What is it about Netflix’s recent release, “Lift,” that has upset the audience so much? Its ludicrous plot? Stock characters? An underwritten, poorly-performed villain? Or the unfathomable reality that in casting a black comedic star in a lead action role, it has dared to usurp the status quo? Maybe the fact that in the course…
In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, leader of Black Voices for Trump Floyd Harrison poses for his booking photo on August 24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Handout / Getty Harrison Floyd, one of more than a dozen remaining co-defendants in Georgia’s election interference case against commander-in-election-fraud-lies Donald Trump, has…
The former white Louisiana state police troopers who were recorded beating a Black driver in 2020 following a high-speed chase and who later wrote a series of text messages bragging about the violent arrests will no longer face charges. The state’s prosecutors have dropped the charges against Dakota DeMoss and Jacob Brown, with plans to…
New parents of baby girl Amora Ciara and Russell Wilson spent a romantic evening enjoying a candlelit dinner this week. The couple, who have been married for seven years have been actively making time for date nights with four children under the same roof. They also have two more biological children, Sienna, 7, and Win,…
Source: Courtesy / Paramount Pictures SPOILER NOTICE: The following movie review does not contain direct spoilers for the film Bob Marley: One Love, however general information in regards to the plot, characters, key climax points and historical context directly related to events in the film will be heavily discussed. Please read at your own discretion,…
A coalition of civil liberties groups sued the Republican-controlled Legislature in Nassau County in New York, claiming that a new voting map discriminates against Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in violation of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The suit, filed Feb. 8 against the Long Island suburb, claims the current redistricting map was gerrymandered by…
Source: James Devaney / Getty Beyoncé fans are forcing country radio stations to play her new country single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.” One particular Oklahoma-based radio station was moved to play it after initially denying it on their airways. Read more about the Beyhive’s impact inside. One fan emailed KYKC requesting Beyoncé’s new song, “Texas Hold…
Local NAACP leaders in one Pennsylvania town want police to investigate a man who was fired from his job at a wing shop after being caught on video at a shooting range shouting the N-word. That man, who was the manager at a chicken wings restaurant chain called Big Shot Bob’s in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania,…
Killer Mike says that no one can ever question his Blackness because he wakes up every day next to a Black woman. The recent three-time Grammy winner contends that only a Black woman understands the challenges and adversities of being Black in America, emphasizing her unique understanding that stems from shared racial experiences with Black…
The Oakland Police Department in California said it has parted ways with a probationary city employee after learning of “a series of racist, bigoted and derogatory statements” the woman allegedly made on social media nearly 12 years ago, the department announced in a statement. Jocelyn Chang Newman, who was welcomed last February to the department…
