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Joni Sledge, of Sister Sledge, Has Died at 60
Joni Sledge, founding member of the group Sister Sledge, most famous for the black family anthem âWe Are Family,â has died. She was 60 years old. Sledge was found dead in her home in Phoenix on Friday by a friend. A cause of death has not been determined. Publicist Biff Warren, who confirmed her death,…
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St. Louis Mayoral Candidate Ran Against Editorial Boardâand Surprised Everyone
A St. Louis mayoral candidate who accused the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of being part of âthe systemic racism that pervades almost every public and private institutionâ in the region placed a surprising second in Tuesdayâs Democratic primary. The candidate, Tishaura Jones, the city treasurer, also noted the lack of African Americans on the five-member Post-Dispatch…
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Md. Becomes 5th State to Challenge Trumpâs Revised Travel Ban
The âFree Stateâ of Maryland on Friday became the fifth state to join a legal challenge seeking to block the Trump administrationâs revised âMuslim banâ in court. More than two dozen lawsuits were issued against the original Jan. 27 travel ban. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said his office would formally join a suit filed…
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Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained Again at Airport on Way Back From Testifying About Earlier Detention
The namesake of one of Americaâs most beloved athletes was detained again at an airport after a meeting on Capitol Hill to talk about a previous airport detention last month. Muhammad Ali Jr., the son of Muhammad Ali, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to speak to members…
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Fox News Latino Founder Left Amid Scandal
The website Fox News Latino abruptly stopped posting original content in December without explanation. In a story Wednesday in the New York Times, Emily Steel provided one possible reason: Fox News Latino founder Francisco CortĂ©s, vice president of Fox News for the website, was terminated. A former Fox News contributor reported that CortĂ©s sexually assaulted…
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âWomen Have Skidded Down the Power Structureâ at the New York Times
âThe Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, acclaimed for his study of inkblots, might have enjoyed doing some field work at the most recent newsroom-wide meeting of The New York Times,â Liz Spayd, public editor at the Times, wrote on Saturday for its SundayReview section. âMany in the audience saw before them top editors representing a bold…
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Harvard Confronts Its Ties to Slavery; Ta-Nehisi Coates Calls for Reparations
Harvard University is the latest university to try to make amends with its slavery-tainted past. On Friday the storied university held a conference to explore the relationship between colleges and slavery, where university President Drew Faust said the school must confront its past to move forward. âHarvard was directly complicit in slavery from the collegeâs…
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Gotta Be the Shoes: NFL Combine Star John Ross Misses Out on an Island Because of Wrong Kicks
College wide receiver John Moss must be kicking himself for not wearing Adidas on Saturday after breaking Chris Johnsonâs record at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine. The German sneaker giant made a thrilling offer before the weeklong event, which pairs the top college football players performing physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches,…
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As Dirty as They Wanna Be: 7 Baltimore Cops Indicted for Acting Like âGangstersâ
Seven Baltimore police officers have been charged by federal prosecutors with a bevy of serious crimes and falsifying reports to cover them up. These cops were so rogue that the Baltimore police commissioner said they acted like old-school thugs. âThese officers are 1930s-style gangsters,â said Commissioner Kevin Davis, according to the BBC. âThey betrayed the…
