By Char Adams The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the
By Char Adams The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a
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Written By Lexx Thornton BREAKING NEWS- Campus police confirmed Thursday that Clark Atlanta University has issued a shelter-in-place order for students and faculty just before noon. It is unclear what caused the police to notify the campus community of a potential danger. This is currently a developing story. Spelman College officials sent out an emergency
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Written By Lexx Thornton BREAKING NEWS- Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot moments ago at a Utah Valley University event and has died. This is a developing story, and details of the gunshot wound are unknown. Witness claims alleged shooter yelled, “I’d do it again.” FBI and ATF agents are currently on the scene.
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Written by Lexx Thornton Charles Bernard Rangel was an American politician who was a U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. Rangel’s death was announced by the City College of New York, where after retiring from Congress in 2017 he served as Statesman-in-Residence and launched the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce
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Examining Impact of DEI Rollback on Target Revenue Trends Q1, this article shows how DEI pullbacks and boycotts drove a $680M drop in Q1 sales. Target sales have dropped drastically, more than analysts predicted in their first quarter. The company expects sales to continue to decline throughout the remainder of the year. Shoppers have been
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By Lexx Thornton On May 12, 2025, Hamas released Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier and the last known living American hostage held in Gaza. Alexander had been captured during Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and endured over 19 months of captivity. His release was facilitated by the
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By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. The pope passed away the morning after the holiest day in the Christian year, when the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate the
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By Alexandra Hutzler President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump administration, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and lawmakers who served on the House Jan. 6 Committee. “Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy,” Biden
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By Dareh Gregorian and Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Kamala Harris received President Joe Biden’s backing Sunday to take his place as the Democratic presidential nominee, an endorsement he made after announcing he is abandoning his re-election bid. Biden’s decision to bow out breaks open the nominating process — meaning Harris or any other Democrat could seek the party’s nomination. The
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By Peter Nicholas President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, bringing an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House just four months before Election Day. Biden, 81, could not reverse growing sentiment within his party that he was too frail to
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