The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement is under scrutiny for a string of recent high-end home purchases. Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 37, has caught the attention of many after real estate website dirt.com shared that public records show Khan-Cullors recently purchased a home in Los Angeles for roughly $1.4 million.... Read More »
The DOJ is continuing its investigation into Congressman Matt Gaetz and whether he broke federal sex trafficking laws as details of the representative's interactions with women he allegedly paid to have sex with continue to emerge. After the New York Times broke the news of an alleged sexual relationship Gaetz... Read More »
Two teen girls who were responsible for the Washington D.C. carjacking that led to the death of an Uber Eats driver will reportedly agree to a “cushy” plea deal. The plea deal could mean that both girls are not held past the age of 21 and that neither will be... Read More »
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam passed a new law last week in the Commonwealth allowing healthcare workers to collect on lost wages or medical expenses because of the coronavirus. There is a catch, however. To qualify for the benefits under this new law, healthcare workers must have taken the COVID-19 vaccine.... Read More »
Nike has filed a lawsuit against MSCHF, a Brooklyn Art Collective, after the release of Lil Nas X’s “Satan Shoe” this past weekend. The rapper and MSCHF collaborated to release 666 pairs of the custom-designed Nike Air Max 97s amid the rapper's latest music video launch, Montero. The shoe pays... Read More »
Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old black man who is now paralyzed after a white police officer shot at him seven times last summer, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against the Kenosha police officer. On August 23, 2020, a call to 911 was made by a woman who had previously filed... Read More »
The Sixth Circuit Court has ruled that a professor at the Shawnee State University can not be compelled to call students by their preferred pronouns. The decision comes after professor Nicholas Meriwether had a back and forth with university officials regarding a student who was referred to only as “Doe''... Read More »
A top radio personality, Chris Hogan, of the popular personal finance radio show, The Dave Ramsey Show, has been let go from the show amid a federal lawsuit against the company. Hogan's sudden departure raises new questions about double standards in a federal lawsuit filed against the company in 2020.... Read More »
James Huntsman, the brother of Utah’s former governor, Jon Huntsman, is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on grounds that the organization used donation money to finance their for-profit ventures. Huntsman’s lawsuit explains that the LDS Corporation “dishonestly and fraudulently placed its own commercial financial interests above... Read More »
Twelve Attorneys General have called upon two of the nation's biggest tech giants, Facebook and Twitter, in a letter to address concerns over anti-vaxxer users of their platforms who are spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. In the letter drafted by Connecticut Attorney General, William Tong, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's... Read More »
The Chicago suburb of Evanston has just become the nation's first city to implement a reparations program for its Black residents. The program is the city’s first step in what it hopes to be several initiatives toward making right the city’s history of segregation and discriminatory practices. Evanston’s city council... Read More »
Fourteen states have banded together to sue the current administration because of its pause on oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands and waters. In his bid to fulfill his campaign promise of moving toward sustainable energy and away from non-renewables, President Biden halted new leases on oil and... Read More »
The Asian American community is on high alert after a year of festering anti-Asian sentiment has led to an increase in violence against the community. The discrimination which has been growing since the start of the pandemic reached a peak last week after the deadly shooting spree of three Asian... Read More »
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and several other District and City attorneys have filed a lawsuit against the nursing home chain Brookdale Senior Living. The lawsuit highlights several allegations that Brookdale violated the Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law. Brookdale Senior Living is recognized as one of the largest... Read More »
In one of the first major steps to immigration reform as promised by the Biden administration, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act in a vote of 247 to 174. The bipartisan vote had the support of 30 Republicans with just one Democrat voting against... Read More »
