✕ Sybil Wilkes: What We Need To Know Today Sybil Wilkes returns with what we need to know, starting with a heartbreaking case out of Missouri. Prominent civil rights attorneys are standing with the family of 19-year-old Savion McConnell, an unarmed Black teenager killed by law enforcement last month. Witnesses say Savion had his hands raised in surrender when a deputy hit him with a patrol car and then fatally […]
Bill Oxford As much as we’re taught in the Black community that family should always stick together, many of us can attest to having intense arguments with siblings, cousins, in-laws and especially one or both parents. However, while it’s perfectly understood that we won’t always see eye-to-eye, the path towards overcoming any dispute is what truly tests the love amongst kinfolk. Sadly, things weren’t able to smooth over in the […]
Source: vadishzainer / Getty A white Ohio police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a video captured him kneeling on the back of a 15-year-old girl during a chaotic arrest following the Elyria Juneteenth Celebration on June 20. The incident, which occurred in downtown Elyria, has sparked community outrage and prompted an internal investigation by the Elyria Police Department. Elyria Juneteenth arrest: What happened? According to WKYC, […]
Source: Tyler Kaufman / Getty The alleged party of small government has somehow managed to politicize the post office. During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Postmaster General David Steiner said that the Postal Service would withhold mail-in ballots in states that refuse to submit voter data to the federal government. According to the New York Times, the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing was focused on a proposed rule the Postal […]
Anadolu / Hunter Biden We are very sure no one had Hunter Biden providing much-needed advice to the Democrat party on their bingo cards after incumbents suffered shocking primary defeats to Mayor Zohran Mamdani-backed DSA candidates. The internet was absolutely stunned when former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his observations about the New York City primary elections. In his post, Biden urged […]
✕ D.L. Hughley: What Does It Mean To Love America? In this Notes From The GED Section, D.L. Hughley unpacks a viral moment from scholar Eddie Glaude Jr., who said he does not love America and never has. That admission stops D.L. in his tracks, because he believes most Black people have wrestled with that same question at some point in their lives. From childhood, we are trained to recite […]
Source: Jonathan Hill / GoFundMe A Black woman who worked as a general manager at a Dollar General in Columbus, Georgia, was shot to death by a customer, who was then shot and killed himself by an officer later the same day. According to WTVM 9, 44-year-old Alexis Hill was identified by the Muscogee County Coroner’s Office as the woman who was senselessly shot by a man who came into […]
✕ D.L. Hughley and Jasmine Sanders welcomed the legend Denzel Washington for a chat that felt lmore like family talking on the porch. Here’s how it all went down. D.L. didn’t hold back on the praise, telling Denzel he’s “as great at acting as I’ve seen anybody be at anything.” The compliment came with a truth so many of us feel watching Denzel work: you believe every single role. Whether […]
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with another edition of “What We Need to Know,” the daily roundup that keeps our community informed and ready to move. From Capitol Hill to the big screen, here are the stories shaping our world right now—and why they matter to our community. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: Senate Iran Vote, World Cup Truce & $3.7B Medicare BustSybil […]
