Moments after Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby passionately announced that the officers responsible for Freddie Gray’s death will be criminally charged, President Obama released this statement: “It is absolutely vital that the truth comes out on what happened to Freddie Gray. It is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved. That would […]
President Obama announced Thursday that a new initiative will provide more than $250M in free e-books to low-income students, according to the Associated Press. But the real question is what are they going to read those e-books on? “We’re going to provide millions of e-books online so that they’re available for young people who maybe […]
President Barack Obama has shared his thoughts on the riots that have erupted in Baltimore following the tragic death of Freddie Gray. During a press conference earlier today, President Obama condemned the looting and mayhem that some protestors unleashed upon the city yesterday afternoon. According to The Huffington Post, he noted that we have seen […]
Despite its proximity to the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland has been the center of economic despair and urban blight since riots rolled…
The 101st annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was held last night in Washington, D.C. President Obama stole the show with a stand-up comedy set that had him throwing shade like he was schooled by the cast of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. MUST READ: Creflo Dollar Blames The Devil For Jet Fundraiser Critics For almost thirty minutes, […]
Bruh! Who hurt you? Michael Eric Dyson wrote the longest read we’ve ever read for the New Republic. The subject matter that made him furiously and eloquently type out his feelings? Cornel West. The Ghost of Cornel West begged the question: What happened to America’s most exciting Black scholar? And now that Dyson’s asking, we […]
Talks of whether or not to extradite fugitive Assata Shakur from Cuba have reemerged between Cuba and the U.S., according to reports. MUST READ: Cop Out: Eric Harris’ Killer Gives Televised Apology; Says His Training Records Are Real Just this past March, Cuba released an adamant statement that they would make no effort to return Shakur (whose legal name is Joanne Chesimard), […]
Kam Brock filed a lawsuit against the Harlem Hospital Psychiatric Ward and Manhattan Federal Court after she was arrested and thrown in the psych ward for eight days because she told police President Barack Obama follows her on Twitter. Did we mention, he actually does?! MUST READ: Madonna Shades Beyoncé Because She Hasn’t Met With President Obama? This […]
Jimmy Kimmel invited President Obama on Jimmy Kimmel Live to participate in one of our favorite segments: Mean Tweets. This is where the celebrity talents literally read the meanest tweets about them. President Obama was such a good sport, as he read hilarious tweets like, “Obama’s hair is looking grayer these days. Can’t imagine why […]
50 years ago, John Lewis and Amelia Boynton Robinson bravely faced Alabama State troopers and local police at the tip of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where they, and other civil rights leaders, gathered to embark on a march that would change history. They were beaten bloody while national television watched in horror. Today, they took […]
This upcoming weekend is an emotional one because it marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic and groundbreaking marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. Initiated in 1963 because Black people were denied their right to vote, activists and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. bravely marched for equality until 1965, a historic year in which the awful Bloody […]
Tell us something we don’t know, right? Republicans are haters, especially of President Obama. There’s a new survey that polled Americans on their feelings about President Obama and apparently one third of us don’t think President Obama loves America.”Less than half of adults, 47 percent, said the president loves his country, while 35 percent said […]
