Ben Crump signs 7-figure deal to write fiction novel of Black civil rights attorney
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump has signed a seven-figure deal with Bantam Books to write a series of crime novels featuring black civil rights lawyers. The series will follow Bo Lee Cooper, a black civil rights lawyer not unlike Crump, as he “tackles cases of corruption and injustice while celebrating black love and resilience.” […]
Cornel West chooses Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah for VP
Leading presidential candidate Cornel West has nominated Melina Abdullah, a professor and one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter. as a vice presidential candidate to run for his independent presidential bid. West announced his nomination on Wednesday’s episode of KBLA Radio’s “The Tavis Smiley Radio Show.” “We wanted someone who was committed with all […]
Democrat suggests black people shouldn’t have to pay taxes for a bit — but adds tax exemption still may not redress slavery
A Democrat serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives recently said: temporarily exempt black people from paying taxes That’s not necessarily a bad idea. However, in considering this idea, many black people “don’t actually pay taxes,” and such tax exemptions are a sign of the centuries-old horrors of slavery and the way […]
Family outraged at Chicago police after black man who apparently shot at cops first was fatally struck by return fire
A family is demanding answers after their beloved Dexter Reed, 26, died after apparently firing at a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop last month. The road closure quickly stopped working. Around 3 p.m. on March 21, five members of the Chicago Police Department’s tactical unit stopped Reed for not wearing a seatbelt. One […]
Black Woman Praises Trump for Doing ‘Better Than Biden’ on Funding HBCUs
During a visit to a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta, Georgia, former President Donald Trump was praised by a Black woman who said he did a “much better job” than President Joe Biden on funding historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). It was done. in video On X, formerly known as Twitter, you can hear President Trump […]
Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that | Tobacco industry
a 1963 Cool ad Cigarettes features a black man and woman holding lit cigarettes. A man smiles as he watches a woman stare into the distance while exhaling smoke from her mouth. The accompanying text reads: “Only Kool offers a rich, aromatic tobacco…and even more cooling…a refreshing cooling sensation drawn smoothly through Kool’s pure white […]
Black Americans Should Not Pay Taxes as a Form of Reparations
Freshman Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has proposed that black Americans should be exempted from paying taxes as reparations, but that may not work because black people “don’t pay taxes in the first place.” He said there is. Crockett recently Had made heading to perpetuate Error exposed mythology She brought up the idea during an interview […]
Texas Dem suggests Black people shouldn’t pay taxes as form of reparations: ‘Puts money back in your pocket’
House Democrats recently proposed that black Americans should be exempted from paying taxes as part of reparations, but this plan won’t work because many poor people in the community “don’t actually pay taxes in the first place.” There is a possibility,” he admitted. ” Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s comments came during an appearance on […]
Apple Vision Pro users get black eyes, headaches, neck pain
Apple Vision Pro users report getting black eyes, headaches, and neck pain from their expensive goggles. Emily Olman, director of marketing for Hopscotch International, a California-based real estate photography company. told MarketWatch After wearing the Vision Pro for the first time, she suffered from two “extremely dark eyes.” “I couldn’t use it much for the […]
6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who had already been sentenced to federal prison but pleaded guilty to a slew of state and federal charges for torturing two black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court. . Six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who attacked Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January […]