U.S. Senator from South Carolina Tim Scott speaks during the second Republican presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 27, 2023. | Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty The lone Black candidate participating in the second Republican presidential debate said Wednesday in no uncertain terms that while he…
Eboni K. Williams has urged young Black women to obtain their bachelor’s degrees and a “Mrs. Degree mentality.” While speaking on “TheGrio,” the lawyer-turned-reality star shared her thoughts concerning when Black women should be on the search for Mr. Right. During the four-minute commentary, Williams suggested that Black women who want to get married should…
U.S. Senator from South Carolina Tim Scott looks on during the second Republican presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 27, 2023. | Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott was given the first question of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential primary debate, but his…
Social media users are almost certain that Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner are soulmates in another life after the “Yellowstone” actor’s statement about Houston following her passing resurfaced online. On Monday, Sept. 25, an X account holder uploaded Costner’s 11-year-old statement in which he blamed himself for letting his “Bodyguard” love interest “down” by not…
Larry Elder, one of the few Black candidates vying to become president in 2024, has used his platform to campaign about an alleged “fatherlessness problem” in the Black community, but recently did very little to provide answers about how to battle said issue. In an appearance on the “Higher Learning” podcast with Van Lathan and…
Nick Cannon recently sang the praises of his ex-wife, Mariah Carey, and how she helped him through the early stages of his lupus diagnosis. In a sit down with Steven Bartlett’s “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, Cannon shared what it was like when he first learned he had lupus in 2012. He told the…
It has been a year since Nia Long was thrust into a high-profile cheating scandal between her, her longtime partner Ime Udoka and Boston Celtics staffer Kathleen Lynch. Since then, she has continued to call out her treatment in the situation. In September 2022, the Celtics head coach was suspended months after taking the team to the NBA Finals….
[Note: Michelle’s whole narrative below is as contrived as it is muddled] R&B singer K. Michelle wants everyone to know seven years later that she still ain’t rocking with Nicki Minaj after the Young Money artist stole one of her songs. K. Michelle (left) says Nicki Minaj (right) stole her song because she thought the…
An engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. | Source: Hulton Archive / Getty Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: “Instruction includes how slaves…
A woman from St. Louis, Missouri, has been trying to prove that she is not deceased for decades after learning that her Social Security number was associated with a dead person. Madeline-Michelle Carthen learned that her Social Security number had been compromised while she was preparing for a summer internship and exchange program in Ghana…
