By Alanna Vagianos 12/27/2018 01:36 pm ET Sports journalist Jemele Hill did not realize that her 2017 remarks calling President Donald Trump a white supremacist would spur such a contentious debate. “I thought I was saying water is wet. I didn’t even think it was controversial,” Hill told Dan Le Batard on
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by Adriana Candelaria EL PASO, Texas (KFOX) — A Houston congresswoman retraced the border areas in El Paso where 8-year-old Felipe Alonso Gomez was apprehended and later transported to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in Alamogordo before dying in an Alamogordo hospital. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX 18th District) toured
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By Libby Hill Dec 28, 2018 | 11:40 AM Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the best pop culture of 2018 on Friday, posting his favorite books, movies and music of the year on his official Facebook page. Sorry, television. Better luck next year. “As 2018 draws to a
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By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S., died Thursday in Texas, a family member said. He was 112. The Army veteran had been hospitalized with pneumonia but
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By Tara Law 7:59 PM EST A video of a white man demanding what his black neighbor is doing in the lobby of his own New York City apartment building has become the latest racially-charged incident to become viral online. Chika Okafor and a friend, Cassius Flemming, were caught off guard
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by Selena Hill December 22, 2018 Nicholas Buamah is a typical second grader who loves playing chess, tennis, and basketball. However, when he’s not playing sports or cheering for his favorite team, The Golden State Warriors, he’s busy autographing and selling his book. The 7-year-old Georgia native is the author
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by Kandia Johnson December 23, 2018 Although social influencers and content creators are a fairly new phenomenon, their ability to inspire an audience to take action makes them highly sought after by small businesses, mega-brands, and even Hollywood film studios. But creators should take note, with a growing demand for influencers,
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11/29/2018 03:02 pm ET By Daniel Marans The activist left suffered a major blow on Wednesday when California Rep. Barbara Lee, a progressive antiwar icon, lost her bid to lead the House Democratic Caucus. Notwithstanding Lee’s loss, though, the Congressional Progressive Caucus significantly increased its representation in Democratic leadership. New
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12/25/2018 10:46 am ET By Carly Ledbetter Barack Obama wished his followers a very happy holiday Tuesday in a sweet post on Instagram. “Enjoy the holiday season with the ones you love. Michelle and I wish you a very Merry Christmas!” he captioned the picture. The photo showed the former
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12/19/2018 03:28 pm ET By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Massachusetts Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley (D), who made history in November as the state’s first black woman elected to Congress, will soon work from the former office of another political trailblazer: Shirley Chisholm. Pressley announced Monday that her new congressional office will be the
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