Shirley Raines, the founder of the nonprofit Beauty 2 The Streetz and a prominent advocate for people experiencing homelessness, has died at age 58, her organization and family confirmed this week. Authorities in Henderson, Nevada, found Raines unresponsive at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, after her youngest daughter requested a welfare check when she could not reach her. An official cause of death has not yet been released.
Raines — widely known online as “Ms. Shirley” for her viral social media outreach — built a large following by documenting her humanitarian work, which included distributing meals, hygiene supplies and beauty services to unhoused communities in Los Angeles and Nevada. Her nonprofit mission drew millions of followers across platforms such as TikTok and Instagram and earned her national recognition, including a CNN Hero of the Year award in 2021 and other honors.
Family members said they do not currently suspect foul play, and an autopsy has been ordered to determine the medical cause of death. Raines’s nonprofit and supporters have shared tributes online, highlighting her long record of service to vulnerable populations.
Raines is survived by her six children and her twin sister, who has described her passing as a profound loss to family and the communities she served.
As for CNN, the liberal network continues to prove it’s not a reliable source of information and news, especially in the Trump era.
Social media users, for instance, recently rediscovered an Obama-era CNN segment about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they say shows how the agency was covered differently before Donald Trump became president.
On May 31, 2016, CNN aired a segment with reporter Pamela Brown embedded with a team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Chicago as they arrested undocumented criminals.
“Just before the sun rises in the Windy City, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fan out across Chicago to arrest criminals in the U.S. illegally. CNN was granted exclusive access to witness some of those raids,” Brown told viewers to kick off the segment, titled, “A day with ICE in the ‘Sanctuary City’ of Chicago.”
An ICE agent is then heard telling colleagues they had “three targets” in areas that are a “little sketchy,” as Brown noted that the operation began at 3 a.m. in order to catch the targets before they go to work. An ICE agent said that his adrenalin and blood pressure go up when “you’re getting ready to do something like this.”
CNN viewers were then told that ICE agents need to be as covert as possible when pulling off a raid before cameras caught them arresting the wrong man.
“This may look organized, but in this moment, confusion. ICE agents mistakenly arrest the target’s brother,” Brown told viewers.
The segment concluded with the following on-screen graphic: “On this day ICE detained 6 for possible deportation. 2 of them were released because they didn’t have criminal records.”
X account @mazemoore dug up and shared the video, noting that CNN didn’t appear critical of ICE at the time.
Since 2016, CNN has changed owners and managers many times. However, conservatives say that the ten-year-old segment shows how media outlets covered ICE more favorably under Obama than under Trump, when ICE has mostly been criticized for how it enforces immigration laws.
Ross Douthat, a semi-conservative columnist for the New York Times, said that the different tone of the media was interesting, but it also showed that ICE agents dressed and acted differently at the time.