News From A Colorful Perspective
The judge overseeing the bankruptcy case for opioid-maker Purdue Pharma issued an order late Wednesday that will make sure the company and its ruling family, the Sacklers, continue paying employees, former employees and retirees. (No members of the Sackler family are employees.) The company estimates it will pay about $26 million in…
Alan Maloney, the racist wrestling referee who cut a young Black wrestler’s locs before a match, has been suspended from refereeing matches for two years. On Wednesday, the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJIAA) and The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (NJDCR) announced the “punishment” rendered upon Maloney via…
Pennsylvania Senator Michael Folmer was allowed to resign on Wednesday after being accused by police of having child pornography on his phone. Investigators found child pornography on Folmer’s phone while executing a search warrant at his Lebanon, Pennsylvania home, according to CNN. Law enforcement started investigating him after a tip…
A legal battle of epic proportions is brewing in California as it’s come to light that the Trump administration plans to revoke California’s long-standing right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars and light trucks, the Washington Post reported. It’s part of the president’s larger plans to undermine Obama-era…
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski does not think that being honest is necessary and admitted lying before about his exchanges with President Donald Trump. On Tuesday during a testimony in Congress, Lewandowski acknowledged that “perhaps I was inaccurate” during a February interview on MSNBC. In that interview, Lewandowski said that he…
Streetwear brand Bstroy is getting heat from school shooting survivors and gun control advocates to stop producing a line of clothes featuring sweatshirts with names of schools that have had mass shootings–complete with bullet holes.= The sweatshirts reference shootings at Columbine High School, where 13 people were killed in 1999; Virginia Tech,…
When it comes to New York City, Blackness and Harlem are synonymous. In 1968, Martin Luther King’s assassination spawned the meeting of 13 Black leaders in Harlem. The meeting discussed how the Black community needed to heal in light of the death of one of our greatest leaders. From that…
Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins reportedly devised a plan to assassinate a former deputy who possessed damaging recordings of the sheriff making racist and offensive comments. On Monday, Wilkins was indicted on felony justice obstruction charges after a 10-month investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation as well…
Kyle R. Canning, a judge in the rural upstate town of Altona, New York has resigned after posting an image of a noose on his Facebook page with the text, “IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE EVIL PEOPLE FEAR PUNISHMENT AGAIN.” In January…
Human rights and religious freedom are at odds in another court case. In a narrow Sept. 16 vote, the Arizona Supreme Court allowed for an exemption of Phoenix’s human rights ordinance that will allow wedding businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples. The 4–3 vote in Brush & Nib v….
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