Victims sue websites used by gunmen who murdered 10 people in a Buffalo
Victims were horrified. They hid in the store’s freezers out of fear. Some were stunned to watch a White gunman shoot and kill ten mostly Black people during a massacre in a Buffalo, N.Y., shopping center. Now the survivors have sued gun manufacturers, the retailer where the gunman bought the weapons, the killer’s parents, and…
Read MoreRepublican senator alleges the Fulton County District Attorney is persecuting Donald Trump
A Republican state senator has called for a special session of the Georgia Legislature to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who charged former President Trump and 18 others this week with attempting to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. State Sen. Colton Moore, who represents the northwest corner of Georgia, said Willis’s’ political persecution of…
Read MoreTexas woman threatens Judge Chutkan, who is hearing a case involving Donald Trump
Law enforcement officials have arrested a Texas woman for threatening a sitting federal judge and a member of Congress, who is running for mayor. Still, the woman said she was not a racist and didn’t mean it. Abigail Jo Shry of Alvin, Texas, called the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, and left the threatening message…
Read MoreWillie McLaurin is kicked out as head of the Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention leader Willie McLaurin has resigned as interim executive president and CEO of the denomination’s executive commission after he lied his resume. McLaurin claimed he earned degrees from North Carolina Central University, Duke University Divinity School, and Hood Theological Seminary. He never obtained a degree from any of the schools mentioned. He was…
Read MoreTrump indicted on 10 counts
A federal Grand Jury in Atlanta has indicted former President D. Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The Grand Jury grand jury returned an indictment on 10 counts Monday night after hearing from witnesses earlier in the day as to whether former president Donald Trump and his associates broke the law when they sought…
Read MoreTurning the other cheek has had its day
Turn the other cheek, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to urge Black men and Black women to do when they were slapped and beaten by Whites. This directive came to a screeching halt after Black men kicked and beat White men in Montgomery, Alabama, last week after they attacked a Black man who was…
Read MoreThe suicide rate increased among Blacks
The suicide rate among Black people has risen during the past two years, largely due to systemic racism. The Blacks’ suicide rate was 3,825 in 2022 compared with 3,692 in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What is causing this rise in suicide deaths? There are several factors. The CDC…
Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson names new top cop
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Sunday selected Larry Snelling as Chicago’s next top cop. Snelling heads the police department’s counter-terrorism unit. Snelling will succeed David Brown after Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost the mayoral primary in April. “Today, a new chapter begins in our journey to create a better, stronger, and safer Chicago,†Johnson said in…
Read MoreDeSantis suspends Florida’s only Black Woman State’s Attorney
On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended State’s Attorney Monique Worrell. Worrell was based in the 9th judicial district, which is located in Central Florida and covers Orange and Osceola Counties. Worrell is the only Black woman state’s attorney and she is being replaced with Orlando judge Andrew Bain, a conservative Black judge. “I guess…
Read MoreAfter changing the way medicine is practiced, Henrietta Lacks’ family finally got their money
The descendants of Henrietta Lacks on Tuesday said they reached an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company that sold HeLa Cells, taken from Lacks’ body, that was cloned and sold in aggregate for billions of dollars. The settlement’s details remain confidential, but Lacks’ grandchildren, who were part of the suit, seemed pleased with the…
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