In 2021, Evanston became the first U.S. city to pass a reparations bill, pledging $10 million to address harms caused by racist housing laws.

Black Joy Blazers: Architects of the Arena celebrates athletes who didn't just compete in the space, but turned competition into a platform.

While Texas entered a mid-decade redistricting effort to create new House seats, it’s the Senate race that’s created the most excitement. 

Black Joy Blazers: Architects of Style honors the visionaries who didn't just follow trends; they defined entire eras.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that her office is looking into 17 cases involving federal agents' activities in Minnesota.

The North Carolina primary will be the first test of a new congressional map the state implemented to help the GOP maintain its House majority.

Look, no matter how one feels about people who regularly smoke  marijuana, we should all be able to agree that any notion that they are disproportionately predisposed to committing gun violence is absurd. And yet, for some reason, the U.S. Supreme Court is currently hearing a marijuana user’s challenge to a federal law that bars […]

For years, maybe even decades, every high-profile mass shooting in the U.S. has immediately resulted in partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans, and ideological rifts between so-called liberals and so-called conservatives. Most often, both debates have largely revolved around the issue of gun control or gun rights, with the left arguing that the common denominator […]

Viola Davis celebrated Michael B. Jordan's SAG Award win with a nod to August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'

U.S. service members have already died as a result of the conflict in Iran, along with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and 153 civilians.

The U.S. and Israel have launched what has been reported as a completely unprovoked attack on Iran, striking sites across the country, including the compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the attack. And, somehow, MAGA’s big takeaway from this news is that Muslims across the country need to be […]

UPDATE — Monday, Mar. 2, 2026, 11:40 a.m. EST: We love our Black celebrities. Period. No matter how famous they get or how big the stages become, there’s always a different kind of pride that comes with seeing Black folks win. It feels personal, like their success is proof that we can make it too, […]