For Black people, award shows are like elections; we hope for the best but prepare for the worst, and the upcoming Oscars are no exception.
The White House posted an image of Nekima Levy Armstrong in which they made it appear she was crying when she was arrested on Thursday.
Once again, our right to fair representation and exercise of political power hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court considers the future of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and social justice activist and organizer, was arrested along with two others for Sunday's protest.
On Sunday, journalist Don Lemon was reporting on a protest that took place in a St. Paul church where a pastor was revealed to be working for ICE.
ICE agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to lure his family members out of their home in a Minneapolis suburb on Tuesday.
This is just another moment in the history of the theft of Black ingenuity, generating actual value that someone else is positioned to collect on.
Urban One is proud to announce “REPRESENT,” a multimedia campaign that celebrates Black History and imagines what the next 100 years will look like.
It’s a question that immediately raises a deeper historical one. Not just whether white participation ever existed, but what it actually meant, and what people imagine it would mean now.
The answer is not a single protest or a single election. It is a commitment to building leverage because what we are up against is not just a president or a party; it is a project.
ICE agents forced their way into the home of ChongLy "Scott" Thao with guns and no warrant and took him outside in his underwear in the cold.
The Bison ONE Newsroom is a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind partnership between a national media corporation and an HBCU journalism program—a partnership that honors the power of HBCUs as incubators of cultural and political transformation.
<b><i>The Covfefe Chronicles with Dr. Stacey Patton</i></b> is where America’s chaos meets unflinching commentary. Hosted by award-winning journalist and author Dr. Stacey Patton, this podcast cuts through the noise with sharp analysis, biting humor, and unapologetic truth-telling about race, culture, politics, and power. Each episode peels back the headlines to expose the double standards, lies, and historical amnesia shaping our current moment. If you’re tired of sanitized punditry and craving clarity with edge, The Covfefe Chronicles will give you the context and candor mainstream media won’t touch.
There is a ghost roaming the halls of Pickens County Museum in South Carolina and his name is Willie Earle.
Muhammad Ali's legacy as a trailblazing athlete and civil rights icon is honored with a historic U.S. Postal Service stamp.
From adaptations of games like “Fallout” and “Cyberpunk 2077,” to a dark comedy from rapper Vince Staples, here's what's worth binging.
Ryan Coogler and Spike Lee got together to discuss Denzel Washington, Michael B. Jordan, and the power of movies.
With New York now the latest Blue state to enter the nationwide redistricting battle, Democrats could potentially net another House seat.
Virginia’s redistricting effort is somewhat of a Hail Mary, considering it has to pass twice through the Grand Assembly and be put to a public vote.
New Hampshire GOP Rep. Kristin Noble, chair of the New Hampshire House Education Policy Committee remarked that she wanted "segregated schools."
According to an ICE memo obtained by the Associated Press, federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant.
When Claudette Colvin left this world on January 13th, with her went a library, a recipe box, and a curriculum we still don't understand how to follow.
Dr. King’s dream was not an invitation to complacency; it was a call to arms of the spirit. A call to organize, to resist, to transform.
Hezekiah Watkins was only 13 years old when he was arrested with several other Freedom Riders at a Greyhound Bus Station for “breach of peace.”
The universal child care plan introduced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul would be implemented over several years.
The 19 monks, led by Bhikkhu Pannakara, began their journey Oct. 26 at the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
This is a strange about-face for the Trump administration, which spent most of its first year in power targeting DEI programs in education.
The Trump administration has a disturbing obsession with making what they probably think are cute and clever names for ICE operations.
Should President Donald Trump succeed in his attempted firing of Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, it would undermine the Fed’s independence.
Minnesota’s “Day of Truth & Freedom” protests are in response to the increasingly authoritarian tactics ICE has employed in the state.
As is usually the case, the story the Department of Homeland Security is telling about the shooting involves "criminal illegal aliens" and vehicles used as weapons.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her received DOJ subpoenas.
A federal judge previously blocked a similar Department of Homeland Security policy requiring a week’s notice for officials to visit ICE facilities.
Protestors showed up at the church of a pastor who is also an ICE field director. Things didn't go well, and Don Lemon got blamed for it all.
This administration is not just targeting immigrants. It is dismantling the infrastructure that has allowed Black institutions to survive and thrive by attacking from multiple directions at once.
2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel medal.
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In this week’s episode, Lee Merritt, Esq., explains the legality of ICE shooting Renee Good and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Few ever grapple with the true crux of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and the clarion call he and others had for jobs and justice.