The soured friendship between Kandi Burruss and Phaedra Parks continues to be one of the most talked-about storylines in “Real Housewives of Atlanta” franchise history. The two Georgia peaches have known each other in the industry for years but quickly became friends when Parks joined the show for season 3 in 2010. However, the bond…
Donald Trump shared his objection to an appeals court decision ruling that he does not have presidential immunity and can stand trial in the federal election interference case. On Tuesday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that former presidents do not have blanket immunity to shield them from being prosecuted for any alleged crimes…
Source: Chris Walter / Getty The long-awaited Bob Marley biopic “One Love” will highlight important moments in the musician’s life – his adolescence in Trench Town, his spiritual growth, the attempt on his life. But as a music industry scholar, I wonder if the film is yet another extension of the Marley marketing machine. Marley…
Auburn University basketball player Johni Broome met one of his favorite actors in the most unexpected ways during a recent matchup against Ole Miss. In a clip from the Feb. 3 game, which has been heavily circulated amongst sports fans on X, the 21-year-old is observed attempting to swat away the hand of a suspected…
A special education teacher in Oklahoma sued the state Department of Education and the superintendent of public schools after she and multiple other educators were ordered to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses that the state claims were sent out by mistake. The plaintiff, Kay Bojorquez, an employee with Epic Charter Schools, was…
The city of Aurora, Colorado, has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the family of four Black girls who were mistakenly handcuffed at gunpoint by police in August 2020. Source: tumsasedgars / Getty According to the Associated Press, the settlement comes after the families of the young girls, ranging in age from 6 to 17,…
Turkey Leg Hut co-owners Nakia and Lyndell “Lynn” Price are closing yet another chapter, months after it was revealed that the Texas duo were headed for divorce. Now, it seems that the former husband-and-wife’s working relationship has also concluded. Lyndell shared a screenshot of an e-mail notifying him that his role in the business had…
Source: General / Radio One The police shooting of a Black woman in Texas this past weekend is “reminiscent” of the shooting of Breonna Taylor, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in announcing he is representing the victim of law enforcement violence. Deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office shot Eboni Pouncy early Saturday morning…
The district attorney of Washington, D.C., has filed a lawsuit against a district property management company after it allegedly facilitated a hostile housing environment that subjected Black women tenants “to persistent pervasive race-based and sex-based harassment, including threats of physical violence,” according to a news release from the district attorney’s office. The civil complaint filed…
Podcast hosts and cultural analysts Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson passionately addressed a controversy on their “Nightcap” Instagram show, taking issue with a recent New York Times article that they claim attributed the popular fade haircut solely to NFL star Travis Kelce. The storied newspaper published a story in late January headlined: “Barbers, in…
