June 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) questions witnesses during a hearing on 'worldwide threats to the homeland' in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said he would issue a subpoena for acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf after he did not show for the hearing. An August Government Accountability Office report found that Wolf's appointment by the Trump Administration, which has regularly skirted the Senate confirmation process, was invalid and a violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Val Demings Enters Senate Race to Challenge Marco Rubio

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By Veronica Stracqualursi Rep. Val Demings’ Senate run provides Democrats with a prominent, nationally recognized candidate to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio, a formidable opponent, in next year’s general election. The Florida Democrat sought to highlight her resume, which includes serving as a chief prosecutor of President Donald Trump’s actions in office during his

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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, reopens to the public for the first time since 2018 at Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Arlington, Va. The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived that now overlooks Arlington National Cemetery is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterpretation that includes an increased emphasis on those who were enslaved there. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Arlington House Reopens, Highlighting History of Enslaved

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By David Williams The Virginia plantation house where Gen. Robert E. Lee lived before he abandoned it to lead the Confederate army during the Civil War has reopened after a multimillion-dollar renovation that focuses new attention on the enslaved people who lived and labored there. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, was built by

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, whose running as a Democratic mayoral candidate, appears in Flushing, Queens to open a new campaign office on June 8, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York City. In a new poll, crime has become a central issue for many New Yorkers leading to a rise in support for Adams, a retired police captain. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Adams Shows Brooklyn Apartment Amid Residency Questions

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By Gregory Krieg Does one of the front-runners to be the next mayor of New York City live in New York City — and if so, where exactly? Those were the questions Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams addressed on Wednesday as he spoke to reporters in front of the three-unit building he called “my primary

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PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 09: Coco Gauff of The United States reacts after breaking her racket during her Ladies Singles Quarter-Final match against Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic on Day Eleven of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 09, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Coco Gauff Falls to Krejcikova in French Open QFs

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By Ben Morse Coco Gauff’s dream run at the French Open came to an end on Wednesday as she lost in straight sets to Barbora Krejcikova 7-6 (8-6) 6-3. The 17-year-old was playing in her first grand slam quarterfinal, but trailing 4-0 in the second set, a frustrated Gauff smashed her racquet on the clay

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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 27: The exterior of OneUnited Bank in Boston on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

$150M Invested in Black-Owned Banks Since George Floyd

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By Chauncey Alcorn An estimated $150 million in equity capital has been invested in Black-owned banks since George Floyd was murdered last year, according to the National Bankers Association, a trade group that represents 24 of the country’s minority-owned financial institutions. Those funds have put the nation’s Black banking community in a stronger position today

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Massachusetts Student Donates $40K Scholarship to Peer

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By Anna Sturla A Massachusetts high school student made an unexpected announcement during her graduation ceremony last week when she asked that a $40,000 scholarship awarded to her be given to a student attending community college instead. “I am so very grateful for this. But I also know that I am not the one who

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HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 29: Morgan Freeman arrives at the world premiere of Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" October 29th at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre. MackenzieFoy, Morgan Freeman, Misty Copeland, Jayden Fowora Knight, Jack Whitehall and Lil Buck, as well as filmmakers Lasse Hallstrom (director), Joe Johnston (director) and Mark Gordon (producer) were in attendance. October 29th, 2018. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

Morgan Freeman Donates $1M to Launch Police Reform Center

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By Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Jamiel Lynch Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the school in order to establish a new center focused on policing. The new Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform at the University of Mississippi looks to “build relationships and share data

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FBI Names First Chief Diversity Officer to Boost Inclusion

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By Jessica Schneider The Federal Bureau of Investigation just unveiled a newly created position to tackle its decades-old diversity problem: chief diversity officer. Scott McMillion is a 23-year veteran of the FBI who is stepping into the role at a time when racial tensions have boiled over nationwide, with the FBI taking the lead in

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