Politics
Candace Owens posted to Twitter, "Am I really trending because America wants me to be the next Supreme Court justice? What an honor!" While there's no chance that would happen, here are some other jobs she'd be great at.
There's a lot of confusion about what the Biden Administration has done for HBCUs and just how much funding historically Black colleges and universities were promised and given. Here are the facts.
A leader of the Michigan GOP Party decided her anti-mask rhetoric would hit a little differently if she invoked the racist trope of the scary Black man.
The Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is running for Illinois' 1st Congressional District in a seat set to be made vacant by longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's upcoming retirement. The pastor, educator and freedom fighter tells NewsOne more about her political platform.
The walkout didn't stop the vote, but Black senators would rather withhold their participation instead of engaging in a sham process that does not honor and respect the experiences and history of many within the state.
Texas gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines won't fire his staffer, Jake Lloyd Colglazier, who said he wants to “restore historical American culture” by “maintaining a supermajority of the original stock of the United States, and maintaining a homogeneity," among other white nationalist things.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Black Americans aren't actually Americans when he said about the voting rights filibuster, "If you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans."
Rumors have been swirling about an ongoing feud between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump reportedly said, "I wonder why the guy won't say he won't run against me."
Civil rights leaders expressed disappointment at the U.S. Senate's failure to advance key voting rights legislation and change the filibuster rule, but they were also resolute in their will to keep fighting for equal and fair elections in a crucial election year.
President Joe Biden said in no uncertain terms that Vice President Kamala Harris will definitely be his running mate in 2024 and pushed back against the narrative that he may have let down Black voters to whom campaign promises have not been kept.
The Senate Education Committee in Florida advanced a bill pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans teachings that make white people "feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race.”
After members of a group that invited Nikole Hannah-Jones to give an MLK Day speech said the "1619 Project" author was dishonoring Dr. King, she gave an address using Martin Luther King Jr.'s own words aimed at conservatives who whitewash MLK's legacy.
