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As the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, tensions are already boiling over. An altercation erupts on the convention floor between Kamala Harris’s most vocal supporter, Roland Martin, and Chicago local activist Ja’Mal Green. The feud began when Martin, a host and former CNN contributor, took to X (formerly Twitter) and his show to hurl insults at Green, labeling him “dumb” for his criticism of Harris’s latest policy announcement. Green, an independent activist, had previously taken to social media to question Harris’s $25K down payment plan for first-time homebuyers. “Does anybody want to tell me what “first generation” is...

After a week of heated protests and calls for her resignation, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and African-American leaders condemned Chicago’s police union and defended how the prosecutor’s office addressed an actor’s alleged hate crime hoax. Foxx vowed to remain at her post during a Saturday news conference, despite intense controversy sparked in March when her office dropped a 16-count indictment that accused television actor Jussie Smollett of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself to advance his career. Foxx declined to address “the substance of the case” with reporters gathered at the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition...