Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) sharply criticized Trump-era immigration raids in Democratic-led cities, arguing they echo the tactics of antebellum “slave patrols” and fail to improve public safety. In a Sept. 14 interview with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, Crockett linked the history of American policing to slave patrols and warned that permissive federal guidance around immigration enforcement […]
NBA Hall of Famer and philanthropist Shaq has stepped in to pay for the funeral and related expenses of four young sisters who died in a house fire on August 30 in Chadbourn, North Carolina. The girls, ages 2, 4, 6, and 7, were inside the home with their father, Patrick Ellis, and their 11-year-old […]
Today, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie celebrates her 48th birthday. As a journalist who has followed her career, I can say she’s one of the most important writers of our time. Why She Matters Adichie burst onto the literary scene with Purple Hibiscus in 2003. But it was her 2013 novel Americanah that really put […]
Ego Nwodim has announced she is departing Saturday Night Live ahead of the show’s 51st season, ending a seven-season run that began in 2018. She shared the news on Sept. 12 in an Instagram post, thanking Lorne Michaels, castmates, writers and crew for “seven unforgettable seasons.” “The hardest part of a great party is knowing […]
Nearly two months after actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, his widow, Tenisha Warner, has announced two initiatives in his memory: River & Ember and the Malcolm-Jamal Warner Foundation. She shared the news in a Sept. 12 Instagram post, noting the following day would have marked the couple’s eighth wedding […]
