When my boyfriend and I first met, he had a list of personal questions that he asked me out the gate. At the top of the list was a question about my credit score. I embellished a tad and told him it was in the low seven hundreds when it was really in the high…
Source: BSIP / Getty I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Accountability is like kryptonite to whiteness. Think of accountability as the sun and whiteness as the vampires, scurrying to hide from its blistering brightness so they don’t get shriveled up and turned into vapor in the truth of its light. This is…
Ice Cube woke up and chose violence after X’s owner, Elon Musk, sent a random shot his way. It all started when the unorthodox billionaire posted an extremely out-of-date meme of a toddler holding up a fistful of sand next to a picture of the Marvel villain Thanos on Sept. 14. Included in the meme were the…
50 Cent is finally getting the Drake treatment after a fan threw her bra onto the stage during a concert on his “Final Lap Tour.” 50 Cent is all smiles after getting “the Drake treatment” due to a female fan throwing her bra on stage. (Photo: @50cent/Instagram) A few weeks back, the Queens, New York,…
A Black Minnesota family who relocated in 2022 to a predominantly white community of North Branch in southeastern Minnesota experienced two incidents of targeted racial vandalism recently. Their move was driven by a desire for a quieter environment and a bigger house to raise their daughter, but they didn’t anticipate encountering such bigotry in their…
Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty For more than half a century, colleges and universities have relied on dedicated programs to attract students of color and support them. Today, those programs – known as diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs – are under attack. Republican lawmakers assail the programs as being driven by liberal Democrats’…
Happy Friday everyone! The weekend is here, and we at ABS want to help you unwind from your busy work week with our What to Watch list. As the fall season approaches, and it gets a little cooler outside, we won’t judge the idea of stay in, kickback, and flip through the channels/subscription services to…
Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Politicians want to be heard – to land a soundbite on the nightly news, to advertise their legislative accomplishments and to have people know their platform. But when given opportunities to talk to voters, they often share details about their personal lives instead. Presidential candidate Tim Scott used a September…
Televangelist and former Donald Trump spiritual adviser Paula White claimed that she helped Nelson Mandela end apartheid in South Africa. White made the outrageous claim during the Universal Peace Federation 2023 Peace Summit in Seoul, South Korea, on May 4. White — who claims to speak in tongues and once prayed for the angels of…
Tyler Perry has a perspective on love that has riled up Black women across social media. The mogul, who has a net worth of a reported $1.2 billion, shared his thoughts on “Sistas” actress Crystal Hayslett’s web series “Keep It Positive Sweetie” that meeting the perfect partner is about more than finding someone who meets…
