Folks, I think America might have a white supremacist problem. Earlier this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced the arrest of a white man from Newport who had threatened to “shoot up” Black children at a preschool. (Yes, you read that right. These rabid, Klan-adjacent monsters are that […]
What in the wicked world of unhingedness is going on here? At least two HBCUs in Virginia, two more in Atlanta, Ga., and one in Alabama are reportedly under threat of terrorism, causing campuses to be temporarily shut down and students to be issued shelter-in-place orders. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, as of Thursday, Virginia […]
In today’s episode of Old Racist, New Redemption Arc, embattled celebrity chef Paula Deen appears to be on a campaign to rebrand her public image and rewrite the history of how she torpedoed her own career after admitting during a legal deposition that “of course” she has used the N-word. While promoting her new documentary, […]
Will William McNeil Jr. finally receive justice? New calls for a Department of Justice investigation have renewed hope that he might. Last month, the state attorney’s office in Florida said it would take “no further action” against the deputy with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office who repeatedly punched the Black college student after breaking his car […]
Despite alleged financial discrepancies resulting in Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey being placed under receivership, the company’s CEO and co-founder, Fawn Weaver, stepped on the main stage at InvestFest, a financial literacy conference held at the Georgia World Congress Center, and told entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs to “stay the course” as they navigate inevitable “hurdles” on their way to […]
It has been more than 12 years since 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead and wrapped up in a gym mat at a high school in Lowndes County, Georgia, and Kendrick’s family is still fighting to bring him some semblance of justice—or at least set the record straight about how the teen’s death was not just some […]
S’il vous plaît, sunken sis! Here’s a question that I’m sure has already been asked millions of times, but is worth asking again: WTF is wrong with Candace Owens? There are only a few Sunken Place residents that I can think of—maybe Jason Whitlock, Clarence Thomas, Sage Steele, and RGIII—who routinely go out of their […]
Look, it may never amount to anything more than a temporary distraction from the frustration and horror brought on by a racist, incompetent federal administration that is sliding deeper and deeper into all-out authoritarianism—but it’s been amusing watching the MAGA world crash out over the White House’s handling of the imfamous (and possibly mythical, but […]
Earlier this month, an 18-year-old Black woman was arrested in the Bronx. Hours later, authorities found her unconscious in her holding cell; she ultimately died. According to a medical examiner, the teen died by suicide after hanging herself with her sweater, but her family isn’t buying it, and they’ve hired famed civil attorney Ben Crump […]
In today’s episode of Trump Might Be Orange, But He’s Still Exhaustingly White, President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, July 9, had lunch in the State Dining Room at the White House with the leaders of five African nations. Now, if you’ve witnessed literally any of Trump’s White House meetings with foreign leaders, you know it […]
It appears that Target is still looking for Black friends to bail it out of the massive fallout from its administrators’ decision to roll back the retail company’s DEI initiatives. Apparently, setting up a meeting with Al Sharpton didn’t repair the damage caused by massive protests, which slowed foot traffic at Target stores, among other things. […]
Here’s a question: Is there anyone on Beyoncé’s green Earth who is as bad at planning an appropriately timed vacation as Sen. Ted Cruz? One would think that, after getting dragged to hell and back for flying to Cancún, Mexico with his family in 2021, after his state of Texas was in crisis mode due to […]