Politics

On Thursday, Kyle Rittenhouse reminded us all that his contrition and trauma were as fake as his tears and his anger at LeBron James when he shared a tweet in which the meme made from his moment on the stand to blame President Joe Biden for rising gas prices. 

NewsOne partnered with Black Voters Matter to document the annual commemoration of the Bloody Sunday marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama and help draw attention to the urgent importance of participating in the 2022 midterm elections.

Dylan Sellers, the National HBCU Manager of the Campus Vote Project, says historically Black colleges and universities have the power to swing elections and that’s the main reason why they are always under attack.

During the "lesson" at J.S. Waters School in Goldston, North Carolina, Black students were reportedly "sold" by white students presumably to demonstrate what went on during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But why, though?

A spokesperson for Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black said in a statement that “Herschel Walker isn’t smart enough to debate anybody," After Walker declared that he wouldn't be "playing games" by debating Republicans and will only debate Raphael Warnock.

Video shows Georgia congressional candidate Vernon Jones stormed out during a GOP event in Jackson County where he and his opponent, Mike Collins, were set to speak. Jones was upset about the speaking order at the event.

From calling for the police to be funded to making fleeting references to issues that disproportionately affect Black people, the president's speech left much to be desired.

Joseph "JoJo" Burgess, a steelworker from suburban Pittsburgh, was invited to sit in Jill Biden's viewing box during the 2022 State of the Union address. President Biden will likely reference Burgess in reference to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The House's lopsided 42-3 historic passage of an anti-lynching bill named for Emmett Till was opposed by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who has previously called the racist vigilante act "a metaphor for justice.”

The U.S. Senate has received the historic nomination for Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court as calls grow louder for the confirmation process to be expedited.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged to end tenure for college professors who teach critical race theory in response to the Faculty Council at the University of Texas approving a resolution to give professors the freedom to do so.

As stealthy Republican lawmakers work to enact a redistricting plan that disenfranchises Black, Brown, and economically impacted people, one really starts to wonder, “What is Power?”