Comedian and activist Amanda Seales once again proved her debate skills during an appearance on Jubilee’s Surrounded, where one expert faces off against 20 opponents in a timed discussion. In her episode, Seales squared off against 20 Black conservatives, sparking a heated debate that highlighted deep ideological divisions within the Black community. Amanda opened the […]
Kayle Bates, 67, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison near Starke, marking the 10th death penalty carried out in Florida this year. The execution, set for 6 p.m., comes after a death warrant was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis, further extending the state’s record for executions in a single year. […]
Lawyers for Payton Gendron, the gunman who carried out a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022, are seeking to have his federal charges dismissed on grounds that the jury pool was not sufficiently diverse. On August 14, Gendron’s defense team argued that Black, Latino, and male jurors were “systemically and significantly […]
Uncle Nearest, the Black-owned whiskey brand founded in 2017 and celebrated for its rapid rise in the spirits industry, is facing a high-stakes legal battle over allegations of defaulting on loans totaling $100 million. The Tennessee-based company is named after Nathan “Nearest” Green, a formerly enslaved man credited with teaching Jack Daniel how to distill […]
President Donald Trump on Monday declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., authorizing an expanded federal role in the city’s law enforcement operations. The announcement, delivered during an Aug. 11 press conference, positions the intervention as “historic action” to address crime in the nation’s capital. “We’re here for a very serious purpose,” Trump said. […]
