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White School Superintendent Resigns After Facebook Post Saying 'You Can't Count On A Black Quarterback'
Good riddance! A white superintendent in Texas who criticized Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson in a racist social media post last Sunday resigned from his position, The Associated Press reports. Lynn Redden, formerly of the Onalaska Independent School District, wrote “That may have been the most inept quarterback decision I’ve seen in the NFL. When…
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White Sorority Under Investigation For Making Racist Remarks Towards Black Students at a Greek Life Event
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, a white sorority at the University of New Mexico, is under investigation after one of its members was accused of hurling racist language at black students during a Greek life welcome event for new members, KDOT-7 reports. The comments were first directed at a black speaker on stage and then were…
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GOP Congressman Poses in Photo With Man Using White Nationalist Hand Gesture
Republican U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes of California is catching heat for posing in a photo with a far right activist throwing up what many anti-racism groups consider a white power symbol, The Fresno Bee reports. The photo, taken at a private Nunes campaign event Tuesday night, shows Ben Bergquam and Josh Fulfer on either side…
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Newseum Honors Alice Allison Dunnigan, The First Black Woman to Serve as a White House Reporter
The first black woman accredited to cover the White House was honored with her own life-sized statue at the Newseum Friday, in Washington, D.C., the Associated Press reports. Alice Allison Dunnigan, who faced both sexism and racism during her career, was tapped to be the Washington bureau chief for the Associated Negro Press, after a…
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Kamala Harris Talks Brett Kavanaugh and Addresses Those 2020 Rumors
As one of two black women to ever serve in the US Senate, Sen. Kamala Harris knows how important her role is. And she knows why she has to ask the hard questions the public deserves answers to. Even when they make people squirm. Even if they’re US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who recently…
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Trump Says He's Not Worried About Paul Manafort Talking to the Feds. Good Luck With That
White male hubris is a powerful drug—especially in the case of Donald Trump. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, was found guilty in August of multiple financial fraud charges stemming from his pro-Russia party work in the Ukraine. And just last week, he plead guilty to criminal charges…
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Here's What's Going to Happen at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 48th Annual Conference
Ask U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, what’s on his mind for 2018 and he’ll get directly to the point: 218 seats. That’s the number of seats the Democrats need to really throw its weight around to do the things its members want to achieve over the next two years.…
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Can Letitia James Win the NY Attorney General's Race and Make History?
Light rain fell on Sunday as Letitia James and her two campaign aides hurried into St. Paul’s Community Church in East New York in Brooklyn. It’s the type of day pastors fear will keep their flocks from filling the pews. That morning, projections that Hurricane Florence would hit the East Coast before Thursday’s New York…
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Fla. Governor's Race: Democratic Nominee Andrew Gillum Calls Racist Robocalls Targeting Him 'Deeply Regrettable'
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum said a racist robocall mocking him by featuring a man speaking in a stereotypical black dialect and jungle noises in the background was “deeply regrettable,” CNN reports. The 78-second prerecorded message was paid for by a white supremacist and anti-Semitic video podcast hosted by Scott Rhodes of Idaho. It…
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Serena Williams Makes US Open Quarterfinals for 10th Straight Time
Serena Williams advanced to her 10th straight US Open quarterfinals after defeating Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday, according to NBC Sports. She will take on former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. Pliskova was the last player to beat her at the U.S. Open, in the semifinals in 2016. While…
