Celebrity Life
The âVindicatingâ Exoneration of 2 Men Convicted of Malcolm Xâs Murder
On Nov. 18, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islamâconvicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm Xâwere exonerated after serving more than 20 years in prison. When I saw the news I thought, wow, this is significant. To get to this point of reexamination; to exonerate these two menâone posthumously because he is no longer with usâŚ
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty of All Charges
Jurors accepted the defense argument that Rittenhouse fired in self-defense when he shot dead two men and wounded a third during a protest in Kenosha
The Day I Passed for White
As a light-skinned Black woman, I have purposefully passed for white only once in my life. Which is not to say I havenât passed unintentionally many timesâespecially as a young adult, away from home for the first time. When white folks around me vented their subterranean racism (âBlack kids only get into college because ofâŚ
The Story of the Jonestown Massacre Is About Much More Than Jim Jones. Weâve Been Fighting to Tell It for Decades
Forty-three years ago, on November 18, 1978, 918 Americans died in a remote jungle in Guyana, South America. One was a U.S. Congressman, three were journalists and 914 were residents of the Peoples Temple agricultural mission known as Jonestown. About 80 members of Peoples Temple who were living in Guyana survived that day. Hundreds ofâŚ
In the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, Self-Defense Takes Center Stage
Prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the violence that led to two deaths; the defense says he was only trying to defend himself
How a Powhatan Tribal Chief Became One of Colonial Americaâs Greatest Military Leaders
During the late sixteenth century, a great American Indian chiefdom arose along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Named Tsenacommacah (densely inhabited land) by the peoples who lived along the rivers and shores of the Chesapeake Bay, the chiefdom stretched from the James River in the south to the Potomac River in the north andâŚ
The Unusual Way the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Jury Was Selected
(KENOSHA, Wis.) â Kyle Rittenhouse played a direct role Tuesday in deciding, albeit randomly, who will be the final 12 jurors that will decide his innocence or guilt in the murder trial over his killing two protesters and injuring a third last summer. At the direction of Circuit Judge Bruce Schroder, Rittenhouseâs attorney placed slipsâŚ
âWeâre Preparing For a Long Battle.â Librarians Grapple With Conservativesâ Latest Efforts to Ban Books
On Nov. 8, two members of a Virginia school board called for a book burning. During a board meeting that evening, the Spotsylvania County Public School Board unanimously ordered its school libraries to begin removing âsexually explicitâ books, after a concerned parent raised concerns about titles available via a library app. As the Free Lance-StarâŚ
Alex Jones Loses Defamation Suit Brought by Families of Sandy Hook Shooting Victims
The ruling was the fourth time that Alex Jones, who has claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, has been found guilty of defamation
Defense Attorney: âWe Donât Want Any More Black Pastorsâ in Court for Trial Over Death of Ahmaud Arbery
(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) â An attorney for one of the white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told the judge Thursday he doesnât want âany more Black pastorsâ in the courtroom after the Rev. Al Sharpton sat with the slain manâs family. Kevin Gough represents William âRoddieâ Bryan, who along with father andâŚ
How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World
In human years, Ryan Kaji is 10. In YouTube views, heâs 48,597,844,873. If, in our digital age, a personâs life can be measured by their online footprint, Ryanâs is the size of a brachiosaurâs, which, as a lot of Ryanâs fans know, is gargantuan. Another way of putting it is that even if every oneâŚ
A Record Number of Women Are Enrolled in Top Business Schools, But Men Still Dominate MBA Programs
A new report from the FortĂŠ Foundation, which is working to achieve gender equity in top MBA programs, says the 41% figure for women in business schools is the highest ever