a mass shooting at Florida…
Bill Cosby Begins Appeal Process In Sexual Assault Conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as…
Facial Recognition Test Falsely Identifies 26 Lawmakers As Criminals
In an attempt to show lawmakers how dangerously inaccurate facial recognition technology can be in the hands of police, the…
Officer Placed On Leave After KKK Application Found Framed On Bedroom Wall
A Michigan police officer is on administrative leave after a prospective buyer of his home said he found a framed…
Facial Recognition Software Prompts Privacy, Racism Concerns
Fabian Rogers was none too pleased when the landlord of his rent-stabilized Brooklyn high-rise announced plans to swap out key…
R. Kelly Faces New Criminal Charges In Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities charged singer R. Kelly on Monday with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a…
Court Grants Meek Mill New Judge, Trial In 2008 Drug And Gun Conviction Case
Rapper Meek Mill will get a new judge and trial for his 2008 drug and gun conviction, a Philadelphia appeals…
Eric Holder On Census Case: ‘We Kicked Their Asses’
Advocates and states that fought back against the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question “won decisively,” former Attorney…
R. Kelly Denied Bail After Federal Sex Crime Charges
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered R. Kelly held in a Chicago jail without bond on sex-related…
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder Of African American Museum, Found Dead In Car Trunk
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 75-year-old Louisiana woman who founded an African American history museum was discovered dead in…
Pete Buttigieg Unveils ‘Douglass Plan’ To Combat Racial Inequality
Mayor Pete Buttigieg, whose campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has struggled to find traction among black voters, unveiled a…
For Black Women With Means, Money Isn’t The Only Barrier To Abortion Access
The first half of 2019 saw a deluge of laws banning and restricting abortion. Within the past three months alone,…
Black Woman Says She Was Asked To Give Up Seat To White Men At Restaurant: ‘I Was Racially Profiled’
An African American woman wants restaurant employees terminated after they allegedly instructed her to give up her seat for a…
YouTuber ‘Etika’ Found Dead In New York’s East River
Popular YouTuber and online gamer Desmond Amofah, who went by the name Etika, has been found dead several days after…
Mother Killed 3-Year-Old Son During Game Of ‘Chicken’ With SUV, Prosecutors Say
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 26-year-old Houston woman who was driving an SUV toward her children in an apparent…
How Elyse Ambrose Found Her Queerness Through Her Faith
I first met Elyse Ambrose last June when I was moderating a panel called “Lost In Lust” at the Brooklyn…
Lee Daniels Really Wants To Believe Jussie Smollett
“Empire” co-creator Lee Daniels desperately wants to believe that the accusation that the show’s former star Jussie Smollett staged a…
Precious Brady-Davis Is Connecting The Dots
CHICAGO ― Precious Brady-Davis’ sterile, fluorescent-lit office in the densest part of America’s third-biggest city is a far cry from…
Women Aren’t The Only People Who Get Abortions
Jack Qu’emi Gutiérrez was a 20-year-old college student in a self-described “shitty relationship” when they found out they were pregnant.…
R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty To 11 New Sexual Assault Charges
CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges on Thursday, including four counts…
PETA Tweets Against A Muslim Holiday’s Ritual, But Gets Its Facts Wrong
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is under fire for mistakes in a video it shared attacking a…
Linda Fairstein Resigns From Boards As Central Park Five Series Reignites Backlash
Former prosecutor Linda Fairstein has resigned from at least two boards in the wake of the reignited backlash she’s received…
Leah Chase, Famed New Orleans Chef Who Fed Civil Rights Leaders, Dead At 96
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legendary New Orleans chef Leah Chase always had problems when customers asked if she served “soul…
Remains Of Missing 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis Found In Arkansas: Officials
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said Monday the remains are those of Maleah Davis. Authorities found her remains…
Don Lemon Can’t Stop Laughing At Irony Of Steve King’s Latest Racist Comments
Don Lemon totally lost it laughing while dissecting racist Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) latest racist comments on Thursday night. If…
Former Boy Scouts Open Up About Sexual Abuse: ‘Messed Up My Life’
NEW YORK (AP) — Sharing their stories doesn’t come easily for these middle-aged men. At times, their eyes well up…
Kenya’s High Court Upholds Law Making Gay Sex Illegal
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s High Court on Friday upheld sections of the penal code that criminalize same-sex relations, a…
How Black Farmers Are Trying To End Centuries Of Racism In America’s Food System
When Keisha Cameron and her husband first started farming their 5 acres of land in Grayson, Georgia, in 2014, they…
Arizona Prisons Ban Book On Black Men In The Justice System
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has banned prisoners from reading a book that discusses the impact of the criminal justice system…
White Students Wear Cornrows And Bandanas As Costumes For High School ‘Thug Day’
Around 30 white students at Memorial High School in Houston, Texas, sported cornrows, baggy sports jerseys and gold chains on…
Judge In Bill Cosby Case Disputes Appeal, Points To Comedian’s ‘Signature’ Crime
The judge who presided over Bill Cosby’s criminal case said he let five other accusers testify at the sex-assault trial…
No Charges In Fatal Shooting Of Autistic Man With Knife
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor says no charges will be filed in the death of an autistic…
Texas Officer Charged With Homicide For Shooting Black Man During Traffic Stop
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas grand jury indicted a suburban Dallas police officer Wednesday on a charge of criminally negligent…
Sheriff’s Deputy On Leave After Anti-LGBTQ, Pro-Trump Comment On Gay Teen’s Death
An Alabama sheriff’s deputy has been placed on administrative leave after leaving a homophobic comment on a local media outlet’s…
Wife Of Slain KKK Leader Admits To Killing Him And Dumping His Body
A Ku Klux Klan leader’s widow has admitted to fatally shooting him and then dumping his body, reversing a previous…
Yankees, Flyers Drop Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ After Hearing Singer’s Racist Lyrics
The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers have decided to stop playing Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America”…
White Supremacist Gets Life In Prison For Running Down Black Teen
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A white supremacist who ran down and killed a young black man in Oregon two years…
Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Attempting To Hire Hit Man To Kill Black Neighbor
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina man who pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man from…
7 Women Who Accused Bill Cosby Of Sex Abuse Settle Defamation Suits
Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have…
LeBron James Mourns Friend Nipsey Hussle: ‘I Still Don’t Believe It’
LeBron James mourned the death of slain rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle, during a sit-down interview on local Los…