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Barbara Byrd-Bennett pled guilty to steering $23 million in no-bid city contracts in October 2015. Barbara Byrd-Bennett, the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Friday for plotting to collect kickback returns from no-bid city contracts that were worth millions, reports the Chicago Tribune. […]
Trump staffer and White House advisor Omarosa Manigault defended Trump and his plan for HBCU's at a recent National Action Network luncheon, to the dismay of the crowd.
A Florida student was recently suspended after Clay County district officials confirmed the teen had posted a racist ad on Craigslist referring to two of his fellow classmates as "slaves for sale."
Alabama judge Madeline Haikala ruled in favor of a mostly White town seceding from its school district to start its own despite race being a huge motivating factor for the split.
What have you done for us lately? Omarosa Manigault, fresh off of marital bliss, resumed her deep decent into the sunken place. During a Thursday interview with the Associate Press, Trump’s assigned “African-American whisperer” spoke to the outlet ahead of an event organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton. Manigault claimed that the current administration is “waiting” and “willing”to […]
Long before there was “Netflix and Chill” there was “Make It A Blockbuster Night.” Back then, half of your Friday night was hopping into the car, driving to the local Blockbuster Video, and walking up and down the aisles, judging movies solely based off what the covers looked like or what some good Samaritan stranger […]
Melania isn’t the only adult in the Trump family who wishes they didn’t live in the White House, apparently. In a new interview with Reuters looking back at his First 100 Days in office, the President reveals that not only does he “miss his old life” before he entered public office but he also out […]
One of the great sitcoms of the 1990s, Roseanne, is being resurrected as an “eight-episode limited series,” according to Deadline. Most of the original cast, including Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, and Laurie Metcalf, has signed on to reprise their roles. No word on which Becky will return, though. Or, more importantly, the chicken […]
The hour-long documentary focuses on the days after LAPD officers beat Rodney King, which sparked the riots. Saturday, April 29, marks the 25th anniversary of the fiery Los Angeles riots that occurred in the wake of the acquittal of four White LAPD officers who beat Rodney King when a routine traffic stop turned deadly. The Smithsonian Channel aired […]
“Here we are 25 years after [the] Los Angeles [riots] and we’re still having conversations,” Roland Martin said in an interview with the directors of LA 92. The 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots will be commemorated by a flurry of documentaries and special media events, examining the events before and after the […]
Scott led a meeting in Washington last week with former gang leaders to address several issues plaguing Chicago. Pastor Darrell Scott finally held a much-discussed gang summit last week in Washington, D.C. The Ohio church leader’s plans to address Chicago’s gun and gang violence were discussed with a delegation of former gang leaders in a […]
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders complained about Obama’s fee, although former presidents have received them for years. Apair of popular Democratic Party senators took shots at former president Barack Obama‘s $400,000 speaking fee for a future Wall Street event, a rate that equaled his yearly presidential salary. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders shared […]
