Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he plans to move forward with a lawsuit against Louisiana’s agency overseeing child welfare over years-old allegations that Black children were sexually abused while in the state’s custody. Crump, who represents a woman claiming that she and her sibling were raped by “wealthy white men” when they were underaged, held a press conference to announce the lawsuit on Monday morning in Baton Rouge.
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Alarmingly, the poll released by the National Parents Union found that 59 percent of parents are very or extremely concerned about how schools are teaching race and diversity.
New York State Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James‘ decision to end her brief gubernatorial campaign has derailed the prospects of her becoming the first Black woman governor in American history next year. But, on the flip side, the move also effectively puts Donald Trump and the Trump Organization on heightened notice that the Empire State’s top law enforcement official has apparently renewed her resolve to bring about their demise.
The Alabama quarterback became the fifth sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s most outstanding player award.
Health officials in the United Kingdom reported that infection rates due to the Omicron variant had doubled every two to three days. Reportedly, the variant accounts for 40 percent of all COVID cases in London.
Nearly 55 years ago, when actress Nichelle Nichols graced the screen as Lt. Nyota Uhura on the television series “Star Trek,” it illustrated the importance of representation. The 88-year-old trailblazer was recently honored by NASA for driving diversity in STEM forward, People reported.
Mr. Darryl Howard was pronounced a free man last year after federal judges determined that he was sentenced for offenses he didn’t commit. The Black man’s conviction was vacated several years ago. He’s now receiving some lump sum after the jury awarded him a whopping $6 million in damages.
With all the country’s pro-blems, Peggy Noonan seems to think fixating on Vice President Kamala Harris is what the country needs most right now. In her latest column for the Wall Street Journal, Noonan again focuses on the vice president claiming she’s not taking things “serious” enough.
During a recent press conference at the U.S. Capitol, the QAnglo-Saxon legislator with the huge head despite her tiny brain stood beside Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona), Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)—pretty much the Republican Legion of Doom—and claimed that “alleged” participants in the Caucasi-D-Day Capitol riot on Jan. 6 who have been jailed after being accused of some of the most serious crimes of the event…are being discriminated against because of what they believe in and “because of the color of their skin.”
A grand jury has ruled that a Virginia Beach Police Officer who shot Donovan Lynch on March 26 will not face charges.