NewsOne Featured Video Source: Sean Pavone / Getty “It never ends,” began Nsombi Lambright-Haynes during an exclusive discussion with NewsOne about Mississippi’s Goon Squad members, Brett McAlpin, who filed a notice of appeal this week despite having plead guilty to torturing two Black men, his attorney Aafram Sellers reported. Lambright-Haynes is the executive director of […]
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Sen. Tim Scott Compares ‘Prejudiced’ Donald Trump Trial To Anti-Black Injustice In The Court System
NewsOne Featured Video Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) cheers on Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during an election night watch party at the State Fairgrounds on February 24, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. | Source: Win McNamee / Getty The only reason many people know the name Sen. Tim Scott is that […]
Read MoreDear Mississippi, Why Is Confederate Heritage Month Still a Thing?
But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]
Read MoreThe Shocking April Holiday That Mississippi Is Still Celebrating
But none of this should be news to Trump, who so far has been hit with two other gag orders in his prior legal trials. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron silenced the former president after he ushered a wealth of far-right venom onto Engoron’s chief law clerk. Trump was later fined $15,000 for violating the […]
Read MoreGrowing our donated organ supply
For those in need of one, an organ transplant is a matter of life and death. Every year, the medical procedure gives thousands of people with advanced or end-stage diseases extended life. This “second chance” is heavily dependent on the availability, compatibility, and proximity of a precious resource that can’t be simply bought, grown, or […]
Read MoreAn Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue
In recent years, research from political scientists showing some disturbing patterns of opinion among rural voters, especially rural whites, has begun to accumulate. But there is a clear discomfort with the implications of that research, even among some of these researchers. For instance, consider this quote: “Clearly, though, even when we account for composition effects […]
Read MoreExonerated! Wrongly Convicted Black Folks Whose Names Have Been Cleared
UPDATED: 12:30 p.m. ET, April 9, 2024 It’s a tragic story told time and time again: Black people convicted of crimes they never actually committed. After spending more than a decade in prison for Murder, Anthony Robinson was exonerated Monday after medical records proved he was physically incapable of being the shooter. According to CBS […]
Read MoreWTF?! Billy Dee Williams Is About to Piss Every Black Actor Off With These Blackface Comments
Billy Dee Williams, 87, has been giving outspoken interviews left and right since the release of his memoir, “What Have We Here?: Portraits of A Life,” in February. But his latest comments about the use of blackface in acting might get him into a whole lot of trouble with Black Hollywood. We Asked ‘Star Wars’ […]
Read MoreWTF?! Billy Dee Williams Is About to Piss Everyone Off With These Blackface Comments
Billy Dee Williams, 87, has been giving outspoken interviews left and right since the release of his memoir, “What Have We Here?: Portraits of A Life,” in February. But his latest comments about the use of blackface in acting might get him into a whole lot of trouble with Black Hollywood. We Asked ‘Star Wars’ […]
Read MoreThe Influence Racism Has On Public Opinion Toward DEI Programs
NewsOne Featured Video New College of Florida’s board of trustees, including conservative activist Christopher Rufo, on the screen, lower right, at a Feb. 28, 2023, meeting at which they voted to abolish the office that handles diversity, equity and inclusion programs. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Douglas Rice, UMass […]
Read MoreYou Won’t Believe Trump’s Outrageous Second-Term Civil-Rights Plans
During the hearings, the key witness against Willis crumbled on the stand, admitting he didn’t know when Willis and Wade began dating, how their relationship began, or even what trips they took together. But the most important thing to remember, Willis has stressed, is that Trump and his co-defendants are currently on trial for “trying […]
Read MoreTrump Wants to Strengthen Anti-Racism Protections … for White People
During the hearings, the key witness against Willis crumbled on the stand, admitting he didn’t know when Willis and Wade began dating, how their relationship began, or even what trips they took together. But the most important thing to remember, Willis has stressed, is that Trump and his co-defendants are currently on trial for “trying […]
Read MoreThe Insanely Racist Conspiracy Theory on Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse
But in a bizarre rant on his social media platform last week, the GOP presidential pick admitted that he actually has half a billion dollars in cash, which he decided would be better used to fund his presidential campaign than pay back the state of New York for defrauding its taxpayers, banks, and businesses. “THROUGH […]
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