Missouri’s Congresswoman Cori Bush (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Katherine Welles) Missouri Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush was disheartened by the fact that some of her colleagues confused her with murdered EMT worker Breonna Taylor during orientation. Bush, a Democrat, said she was…
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Kansas man indicted after threatening the life of Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Photo: ag.ky.gov) Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has been under the gun lately and as of Thursday, Oct. 1, his life was allegedly threatened by a total stranger. The culprit, Wesley Forrest Clay, 29, called…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp Launches COVID-19 Relief Fund
Activist and former NFL player Colin Kaepernick has continually used his platform to spread awareness about the injustices experienced by communities of color and he is pushing his efforts further amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to CNN, Kaepernick has donated…
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EBONY Foundation Partners with Black Church to Call on Trump to Grant Clemency for Kwame Kilpatrick
The EBONY Foundation has partnered with numerous notable African- American pastors and other community leaders around the country to call on President Trump to grant clemency to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick who is currently serving a 28-year sentence. The…
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Memphis pastor calls MLK Day ‘a sham’
Pastor Earle Fisher, Ph.D., of Abyssinian Baptist Churc in Memphis. (Image source: Twitter – @Pastor_Earle) A minister from the city where Martin Luther King Jr.’s life ended declared that the national holiday honoring the civil rights hero has degenerated into…
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