Author: Cheyanne M. Daniels

Biden grapples with concerns over young Black voter support

The Biden administration is looking to ramp up support among young Black voters as polls show his approval rating with the demographic slipping ahead of 2024. Earlier this month, a poll by The Highland Project found that 69 percent of millennial and Gen Z Black women are dissatisfied with the direction the country is going. Another…

9 Memphis deputies charged in death of man beaten in jail

Nine Memphis corrections deputies have been indicted in the death of a Black man who died after he was beaten while in custody.  Gershun Freeman, 33, was punched, kicked and had jailers kneel on his back during an incident last October, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said at a news conference Wednesday. Freeman suffered from psychosis and cardiovascular…

Ramaswamy sparks furor with comments on race

Vivek Ramaswamy has sparked a firestorm of criticism since launching his 2024 presidential campaign for comments that some have called racially charged. Recently, the 38-year-old entrepreneur faced backlash for comparing Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Black Democrat representing Massachusetts, to “modern grand wizards” of the Ku Klux Klan. He has said that the U.S. education system…

Federal grand jury indicts Memphis officers in deadly beating of Tyre Nichols

A federal grand jury has indicted the five former Memphis police officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols. The men — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith — have been indicted on four different counts, including deprivation of rights, conspiracy to witness-tamper and obstruction of justice. Nichols was…