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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Hennessy have partnered up to launch of the Hennessy Fellows Program, a $10 million graduate scholarship initiative designed to equip the next generation of African American leaders through financial assistance, access, and real-world skill application. The Hennessy Fellows program is designed to create a diverse …

Donald Trump and his White House have made it perfectly clear that they will block any and every attempt by House Democrats to perform constitutional oversight of the executive branch. From security clearances to taxes to financial records to discussions with foreign leaders—whatever Democrats inquire about will be roundly rejected by …

Human-caused climate change was the driving force behind Hurricane Maria’s devastating and deadly precipitation, a new study finds. Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 as a super-hurricane with 155-mile-per-hour winds. The record-breaking storm caused more than $90 billion in damage, with independent fatality estimates ranging from 2,975 deaths …

Wendy Williams broke her silence on her filing for divorce from her husband of nearly 22 years, Kevin Hunter, during Monday’s episode of her morning talk show. Now, Hunter, himself, is speaking out and is fully owning up to his reported hand in the dissolving of their marriage. In a …

House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler talks with Speaker Nancy Pelosi Democrats appear to be in no mood to waste any more time waiting to see Robert Mueller’s Russia report in its entirety after Attorney General William Barr stranded them for weeks with nothing more than his own partisan assertions about the …

Gayle King, The Rock, & More Cover The 2019 TIME 100 Issue TIME Magazine dropped its coveted Most Influential People issue and a few of our faves made the cover. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Gayle King, and Nancy Pelosi all get their flowers, alongside Taylor Swift, Sandra Oh, and soccer …

Jussie Smollett has confided in a select few of his celebrity peers since his alleged hate crime scandal, and the latest public figure to open up about her conversation with the embattled actor is comedian Loni Love. During a recent episode of her panel talk show, The Real, Love said …

Campaign Action A federal judge appeared to scoff at the Trump administration’s claim that it could take up to two years to identify the potentially thousands of families that were torn apart at the southern border before the official implementation of the barbaric “zero tolerance” policy, saying during a court …

In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking dental care altogether. But when one of his wisdom teeth began to ache, he started looking for someone new. An acquaintance recommended John Roger Lund, whose practice was a convenient 10-minute …

Bill Cosby recently slammed his insurance company for settling another lawsuit filed by an accuser without his permission. In a statement posted to the imprisoned actor’s Instagram page, Cosby’s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt accused American International Group Inc. of “egregious behavior,” adding that Cosby could have proven that he was in New …