Author Archives: Lakrush Hearts

The city of Chicago and its police force has been under heavy scrutiny, most especially since the release of footage showing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old LaQuan McDonald. Now, a new video of a police shooting has emerged involving another Black 17-ye  More...

A 49-year-old North Dakota man, who allegedly plotted to kidnap one of the Obama family’s dogs, was arrested in Washington, D.C., this week on a weapons charge, according to the Washington Post. The Secret Service arrested Scott D. Stockert, 49, of Di  More...

​​ Last year’s shooting of an unarmed mentally ill Black man in Atlanta has prompted prosecutors to seek an indictment against the White police officer involved in his death, The New York Times reports. Hill died in March after his encounter with   More...

Over the years, ideas of race and ethnicity have been broken down and questioned by society and popular Black celebrities, most recently Raven-Symone Lark Voorhies. This week, Symone’s View co-host made the bold decision to separate from her ancestry   More...

Bill Cosby‘s legal issues regarding a staggering amount of sexual assault allegations have been mounting for much of the past year with little in the way of commentary from his wife, Camille Cosby. According to a family source, Mrs. Cosby says that she   More...