Bynum flips Oregon House seat, will be state's first Black member of Congress
According to Decision Desk Headquarters, Democrat Janelle Bynum is projected to win Oregon's 5th Congressional District;first black congressmanHe will represent Oregon in Congress. Mr. Bynum, the Oregon congressman, ousted one-term incumbent Republican Rep. Lori Chavez Delemer, who flipped her seat to the Republican field for the first time in decades during the midterm elections. Democrats […]
Australian scientists reveal mysterious black balls on Sydney beaches are mini blobs of poop
Oh shit! Thousands of mysterious black balls that washed ashore and closed off a popular Australian beach last month have turned out to be tiny clumps of poo. Initially thought to be made of tar, scientists at the University of New South Wales discovered that the sticky balls were actually made up of “fatbergs” (human […]
Racist mass texts being probed by FBI, FCC, and more after horrifying black residents in multiple states
Multiple federal and state authorities are investigating how racist email blasts were sent to Black people across the country after this week's presidential election. Text messages invoking slavery were sent to black men, women, and children, leading to investigations by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. The anonymously sent messages were reported in multiple […]
‘Maybe we just need to switch parties’: Radio show caller goes viral after saying Democrats have failed black voters
A caller on a New York City radio station is causing a stir by claiming that the Democratic Party is not fulfilling its promises to black Americans. During an episode of New York's hugely popular hip-hop radio show “The Breakfast Club,” a caller seized the opportunity to convince black Americans to demand more from their […]
‘I won’t be dancing in the streets’: views on Tories’ first black leader | Kemi Badenoch
KEmi Badenoch's election as Conservative Party leader may have been somewhat overshadowed by the US election, but it was still a political milestone. Her positioning as a “culture warrior” is, to some, evidence not of a changing Conservative Party but of a party with a new face on old instincts. Here, the Guardian asks black […]
Black men explain why they ditched Democrats for Trump
President-elect Donald Trump is likely to double his previous approval rating among black men and win the largest share of nonwhite voters for a Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon. About 21% of black men supported Trump, while 7% of black women supported him, and 12% of black voters overall voted for Trump, up from […]
An Alabama pastor has ignited backlash by demeaning black Trump supporters as “ignorant stupid Negros” and hinting that former President Donald Trump will make them slaves when he gets into the White House.
An Alabama pastor sparked a backlash after degrading black Trump supporters as “ignorant, stupid niggers” and suggesting former President Donald Trump would enslave them if he returned to the White House. Pastor Michael R. Jordan of New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham posted an inflammatory message on the church's sign. Jordan plans to leave a […]
‘The View’ co-hosts — some dressed in black as if for a funeral — harp and complain after Trump wins back White House
In his first broadcast since Donald Trump won a landslide victory over Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and took back the White House overnight, “The View” co-hosts (some of whom looked like they were attending a funeral) (Some of them were wearing black clothes, such as) said, as expected. On Wednesday morning, he complained about […]
Harris Loss Shows Black and Hispanic Men Have ‘Race Issues,’ ‘Misogyny’
MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough said Wednesday on “Morning Joe” that Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election because many black and Hispanic men blamed it as a “racial issue” and “misogyny.” He said that this is because he is suffering from “. “We cannot ignore that there is still a lot of racism and gender […]
Black women to serve together in Senate for first time with Rochester, Alsobrooks wins
Incoming senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will be the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland has ever had a black senator. And Delaware has never been represented by a woman in the Senate. Blunt Rochester and Allsbrooks are the fourth and fifth Black […]