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Black Archaeologist Launches New Children’s Book Series That Lets Kids Step into the Past

Nationwide — Imagine a world where children don’t just read about history—they witness it firsthand. That’s the vision behind The Resurrectors, a groundbreaking new children’s book series from award-winning author and historical archaeologist Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche. Through the power of time travel, The Resurrectors transports young readers into the heart of America’s freedom struggle, letting them stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the heroes who shaped our world. Launched recently on Kickstarter, The Resurrectors invites supporters, educators, parents, and history lovers to […]

todayOctober 20, 2025

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Joy-Ann Reid blasts DHS after it fell for AI video of Black men threatening ICE and posted ‘FAFO’

Journalist and host of “The Joy Reid Show,” Joy-Ann Reid, is sounding alarm bells over a recent post from the Department of Homeland Security’s social media. DHS posted a TikTok on its X account of a group of young Black men threatening to hunt down ICE agents in exchange for a bounty. In the caption, the government agency wrote, “FAFO. If you threaten or lay hands on our enforcement officers, we will hunt you down and you will find out, […]

todayOctober 19, 2025 2

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Trump posts AI video of him dropping feces on millions of ‘No Kings’ protesters

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting him dumping what appears to be feces on protesters who marched against his administration this weekend. The video, shared on Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, was published on Saturday, the same day that millions of Americans participated in the anti-Trump “No Kings” demonstrations in several cities, including Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Boston. The video shows an AI depiction of Trump, wearing a crown, flying a fighter […]

todayOctober 19, 2025 3

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Trump says he’d be ‘OK’ with confederate statue of Robert E. Lee while previewing ‘Arch de Trump’ in DC

While previewing a proposed construction of a Paris-style arch in Washington, D.C., supposedly in his honor ahead of the United States’s 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump also gave a nod to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. On Wednesday, Trump previewed the architectural design for an arch, similarly structured as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Brooklyn, New York. Though these arches were erected to honor soldiers who fought and died in […]

todayOctober 19, 2025

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‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protests follow in the footsteps of Black resistance and organizing

Millions of Americans are expected to march on city streets across the country today for “No Kings” mass demonstrations in protest of President Donald Trump‘s administration, which has been excoriated by critics as fascist and authoritarian. The planned marches also coincide with commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the Million Man March, and are in the spirit of the nonviolent protests that helped fortify the Civil Rights Movement for Black equality. “We need to gather to remind each other that […]

todayOctober 19, 2025

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‘You are disappointing us’: Bakari Sellers fires back at Stephen A. Smith for comments on his podcast

Attorney and politician Bakari Sellers has more words for Stephen A. Smith, after Smith dedicated a part of his “Straight Shooter” podcast this week to fire back at Sellers, who called him a “charlatan.” Sellers not only doubled down on the charlatan comment, he also said he was “disappointed” in Smith for having more issues with people like Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett than right-wing politicians and pundits. “While you’re appreciating the gaze of those individuals in the White House, the […]

todayOctober 18, 2025

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Top Black US military commander steps down amid Trump’s deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea

One of the U.S. military’s top commanders is stepping down after less than a year in his new post, announcing an early retirement from the force. Admiral Alvin Holsey, who is Black, is a four-star commander who heads the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America. The U.S. Navy admiral has been in service for 37 years. Holsey did not specify why he is leaving the U.S. military; however, it comes amid reported concerns about the […]

todayOctober 18, 2025

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Hakeem Jeffries slams ‘racist’ Republicans and Trump press secretary: ‘They’re ripping the sheets off!’:

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, called out what he sees as the Republican Party’s racism and fueling of hatred and political violence. He also called out President Donald Trump‘s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, calling the spokesperson “sick” and “out of control.” After a series of controversial headlines involving the Republican Party and its proximity to racism and violence, including a young Republican group chat that called Black people monkeys and […]

todayOctober 18, 2025

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Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family members — to make donations to his campaign. He reported to Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, in southern New […]

todayOctober 17, 2025