Featured News Politics Top Stories January 19, 2020 EXCLUSIVE: Here is why Black educator Geoffrey Canada endorsed Mike Bloomberg As a respected advocate for poor Black and Brown kids, Geoffrey Canada knows that he will be asked how he
Politics April 13, 2019 Booker to launch campaign tour from city where he was mayor Cory Booker will launch a national campaign tour Saturday with a major rally in Newark, N.J., where he served
Featured News April 2, 2019 Lori Lightfoot will be Chicago’s 1st black, female mayor Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council for 19 years before becoming Cook County Board president.
Entertainment Music News Top Stories March 7, 2019 After making millions, R. Kelly could be left with nothing CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly grew up in a public housing project in one of Chicago’s toughest South Side neighborhoods...
News Politics Top Stories Video February 28, 2019 New York City pilot to cover costs of doulas for low-income families, but is it enough? New York’s Department of Health is launching a pilot program starting on March 1 to allow Medicaid to help...
Entertainment Living News Top Stories Video February 28, 2019 Will Smith drops ‘Suicide Squad’ sequel Will Smith is pulling out of Suicide Squad 2, Deadline has confirmed. Sources told Deadline that Smith, 50, had scheduling conflicts and chose...
Entertainment News Video February 26, 2019 Tyler Perry on why he’s saying farewell to his beloved Madea Tyler Perry held the premiere of A Madea Family Funeral Monday in New York City and the magical night...
News Top Stories Video February 26, 2019 ‘We still have a terribly inequitable system’: Study finds $23 billion school funding disparity A not-so surprising new study has confirmed that white school districts received $23 billion more state and local funding...
News Politics Top Stories February 21, 2019 North Carolina candidate asks for new congressional election RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican candidate in the nation’s last undecided congressional race abruptly dropped his bid to be...
Music News Politics Top Stories February 20, 2019 25—That’s how many times Calif. cops shot rapper after jolting him awake, lawyer says The family of an aspiring rapper is demanding answers after he was fatally shot by six Vallejo, Calif., police officers,...
News Politics Top Stories Video February 19, 2019 Clarence Thomas wants to make it easier for some folks to sue for defamation Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stirred up debate on social media and among pundits after calling for a re-evaluation of landmark...
Entertainment Music News Top Stories February 19, 2019 WATCH: T-Pain bounces when hit with beach ball during concert for youth group T-Pain warned his audience that he would leave the stage if they threw something else at him. The group of...
Entertainment News Top Stories Video February 19, 2019 Jussie Smollett was not seen in elevator with suspected attackers, cops say Jussie Smollett just can’t catch a break in the ongoing investigation into the alleged assault that occurred in the early...
Chicago Crime News Top Stories February 19, 2019 Black women among victims of suspected Chicago serial killer The murders of dozens of women—many of whom were strangled or asphyxiated—have gone unsolved since 2001 in Chicago. And many...
News Top Stories February 19, 2019 Tamla Horsford died at ‘football moms’ party with 7 white women, family demands answers Family members of a Black mother of six are demanding answers after she allegedly fell to her death from a...
Entertainment Living News Top Stories Video February 19, 2019 Khloe Kardashian dumps Tristan Thompson after new cheating scandal Khloe Kardashian and her baby daddy Tristan Thompson have called it quits after she was tipped off that he allegedly...
News Top Stories Video February 19, 2019 Florida racist, videotaped terrorizing Black teens on MLK Day, charged with hate crime A white supremacist who pulled a gun on a group of Black teens that were protesting housing inequality on Martin...
News Politics Top Stories Video February 14, 2019 Fast food Trump is obese, but in overall good health, his doctor says The White House on Tuesday released results of Donald Trump’s physical exam, revealing that the 45th president is obese,...
News Top Stories February 14, 2019 Wisconsin high school basketball player latest target of racist blackface taunts Port Washington high school students on Wednesday night heckled Nicolet High School basketball player Jalen Johnson with a photocopied image of him...
Entertainment News Sports Top Stories February 14, 2019 LeBron James doesn’t rival Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen says NBA veteran Scottie Pippen was not afraid to voice his take on fellow NBA star LeBron James Thursday on ESPN’s First Take. As...
