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Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained Again at Airport on Way Back From Testifying About Earlier Detention
The namesake of one of America’s most beloved athletes was detained again at an airport after a meeting on Capitol Hill to talk about a previous airport detention last month. Muhammad Ali Jr., the son of Muhammad Ali, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to speak to members…
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Harvard Confronts Its Ties to Slavery; Ta-Nehisi Coates Calls for Reparations
Harvard University is the latest university to try to make amends with its slavery-tainted past. On Friday the storied university held a conference to explore the relationship between colleges and slavery, where university President Drew Faust said the school must confront its past to move forward. “Harvard was directly complicit in slavery from the college’s…
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As Dirty as They Wanna Be: 7 Baltimore Cops Indicted for Acting Like ‘Gangsters’
Seven Baltimore police officers have been charged by federal prosecutors with a bevy of serious crimes and falsifying reports to cover them up. These cops were so rogue that the Baltimore police commissioner said they acted like old-school thugs. “These officers are 1930s-style gangsters,” said Commissioner Kevin Davis, according to the BBC. “They betrayed the…
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When All Else Fails, Blame the Black Guy—Trump Calls for a Congressional Inquiry Into Obama ‘Wiretap’
Updated Sunday, March 5, 2017, 11 a.m. EST: It seems as if President Loco is going to his tired and false bag of toddler tricks again. As with the campaign, when he faced a crisis (his taxes, pussy-gate, etc.), Donald Trump threw a ridiculous allegation at someone else—Hillary Clinton then, Barack Obama now. When all…
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Philando Castile’s Girlfriend Arrested in Alleged Hammer Attack
The girlfriend and witness to the death of Philando Castile last year was recently arrested in an attack on a woman in St. Paul, Minn. Prosecutors on Friday charged Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds with felony assault in an alleged attack with a hammer. Reynolds is the woman who live-streamed the horrific death of her boyfriend Philando…
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More Americans Killed by Police in 2017, but Trump Dominates Headlines
Police killings are actually increasing in the United States, according to new data, but because our current president is leading every news cycle, brutality is being pushed to the back burner, activists contend. The rate of police-involved deaths of American citizens is higher than in any month in 2016, and January and February each saw…
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Ark. Rushes to Execute 8 Men in Almost as Many Days—Half of Them Black
In what only can be described as a mad rush toward death, the state of Arkansas plans to execute eight inmates in April because of a looming expiration date for a drug the state uses in executions. The New York Times reports that all eight men—four black, four white—were convicted of murders that occurred between…
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17-Year-Old My-King Johnson Becomes 1st Openly Gay Division I Football Recruit
My-King Johnson is the latest millennial to eschew the closet, becoming the first active openly gay scholarship player in Division I football history. “I’m just here to play football,” the 17-year-old tweeted this weekend. Known to his friends and family as “King,” the 6-foot-4, 225-pound defensive end starred at Tempe High School. The Arizona Republic…
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When Being Black Gets Real: Rachel Dolezal Reportedly on the Brink of Homelessness
Racial perpetrator Rachel Dolezal is reportedly unable to find work and lives off public assistance these days. Perhaps she’s now getting the downside of being black in America.* But the infamous cultural appropriator seems to be taking it all in stride. “I’m not going to stoop and apologize and grovel and feel bad about it,”…
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Judge in Idaho High School Football Hanger Case Lashes Out, Says It Was Not ‘Rape’ or ‘Racial’
The Idaho judge who sentenced a former high school football player to just 300 hours of community service after he “more than likely” raped a developmentally disabled African-American teammate has accused the press (and public) of misrepresenting what happened. The judge says the case is not about “rape” or “sex” and that “people from the…
