14+ hour, 25+ min ago (469+ words) Maxwell's refusal to testify fuels renewed allegations of a Trump-era cover-up and raises fresh questions about her recent upgrade to unusually favorable prison conditions. In a move that instantly raised alarm bells across Washington and fueled long-simmering suspicions of a politically engineered cover-up, Ghislaine Maxwell has formally notified the House Oversight Committee that she will invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the congressional probe into Jeffrey Epstein and the Justice Department's handling of the case. According to the statement delivered through her lawyers late last week, Maxwell will be invoking her Fifth Amendment right if called by prosecutors, effectively collapsing lawmakers' plans to question the convicted sex trafficker about one of the most explosive scandals in modern political history. "Her lawyers have replied that she's not going to answer any questions," Comer said. "She's only going to plead…...

20+ hour, 25+ min ago (759+ words) A federal indictment accuses the Florida Democrat of exploiting a clerical error to launder disaster relief money for a 2021 election bid and personal luxury spending. A sweeping federal indictment has sent shockwaves through Florida's political landscape after U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) was indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA funds, laundering the money through a network of accounts, and using illicit contributions to bolster her 2021 congressional campaign. Last week, a Miami federal grand jury unsealed the indictment, accusing the second-term congresswoman, her brother, and two associates of orchestrating an elaborate financial scheme that siphoned disaster relief dollars intended for COVID-19 response efforts." Prosecutors allege that the group exploited a clerical error, which resulted in Cherfilus-McCormick's family-owned company, Trinity Healthcare Services, receiving a $5 million FEMA overpayment rather than the $50,000 it was owed for staffing vaccination sites. According to the indictment by…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago (375+ words) The two-part study examines how contemporary approaches to news coverage affect journalists and the communities they cover. Building on lessons and experiences from their own work over the last decade, Black Alder co-founders Chelsea Fuller and Takara Pierce shared personal reflections and insights into the groundbreaking research in a sit-down with NewsOne's Managing Editor Monique Judge." Fuller discussed how the pattern was systemic and cyclical, impacting a broad cross-section of journalists from large legacy media outlets to enterprising independent journalists. The Black Alder team took time getting to the heart of what was happening in newsrooms and the professional ecosystem overall." Since the start of the current administration, we've seen a steady stream of attacks on journalists and the media field at large. Coupled with the blatant disinformation and lies being disseminated from the highest levels of government, the stakes…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago (375+ words) The two-part study examines how contemporary approaches to news coverage affect journalists and the communities they cover. Building on lessons and experiences from their own work over the last decade, Black Alder co-founders Chelsea Fuller and Takara Pierce shared personal reflections and insights into the groundbreaking research in a sit-down with NewsOne's Managing Editor Monique Judge." Fuller discussed how the pattern was systemic and cyclical, impacting a broad cross-section of journalists from large legacy media outlets to enterprising independent journalists. The Black Alder team took time getting to the heart of what was happening in newsrooms and the professional ecosystem overall." Since the start of the current administration, we've seen a steady stream of attacks on journalists and the media field at large. Coupled with the blatant disinformation and lies being disseminated from the highest levels of government, the stakes…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago (477+ words) Morehouse student Matthew Gonzales Forestine was charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats for attacking CAU student Kayla Bryant. A Morehouse student has been placed under arrest after a video showed him engaged in a violent incident with a female Clark Atlanta University student, who says she was strangled by the man during a confrontation that also involved his girlfriend. Bryant said she was on the bus when a couple, whom she later learned was Gonzales Forestine and his girlfriend, began making out in front of her, prompting her to move. She said later, as she was getting off the shuttle bus, Gonzales Forestine stepped on her foot, then walked away, and she confronted him about it. "He steps on me, and I say, "Excuse me, can you apologize?" Bryant said. "And he didnt say anything. As Im walking off…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago (884+ words) A federal judge ruled on Monday that Lindsey Halligan's appointment was illegal, and she "had no lawful authority to present the indictment." A funny thing happens when an incompetent, mediocre white man is put in charge of the nation, and he fills his administration with equally mediocre and incompetent white people, and then uses the powers of his office to exact revenge against his political enemies, collaborating with the mediocre and incompetent white people he put in power to do so. It all just falls apart, and the mediocre, incompetent and insufferably Caucasian administration continues to embarrass itself. On Monday, a federal judge dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James'after finding that Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney appointed by President Donald Trump " the DE-White hire who had never prosecuted a case…...

17+ hour, 25+ min ago (569+ words) Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown wants to make our dollars count by only investing in businesses that invest in the community. As shopping dominates the reason for the holiday season, LaTosha Brown wants Black consumers to save 100% off with an economic protest of retailers who take us for granted. Inspired by the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Brown is launching the "We Ain't Buying It" campaign to "turn protest into power and our wallets into weapons for change." LaTosha Brown exclusively told NewsOne, "20 " 40% of retail sales happen on one weekend that starts with Black Friday. Look, Black folks, if they want to call it Black Friday, let's show them what a Black Friday really looks like." Brown's rallying call, "We Ain't Buying It," refers to divesting from harmful policies and institutions as much as the companies that…...

19+ hour, 8+ min ago (1172+ words) Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, aka H. Rap Brown, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, has died at 82. Black revolutionary Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, known as H. Rap Brown until he converted to Islam while in federal prison in the 1970s, has died at the age of 82. Born Hubert Geroid Brown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 4, 1943," Al-Amin was undoubtedly one of the pro-Black civil rights leaders of the "60s and "70s who defined the very concept of armed resistance and the outright rejection of the nonviolent approach to fighting white supremacy and anti-Black oppression. "Violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America"s culture. It is as American as cherry pie," he once famously said. In fact, according to AzatTV, in 1967, Al-Amin succeeded Stokely Carmichael, aka Kwame Ture, as "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) chairman. Carmichael, who is also an iconic Black revolutionary who didn…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago (298+ words) Viola "Mother" Ford Fletcher, one of the last living survivors of the 1921Tulsa Race Massacre, has died in Tulsa at the age of 111. In other words, the court, like other Oklahoma officials, looked the only survivors of one of the worst and most notorious race massacres in America's history right in the eye and told them they aren't owed anything for what they personally suffered in 1921. Still, Fletcher didn't live her long life as a victim; she lived as a fighter. From KTUL News 8: Despite enduring the trauma of that day, she lived a life marked by resilience, independence, and dedication to helping others. Fletcher spent much of her life working in domestic service and later devoted herself to advocacy, education, and mentorship. Fletcher's life was a testament to courage, compassion, and perseverance. She testified before Congress, shared her story with…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago (1670+ words) Fear not, Black man. Here are some tips to help you not just survive, but dominate this year's Thanksgiving day festivities. Thanksgiving is America's most hypocritical holiday, and I say that with love. It's the one day we all collectively agree to pause and "give thanks" while consuming enough sodium to personally deliver our tidings of gratitude to Jesus and simultaneously pretending like we actually enjoy the company of our extended families. It's one of the few days when, as a Black man, you're obligated to wear all of your identities at once. Dutiful son, dedicated brother, distant cousin, and maybe drunk uncle. You might walk out of your front door as the duly respected head of your household and wind up sitting at the other other adults' table at Aunt Nona's house. One thing is for certain, once you…...