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Erica Garner, activist and daughter of Eric Garner, has passed away. She was the mother of two and only 27 years old. The New York Daily News reported she suffered an asthma attack on December 23, which caused a heart attack. Erica did not know she had heart issues until her last pregnancy in August, “after […]

Remember the First Amendment? Well, some people don’t want free speech to apply to NFL players, especially Rep. Milo Smith, a Republican from Indiana. He is proposing new legislation that will require the Indianapolis Colts to refund fans if a player kneels during a game. Smith said, “To me when they take a knee during […]

Trump sure has his priorities together. He is hellbent on building a racist wall, but reportedly fired all 16 members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, also known as PACHA, on Wednesday. HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects the Black community and there are some cities in the nation where the HIV/AIDS rate is as high as […]

From Charlottesville to Russia investigations to a potential war with North Korea, it’s been an insane year under the Trump administration. However, former President Barack Obama is still here to be presidential because our current president can’t. During the last Friday of 2017, Obama tweeted some good news about 2017. Everyone from a ten-year-old named […]

The millisecond Omarosa Manigault Newman got the boot from the White House (yeah, we know — she claims she “resigned”), the reality star has been teasing that she has a story to tell. Reportedly, she is ready to dish on Donald, Melania and Ivanka — and, allegedly, Omarosa could be Trump “worst nightmare.” That said, […]

Roy Moore is still whining about losing the the Alabama U.S. Senate race to Democrat Doug Jones. Now, the loss is going to hurt even more because the state of Alabama released the names of nearly 23,000 write-in candidates. The write-in candidates were basically a vote for Jones and another reason why the accused pedophile lost. […]

R epublicans will quickly turn on you. Singer Joy Villa was once a darling for conservatives, regularly appearing on Fox News, a passionate advocate for Trump and even wore a “Make America Great Again” gown to the Grammys. https://www.instagram.com/p/Baxvr5UgG9k/?taken-by=joyvilla After Villa accused Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of touching her inappropriately, conservatives have now […]

An Alabama family is looking for answers after 17-year-old Ulysses Wilkerson was brutally beaten by police officers. According to WKRG, the teenager was arrested on Sunday, December 23, and hours later he ended up at University of Alabama Medical Center with severe injuries. Witnesses claimed, “Officers saw Wilkerson coming around the corner of a building […]

American Eagle is getting some serious backlash for a men’s bracelet that some say looks like a slave shackle. One person noticed the striking resemblance and Tweeted this: It’s hard to see these bracelets don’t look like a throwback to shackles. It’s as if someone at American Eagle Googled “slave shackles” and said, “What a […]

Lewis Hamilton is the most successful British race car driver in history, but right now he is getting some attention for a social media posting. On Christmas, Lewis (see him above in that atrocious plaid outfit with Donatella Versace) posted a video of his nephew wearing a pink and purple princess dress. He asks the […]

It seems like Donald Trump is being forced to do some presidential duties and people are giving him the serious side-eye. Yesterday, 45 released a brief statement on Kwanzaa. Immediately, Twitter noticed how the handful of words did not appear to be in his voice. One Twitter user wrote, “a bad lip sync. The Milli […]

Ever since Omarosa Manigault Newman got the boot from the White House — or as she likes to call it, “resigned” — she has been teasing “her story.” Reports claims the reality star will earn as much as $10 million for a book deal and she is ready to spill every drop of the tea. […]