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ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets The Justice Department announced Friday that it will not pursue charges against the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake […]
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is in hot water after claiming that unvaccinated black people are the reason for the recent surge in COVID-19 infections across the country. During an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Thursday night, Patrick addressed Democrats who are criticizing his state’s handling of increased COVID cases, claiming that the virus is spreading […]
Lil Baby admits he’s hesitant to speak on certain issues and events that dominate headlines; but when it came to the Black Lives Matter protests, he felt it was important to support the cause through his music rather than a simple Instagram post. “I’m not into social media like that. I post on social media and […]
Diggy Simmons and Trevor Jackson are not only Grown-ish co-stars but they also share similar views of the world. The actors are now in Season 4 of the Freeform show, and while it kicked off with lighthearted episodes and a wild Mexican vacation, the tone of the show takes a serious turn in Episode 5, […]
Bob Moses, the iconic Civil Rights leader who relentlessly fought to register black voters in Mississippi in the 1960s, passed away on Sunday in his Florida home, the New York Times reports. He was 86 years old. Raised in the Harlem River Houses housing complex, Moses attended Stuyvesant High School, a competitive school that focused heavily […]
Derek Chauvin’s first prison mugshots were released on Saturday, nearly one month after he was sentenced for the murder of George Floyd. The photos, published by TMZ, were reportedly taken on June 28 at Oak Park Heights correctional facility in Minnesota, which is located about 30 miles from where Floyd was killed. Chauvin was convicted of killing the 46-year-old Black […]
A former high school student is being charged with two counts of third-degree computer crimes after unlawfully accessing his school’s computer database, putting a quote from Adolf Hitler in the yearbook, and attributing it to George Floyd. According to the New York Post, 18-year-old Connecticut high school grad Hollister Tryon submitted the following quote: “It is a […]
A man in Florida pleaded guilty last week after admitting to a murder-for-hire plot on his ex-girlfriend, and framing the crime afterwards on the Black Lives Matter movement, Newsweek reports. Daniel Slater, 51, of Palm Beach County, confessed in a July 8 hearing in federal district court as part of a plea deal that he was orchestrating a plan […]
A TikTok creator is bringing attention to what many have argued is merely the latest example of the wildly popular app’s unfair treatment of people of color. In recent days, TikTok user @ziggityler has shared a number of videos focused on what he says he experienced when trying to update his bio in the app’s […]
Leneal Lamont Frazier, the uncle of the Minneapolis teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police, has died following a car crash involving a police squad car. WCCO reports that Minnesota State Patrol has launched an investigation into the crash, which left Darnella Frazier’s uncle dead, and one police officer in hospital. The […]
