Adrian Kraus / Associated Press Support for Black Lives Matter (BLM), the movement that alleges âsystemic racismâ in policing in the United States (and in general), soared after the death of George Floyd but has fallen back to levels last seen in 2019, the New York Times reports. According to an essay by academics Jennifer Chudy and…
Rep. Donalds Rips Journalist Calling Him âThe Other Black Republicanâ
May 15, 2021 by
Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds snapped back at Salon journalist Sophia Tesfaye for calling him âthe other black republicanâ on Friday. Donalds slammed Tesfayeâs comments about Republican Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, who had written a letter to the Department of Education about critical race theory and how it might violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act.…
âShe Speaks For White Liberalsâ: Black Leaders, Entrepreneurs Slam Stacey Abrams Over Georgia Boycott
May 12, 2021 by
A coalition of black community leaders and business owners called out former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams during a press conference Tuesday for promoting misinformation about Georgiaâs election law that led to boycotts of the state. The press conference, hosted by the Black Americans for a Better Future Education Fund and the Georgia Black Republican…
Oregon Black Parent Union Offers âBlack Student Graduation Ceremonyâ
May 12, 2021 by
The Beaverton Black Parent Union (BBPU) in Beaverton, Oregon, in conjunction with the Black Student Union, is offering a âBlack Student Graduation Ceremonyâ at the end of June, separate from the school districtâs high school graduation. According to an email sent to parents of the district and obtained by the Daily Wire, BBPU said the…
Michelle Obama: I ‘Fear’ My Daughters Will Be Treated Differently Because They’re Black
May 10, 2021 by
During an interview that aired Monday on CBSâs âThis Morning,â former first lady Michelle Obama voiced her concern for her daughters as they grow up and enter the world. Host Gayle King noted that Malia Obama, 22, is graduating college. Obama said she is âexcitedâ to see Malia enter the next chapter of life, but…
Pelosi Tweets Wrong Photo Of Black Baseball Player In Failed Attempt To Wish Willie Mays Happy Birthday
May 8, 2021 by
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted a happy birthday message to Hall of Fame baseball player Willie Mays for his 90th birthday on Thursday. âHappy 90th Birthday to an all-American icon, Willie Mays. A trailblazing, record-breaking baseball player, civil rights leader, and champion for youth sports and well-being, Willie Mays is a civic legend and national…
Cori Bush: Black Lives Matter Protests Occur Because America Is ‘Racist AF’
May 4, 2021 by
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) said Sunday that America is âracist AFâ which is why âa national movementâ was kickstarted âto save Black lives.â âOur communities wouldnât have needed to spark a national movement to save Black lives if America werenât racist AF,â Bush wrote online, just two days after she praised a âhistoricâ vote to…
Los Angeles County Supervisor: U.S. Should ‘Make Amends,’ Return Land to Black Families
April 25, 2021 by
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Friday that it is time for the U.S. to âmake amendsâ with black families in America by returning land their ancestors owned which was taken from them. Hahn, who recently announced this month that she would give back land black owners lost through eminent domain to their descendants,…
Protests, Looting Break Out in Minneapolis After Police Shoot Fleeing Black Man
April 13, 2021 by
Violence and looting broke out once again in Minneapolis following the shooting of a black man fleeing police. Local reports indicate widespread unrest as protesters destroyed several stores. Looters in Minneapolis targeted a Walmart and surrounding businesses as protesters took to the streets following the shooting death of 20-year-old Duante Wright on Sunday, the Minneapolis…
Report: Marxist Black Lives Matter Co-founder Bought Four Homes since 2016
April 12, 2021 by
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement and a âtrained Marxist,â is reported to have bought four homes over the past several years, as her activist profile grew and protests raged around the country. Last week, real estate website Dirt.com reported that the â37-year-old social justice visionaryâ Khan-Cullors had bought…
Kemp: MLB Moving All-Star Game from 51% Black Atlanta to Much Whiter Denver
April 7, 2021 by
On Tuesdayâs broadcast of the Fox Business Networkâs âKudlow,â Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said that Major League Baseball is moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta, which has a population that is 51% black, to Denver, where itâs much lower. Kemp said, â[T]his action is screwing the little guy. The people that would have profited…
