The 100,000 people who tuned into Alexander Otaolas YouTube program to hear his thoughts immediately after Wednesdays deadly insurrection in the nations capital heard the Spanish-language, social media influencer downplay the violence and cast blame on the left. Protesting isnt illegal, said Otaola, of Miami, who emerged last year as…

By Monica Walton. 2 mins ago Exes Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama have reunited for Netflix’s animated movie “Charming”, available on the streaming platform Jan. 8. Lovato and Valderrama split in June 2016 after six years of dating. This was an incredibly difficult decision for both of us, but we…

Miya Ponsetto, the 22-year-old woman who falsely accused a 14-year-old Black boy of stealing her phone, is going viral again, this time for a heated on-air exchange with CBS host Gayle King that many called “disrespectful.” Ponsetto gave an exclusive interview to King on “CBS This Morning” about the incident…

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 12: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing … [+] before House Education and Labor Committee December 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Examining the Education Department’s Implementation of Borrower Defense.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty…

For years, prominent human rights attorney Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan has positioned herself as an advocate for Latinx communities, most recently identifying as a Puerto Rican woman from New York determined to aid the island and bring attention to the economic and humanitarian crises produced by colonization. Unbeknownst to many…

Thats rightthe white women are once again lying about their racial/ethnic identity! On Thursday, Prism published an article alleging that Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, a prominent human rights attorney, has been lying about being Latina for years. A white woman from Georgia. Bannan has publicly identified as Latina for over…

Jesse Jackson began his address at the 1988 Democratic Convention by introducing the audience to Rosa Parks. Raising her hand in the air, and smiling wide and bright, he christened her the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Those of us here think we are sitting, but we are standing…

The other Democratic Senate candidate, Rev. Raphael Warnock, was making a bet of his own. He had skated through the fall without facing many attacks as Republicans battled among themselves, but the Black preacher-turned-politician could foresee attacks painting him as a radical. In late October, two weeks before those attacks…

Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many college sports have been postponed, cut or canceled since March. The world has been confronted by a racial reckoning that came about…

DOUG MELVILLE: Diversity is like an operating system. Everyone’s brain is their hard drive, but we have a new patch update. And in this example, it’s the language of diversity, so people are comfortable speaking and communicating about it. Because that’s the big barrier is, where people can see it…