According to reports, San Francisco lawmaker Shamann Walton has proposed the CAREN Act, otherwise known as the Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act, to make false, racist 911 calls illegal. The bill is an obvious reference to the “Karens,” the term used to describe white women who target people of color, primarily Black people, with
President Donald Trump had a letter sent to the United Nations, officially withdrawing the country from the World Health Organization. Trump threatened to withdraw back in April but a U.N. spokesperson confirmed the formal withdrawal request in an email to reporters on Tuesday. The move has left many legal scholars and analysts questioning whether the president has
Lemon asked Crews about his tweet, asking him why he felt like he will “die on this hill” as he described. Crews criticized BLM leaders and said: “There are some very militant type forces in Black Lives Matter and what I was issuing was a warning. I’ve been a part of different groups and you
The massive rise of social media app TikTok has found many taking to the app. However, the government hasn’t really been rocking with the app, as it was recently revealed that a ban might be put in place on the popular app. While on Fox News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about the possibility
A video coming out of the Bay Area has gone viral, capturing a racist rant by a San Francisco tech CEO aimed at an Asian family at a local restaurant. Raymond Orosa and his family were having dinner at Lucia  “just celebrating, having fun,” when he says he heard incendiary language coming from the next
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms took to Twitter on Monday to reveal that she has tested positive for COVID-19. “COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive,” she tweeted. Bottoms has gained national prominence with her response to the civil unrest in her city in wake of the George
Armed Black Panthers gathered at Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta to call for the park’s massive Confederate carving to be removed. The sculpture features Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson carved into a granite mountainside and is the largest Confederate monument in history. The site has long been
Many protesters have been pushing for monuments in various cities to be removed, mainly because they are tied to racist figures who dealt with the slave trade of Africans in many countries. Now, the chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is pushing for the removal of Mount Rushmore, saying the monument is carved out
Workers in Richmond, VA removed the statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson before a raucous crowd of protesters after weeks of sustained demonstrations and on the heels of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ordering the removal of Confederate monuments across the state. The workers spent several hours detaching the imposing statue from its base. The mayor of
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan addressed the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic and other critical subjects. Minister Farrakhan’s message, “The Criterion” was delivered on Independence Day, which also marks the 90th anniversary of the existence of the Nation of Islam in America.