Maia Chaka Becomes NFL’s First Black Female Official
March 23, 2021 by
The National Football League (NFL) has announced the hire of the leagueâs first black female official. Maia Chaka, who has a background officiating in the PAC-12, XFL, and the NFLâs preseason officials development program, has now become the second female and first black female official in league history. âIâve just been grinding for so long at this,…
Evanston, Illinois, Approves Nation’s First ‘Reparations’ for Black Residents
March 23, 2021 by
Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP / Getty The liberal Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, officially approved the first spending for âreparationsâ for black residents on Monday evening. It is the nationâs first reparations program, following an 8-1 vote by local aldermen in November 2019. As Breitbart News noted at the time, the City of Evanston planned…
Sheila Jackson Lee: Republicans Engaged in ‘War on Black People’ Voting
March 3, 2021 by
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said Tuesday on CNNâs âTonightâ that the Republican Party was engaged in âa war on black people as it relates to voting.â Anchor Don Lemon said, âThe Supreme Court is hearing arguments today that could weaken voting rights in Arizona. Major push nationwide to make it harder for people to…
Gillibrand: White Capitol Rioters Exposed ‘Institutional Racism’ in Policing, Black Protesters ‘Would Have Been Shot’
February 26, 2021 by
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said Thursday on Fox News Channelâs âYour World with Neil Cavutoâ that the way white rioters that breached the U.S. Capitol were treated by law enforcement on Wednesday exposed âinstitutional racismâ in law enforcement. Gillibrand said, âOne of my other concerns, Neil, is that we did not prepare for this riot in…
Black Lives Matter Movement Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
January 31, 2021 by
The Black Lives Matter movement, which fueled several violent protests across America last year, has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize. The nomination was made by Petter Eide, a member of Norwayâs parliament who considered the effort to be âa very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice,â and brushed off questions regarding violent protests…
AOC: Lincoln Project Should Take the ‘L’ and Donate Their Fundraising to Black Organizers
January 12, 2021 by
Despite Lincoln Project Never Trumpersâ efforts to join together with Democrats against President Donald Trump, the friendship may be on shaky footing. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday called on the anti-Trump Lincoln Project to âtake the Lâ and hand over their millions in fundraising to black organizers. âItâs not too late for them to…
Black Pastors Condemn Rev. Warnockâs âGrave Errors Of Judgmentâ For Calling Himself A âPro-Choice Pastorâ
December 14, 2020 by
A group of pastors condemned Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnockâs statement that he is a âpro-choice pastor,â saying that Warnockâs comment shows âgrave errors of judgement,â in a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. A coalition of Black Christian ministers sent a letter Friday entreating Warnock, a reverend headed into a January runoff…
âReminiscent Of Cross Burningsâ: Pastor Responds After Proud Boys Burn Historic Black Churchâs BLM Banner
December 14, 2020 by
December 13, 2020 6:11 PM ET Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills responded Sunday after a group of Proud Boys and Trump supporters burned a Black Lives Matter banner stolen from his church. A pro-Trump protest ended in violence and vandalism Saturday as multiple stab wounds were reported and at least two churches were stripped of…
FACT CHECK: Was A Man In A Bear Costume Arrested For Tearing Up Black Friday Shoppersâ Tents?
November 27, 2020 by
An image shared on Facebook claims to show a man wearing a polar bear costume being arrested for tearing Black Friday shoppersâ tents apart. Verdict: False The image of the costumed man being arrested is actually from a 2014 climate protest in New York City. The claim appears to have originated on a satire website.…
Black Lives Matter Chicago founder says looting steps on message; condemns mayor Lightfoot’s inaction
August 12, 2020 by
EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter Chicago co-founder Aislinn Pulley says the recent looting in Chicago undercuts the message the organization is trying to convey, while faulting Mayor Lori Lightfoot for slow-pedaling reforms in the city’s police department.While not outwardly dismissing the looting and property damage, Pulley acknowledged it doesn’t help address the problem of police brutality.âI think…
In His First Day On The Job, Kavanaugh Hired As Many Black Law Clerks As RBG Has In Her Entire Tenure.
