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The National Basketball Players Association is donating $360,000 to revitalize Harlem’s historic Rucker Park.

A fountain of some of the fakest conservative outrage has been overflowing on social media with unjustified criticism after Vice President Kamala Harris had the audacity to, gasp, offer some kind words to the American people ahead of Memorial Day.

Ben Carson, who once spent more than $31,000 on a dining room set for his HUD office, had the audacity to judge President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget.

Including previously introduced proposals such as investments in infrastructure, jobs, childcare and early childhood education, the new Biden budget seeks to reposition Americans socially and economically.

All but six Republicans voted against advancing a bill that would create an independent commission to study the U.S. Capitol attack, using the procedural mechanism known as the filibuster to end the bill's discussion.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network has shaken up its leadership as Patrisse Cullors steps down in an unexpected move amid heightened scrutiny over the organization's finances in recent months.

Just days ahead of a widely promoted commemorative event surrounding the Tulsa Race Massacre's 100-year anniversary, the Tulsa Race Commission announced the cancellation of its "Rise and Remember” centennial celebration.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his office filed felony charges against the officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was ruled a homicide.

Bill Cosby's petition for parole was denied, a result that his spokesperson said was expected because the disgraced comedian refuses to admit guilt for the sex crime has convicted of.

Sutherland's family attended a demonstration on Wednesday, calling for the arrest of the North Charleston detention center deputies who were fired over his January in-custody death. The demonstration followed a $10M settlement unanimously approved by Charleston city council members.

In the year that changed everything, Amy Cooper, aka, "Central Park Karen" just proved that she learned absolutely nothing.

Jean-Pierre became the second Black woman to lead a White House press briefing on Wednesday, following Judy Smith in 1991.