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āGo Backā: Kan. Restaurant Fire May Be Eyed as a Hate Crime After Xenophobic Graffiti Is Found
A fire at a Jordanian restaurant in Wichita, Kan., could now be investigated as a hate crime after graffiti was discovered in the back of the restaurant with the warning, āGo Back.ā Owners Ranya Taha and Bashar Mahanwe woke up to a phone call at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday alerting them to a two-alarm fire at…
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NYPD Officers Accused of Raping Teen Will Face Rare Department Trial Before Going to Criminal Court
Two New York City Police Department officers accused of kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old young woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., in September will face a trial before their peers before their criminal trial. The New York Daily News reports that the move is unusual, noting that NYPD internal trials typically occur after a criminal conviction has…
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The Unsinkable Nikki Giovanni Reflects on a Life of Tears and Laughter in New Collection
You donāt have to wonder where Nikki Giovanni is on a Saturday night. The iconic poet, who just released her latest collection of poems last week, is a devout Saturday Night Live fan and is especially impressed by Alec Baldwin and his Donald Trump impersonations. āHe has Trump nailed as the fool that he is,ā…
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Papa Johnās Sheds White Tears Over Lagging Pizza Sales, Blames NFL Protests
To hear Papa Johnās founder John Schnatter tell it, better suppression of First Amendment rights make for better pizza sales. Schnatter told shareholders on a conference call that NFL playersā protests over racial injustice are killing his pizza business during the games, according to the New York Daily News. He also blamed NFL Commissioner Roger…
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Black Lawmakers and Leaders Blast John Kelly for āDangerousā Civil War Comments
A number of black leaders in Congress, the media and academia have roundly criticized White House chief of staff John Kelly for his inaccurate and dangerous comments about the Civil War. In an interview given to Fox News Monday night, Kelly got on the topic of Confederate monuments. He defended Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee…
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Utah Nurse Arrested by Police for Doing Her Job Reaches $500,000 SettlementĀ
A nurse who was arrested after refusing to let a Salt Lake City cop draw blood from an unconscious patient has agreed to a $500,000 settlement. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Alex Wubbels reached the agreement with Salt Lake City and the University of Utah (Wubbels was working at the University of Utah Hospital…
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Why Some Black and Brown People Canāt Trust Bernie Sanders, in 1 Quote
There are reasons that progressive black and brown folk have had their struggles with supporting Bernie Sandersāthough no one does a better job of illustrating why than the Vermont senator and former presidential candidate himself. In an interview Monday night with Seth Meyers on Late Night, Sanders said that progressives shouldnāt pin too much of…
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Kaepernickās Attorney Believes the Quarterback Could Be Signed āin the Next 10 Daysā
Colin Kaepernickās long wait to get back in an NFL uniform may be over soon, according to his lawyer Mark Geragos. Bleacher Report was the first to report the story. āI think within the next 10 days somebody will sign him,ā Geragos said in an appearance on The Adam Carolla Show that was posted Tuesday.…
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John Kelly: āLack of Compromiseā Led to Civil War
White House chief of staff John Kelly told a Fox host Monday night that a ālack of an ability to compromiseā on slavery led America into the Civil War. Donald Trumpās chief of staff appeared Monday night on Laura Ingrahamās The Ingraham Angle and launched into a defense of the Confederacyās honor. Kelly praised Gen.…
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The Lowlights From the White Houseās āHow to Get Away With Conspiracy Against the USā Playbook
What is this sweet scent of manure wafting in the afternoon air? Ahhh, yes! The White House press briefing. And what a show of fecal spray it was today. On a day when Donald Trumpās former campaign manager Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, Manafortās right-hand man, surrendered to authorities after a federal grand jury indicted…