October 8, 2018 by
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has hired a black law clerk for his new chambers at the U.S. Supreme Court, matching Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgâs record of African-American clerkship hiring during her tenure on the nationâs highest judicial tribunal. With his first clerkship hires, Kavanaugh also set a gender composition record, an apparent attempt to buck the […]
Soros Money Behind âBlack Political Powerâ Outfit Supporting Andrew Gillum in Florida.
September 21, 2018 by
NEW YORK â Billionaire George Soros is a financial contributor to The Collective, a little-known but increasingly influential political organization that says it is seeking to build a âblack political powerâ movement in the U.S., Federal Election Commission records show. The Collective was one of the primary donors central to funding Andrew Gillumâs recent meteoric […]
Jeff Sessions: âListen To The ACLU, Antifa, Black Lives Matterâ If You Want More Chicago Shootings.
September 20, 2018 by
Attorney General Jeff Sessions drew a parallel between a recent increase in Chicago violence and groups like the ACLU, Antifa, and Black Lives Matter. During remarks at the Valor Survive and Thrive Conference in Waukegan, IL on Wednesday, Sessions quoted a study by University of Utah researchers that showed a link between the decline of […]
Poll: Donald Trumpâs Black Approval Rating Almost Double That of Last Year.
August 16, 2018 by
President Donald Trumpâs approval among black voters has almost doubled in the space of a year, the latest presidential polling from Rasmussen Reports has found. According to Rasmussenâs Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, Trumpâs approval rating among black voters stands at 36 percent, compared with just 19 percent on the same day last year. The significant rise […]
Candace Owens: âThere Will Be A Major Black Exit From The Democratic Party⊠We Are Realizing That The Democratic Party Was Always Racistâ
August 8, 2018 by
Goobye Welcome to Maxine Watersâ America. As the world knows, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and communications director Candace Owens were accosted by an Antifa group who materialized at a Philadelphia cafĂ© where they were having breakfast on Monday morning. The astonishing video shows that the groupâs behavior very definitely violated Pennsylvaniaâs harassment laws […]
Black Conservative Activist Stands With Judge Jeanine In Viral Video â âNo Group In America More Bigoted Than Leftistsâ
July 22, 2018 by
Teenage black conservative activist CJ Pearson came to Judge Jeanine Pirroâs defense in a viral video posted to his Twitter account Friday. â@JudgeJeanine, America stands with you,â he wrote above the video. âIf youâre a black and conservative, they call you an Uncle Tom. If youâre female and conservative, youâre called things that Iâm not […]
Education, Military Service, Marriage Among Drivers of Black Menâs Success
June 27, 2018 by
Participation in institutions such as the U.S. military, churches, and marriage are all strongly related to black men’s chances of reaching the middle class, according to a new report released Tuesday by the American Enterprise Institute. “Black Men Making It in America: The Engines of Economic Success for Black Men in America” explores the effects […]
Trump uses NRA speech to thank Kanye for doubling black poll numbers, praise gun rights organization.
May 5, 2018 by
President Donald Trump sang the praises of rapper Kanye West during a speech at the National Rifle Associationâs annual convention on Friday and said that the gun organization âloves this country.â What happened? Speaking at the NRAâs annual convention in Dallas, Trump celebrated West, who has been outspoken in his appreciation for the president. Special: The […]
Black, Hispanic unemployment rates hit record lows in April.
May 4, 2018 by
The unemployment rate for black workers hit the lowest on record in April, according to the latest jobs figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. The unemployment rate for black workers dropped to 6.6 percent, beating the previous record low of 6.8 percent set in December. The jobless rate for Hispanics fell to […]