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Scarlett Johnson, a right-wing school board candidate in suburban Milwaukee, was shamed into deleting her Twitter account after racist and homophobic tweets -- including one that downplayed and mocked "the threat of white supremacy" -- were revealed.

A freshman at Howard University took to her social media to address issues that plagued the students at the historically black college.

Shantel Arnold said she was attacked by three local boys in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, but that her most serious injuries weren't caused until a sheriff's deputy arrived, grabbed her by her hair and repeatedly slammed her head into the pavement.

Ross Wilburn, the first Black chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, received such violent and threatening hate from Trump cultists after penning an op-ed he had to beef up security for himself and his staff.

Wednesday's vote is simply about whether the Senate will debate the recently introduced voting rights legislation. Republicans previously filibustered similar attempts to discuss the For the People Act.  

Those eight selected thus far allegedly were among the few who hadn’t had hardened opinions on the case, but two of the eight selected said they knew the defendants

This incident could've gone really wrong with the heavy police presence and a senior law enforcement veteran alleging his life was in danger. From news reports, Troyer lied and said Altheimer repeatedly threatened to kill him but later retracted his claim to an officer on the scene. 

The 'Black Panther' franchise recently lost another prominent cast member following reports that 95-year-old "Merchant Tribe Elder" actress Dorothy Steel has passed away.

Joining Howard students Tuesday afternoon in a show of solidarity, D.C. Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George put the battle over housing conditions in the context of the greater issues for Black people across the District. George talked about the gentrification across the city but particularly around Howard, and the impact on the students.  

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that investigators from the Atlanta Police Department were on their way to Salt Lake City to provide a private lab with DNA evidence from the missing and murderer children from the “Atlanta Child Murders” case.

Colin Powell's death from complications of COVID-19 draws attention to the disproportionate effect multiple myeloma -- the blood cancer he was battling before dying -- has on Black people. Here's what you need to know about the "silent killer in the Black community."

In a viral video posted to TikTok and Twitter, a "Karen" with a microphone can be seen arguing with a flight attendant and other passengers as she explains that the "pandemic started all because humans had lost a little bit of faith."