Donald Trump enters the Manhattan Criminal Court for more of his trial, on April 25, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University and Tim Bakken, United States Military Academy West Point The first week of testimony is winding down in former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York City on charges that he falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to an adult film star, in an effort to avoid reporting the payments as campaign-related spending. In a discussion that quickly shifted to topics well outside the courtroom itself, The Conver ..read more

Adobe Stock Photo The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a major stride towards reshaping the landscape of labor agreements in the United States by voting 3-2 to ban non compete agreements.  These agreements have long been criticized for their restrictive nature, preventing millions of workers from pursuing better opportunities and stifling competition in the labor market. According to the FTC, an estimated 18 percent of the U.S. workforce, roughly 30 million people, are currently bound by noncompete agreements. From fast-food workers to top executives, these agreements have limit ..read more

Representative Summer Lee (D-PA). Official photo U.S. House of Representatives. by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), who was formally targeted for defeat by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) won her primary challenge on April 23. Rep. Lee won easily over a primary candidate recruited by AIPAC, 61 percent to 31 percent. On the last weekend of the primary campaign, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned alongside Lee. Along with the NRA and Planned Parenthood, AIPAC is one of the most powerful and influential lobbying groups ..read more

Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo by Chris Greenough, Edge Hill University Rihanna’s no stranger to causing a stir. This time, she’s attracted controversy and outrage with her “dehumanizing and degrading” representation of a nun for the Spring 2024 cover of Interview magazine. This isn’t Rihanna’s first use of religious imagery in her work, either. Take her “sexy pope” outfit at the 2018 Met Gala, for example. It became an iconic look, since immortalized in a Madame Tussard’s wax work, that inspired Vogue magazine to declare “Rihanna won the Met Gala”. Like the cover image for Interview m ..read more

Someone watches as the first dump of mail-in ballot results come in at the election night party for U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel in Downtown. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)   Trump lagged in affluent suburbs while Biden lost ground in urban and lower-turnout areas.   by Charlie Wolfson, PublicSource   Voters that showed up for low-turnout primaries Tuesday determined the course of several state legislative races and propelled U.S. Rep. Summer Lee toward a second term in Congress. They also may ..read more

A student is arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd, University of New Orleans Interrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives. Calls from right-wing senators for troops to intervene in campus demonstrations. Hundreds of student and faculty arrests, with nonviolent dissenters thrown to the ground, tear-gassed and tased. We’ve been here before. In my book “Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern Ameri ..read more

Photo: (L-R) Chris Kyles, Jerome Bettis, Jemele Hill, Garlin Gilchrist II, and Hiram Jackson | Credit: Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan by Amber Ogden, Michigan Chronicle Staff Writer During the first day of the NFL Draft, a prestigious panel took place at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan: Lloyd H. Diehl Club location. The panel featured Vice President of Sports for Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan (BGCSM) Chris Kyles, NFL Hall of Famer Jerome “The Bus” Bettis, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Garlin Gilchrist II, and CEO of Real Times Media Hir ..read more

Atlanta’s music scene can be divided into two eras: B.O. (Before OutKast) and A.O. (After OutKast). On April 26, 1994, everything changed.  Before OutKast hit the music scene in the early 1990s, Atlanta was culturally a forgotten city. In hip-hop, New York was the Mecca. Los Angeles and Compton always seemed close to the crown and, arguably, held it for some years. And other cities such as Houston, Bay Area, Chicago, and Miami all made listeners pay attention to their perspectives in hip-hop. Before OutKast, Atlanta’s mu- sic scene was similar to the ballplayers who could hear the game ..read more

Studies suggest women are prone to more muscle mass loss than men. Jamie Grill via Getty Images by Roger Fielding, Tufts University This article was originally published February 3, 2021 during the height of the pandemic. Older adults are at much higher risk of death from COVID-19 than their younger counterparts, but many also face another, less recognized health risk associated with the pandemic: loss of muscle mass. This loss is one of the primary reasons for falls – the No. 1 cause of accidental death in those 65 and older. Also known as sarcopenia – from the Greek “sarco,” meaning flesh ..read more

PASSOVER “For I will PASS THROUGH the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the FIRST BORN in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I AM THE LORD. And the BLOOD shall be to you for a token upon the house where you are: and when I SEE THE BLOOD, I WILL PASSOVER YOU, and the plague shall NOT be upon you to DESTROY you, when I smite the land of Egypt.” -Exodus 12:12-13 REV. WALKER SAYS: Oh there is POWER POWER WONDROS WORKING POWER IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS. He is our PASSOVER LAMB. The post Instant Inspiration with Rev. A. Marie Walk ..read more