President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader and Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Garvey served four years in prison until President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927, after which Garvey was deported to Jamaica. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement …
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The wildfires in Los Angeles are devastating. Forty thousand acres of natural and urban land have been scorched, more than 12,300 structures decimated, and tens of thousands of families lost their homes, pets, baby books, and most cherished possessions. The displaced are now fanning out, seeking temporary shelter with friends …
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“The deal that I first put forward last May for the Middle East has finally come to fruition… After so much pain, destruction, and loss of life, today the guns in Gaza have gone silent,” President Joe Biden said Sunday, announcing the commencement of the ceasefire in Gaza and celebrating …
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President-elect Donald Trump, who once supported banning TikTok and signed an executive order targeting its parent company, is now vowing he will issue an executive order attempting to save the social platform. But there’s a major catch: he wants the app to operate under 50 percent U.S. ownership. Apparently reacting …
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President-elect Donald Trump‘s new cryptocurrency token has made him a billionaire many times over, but concerns remain over the ethics of the scheme in light of his presidency. According to Axios, Trump’s crypto holdings reached $58 billion in worth on paper that when put together with his other assets could …
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After a black-out that lasted for about 14 hours, TikTok has been restored in the U.S. The app returned after President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday morning, writing, “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’sprohibitionstake effect, so …
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Unless the Biden administration is able to step in to block the enforcement of a federal ban, TikTok said that the app will “go dark” in the United States on Sunday. “The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide …
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With just days to go until Donald Trump returns to the White House, the president-elect’s social media accounts pitched Friday what may be the latest Trump-branded merchandise: Trump Memes, or crypto assets being advertised as “$TRUMP.” If that sounds sketchy to you, you’re not alone: Many social media users wondered …
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It is less than a week until Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., and Rolla Alaydi can barely stop crying. For more than a year, Alaydi, a Palestinian American teacher living in California, has been working nonstop with an attorney in a heartrending, uphill battle to evacuate nearly …
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As one of the first Post-9/11 veterans, I faced a stark choice from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) when I transitioned from military service to civilian life. While attending college, I could opt for the older, less generous Chapter 32 of the post-Vietnam era veterans’ Montgomery G.I. Bill, …
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