Archive for May 2025
Made in Chicago
What do Pope Leo XIV, Barack Obama, and Michael Jordan have in common? They all hail from Chicago. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and the first Black pope since the Fifth Century, was born in Chicago. President Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was born in Hawaii, but he lived much of…
Read MoreFormer housekeepers sues Smokey Robinson, the hit maker, with a lawsuit
William “Smokey” Robinson of “My Girl” fame has angrily denied that he touched inappropriately four women who were housekeepers who worked for him and his wife.In a phone call with the Daily Mail on Wednesday, May 7, the Motown star, 85, briefly addressed the allegations against him in a complaint filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May…
Read MoreTrump fires the Librarian of Congress
President Donald Trump fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, on Thursday. She was appointed to her post by President Barack Obama in December 2024. Hayden was the first woman and the first Black woman to head the Library. She was named to office in 2016, and her 10-year term was scheduled to expire…
Read MoreRodney Hinton Jr. stands up
Cincinnati cops crowded into a Black judge’s courtroom to see if Rodney Hinton Jr. would buckle. He didn’t. Just days earlier, Hinton Jr. deliberately ran over a Cincinnati cop directing traffic, a day after another cop shot and killed his son, Ryan Hinton,18. The killer cop, whose name has not been released because of state…
Read MoreCatholic Church elects Black Pope
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, the first pope of African descent since the fifth century Catholic Church elects a Black popeThe Catholic Church on Thursday elected its first American pope in history, and the first Black pope since the fifth century, according to the publication Black Catholic Messenger.Leo XIV is not known to…
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