Apple’s CEO Tim Cook made more than a few jaws drop when he presented a golden gift to President Donald Trump at a White House press event on Aug. 6. It was an engraved piece of Apple glass mounted on a luxurious 24-karat gold base. During the meeting in the Oval Office, Cook gave Trump…
Source: blackCAT / Getty Black men and boys in the U.S. face persistent disparities in education, healthcare, employment, and criminal justice, but they are also driving solutions rooted in community, culture, and resilience. The Wellness in Black Life (WIBL) project, led by the Brookings Institution’s Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative, seeks to center the voices…
What started as a roadside stop for two Black residents of Richmond, Virginia, quickly spiraled into what they describe as a racially charged attack that left one of them hospitalized with life-threatening injuries — and both fearing for their lives. Around 6:30 p.m. on July 20, Amylah Majors and her wife, Jamaria Gaskins, were driving…
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock) The newly signed law establishes a task force to investigate why Black women and girls go missing at such high rates and recommend solutions. Lawmakers in Missouri are finally taking the crisis of missing Black women and girls seriously. Earlier this year, the state passed a new bill establishing the “Missing…
The National Association of Black Bookstores is a first-of-its-kind national organization dedicated to uplifting Black-owned bookstores. (Photos: Adobe Stock/ NAB2) The National Association of Black Bookstores is a first-of-its-kind national organization dedicated to uplifting Black-owned bookstores. Just as rich history lies between the lines of iconic Black literature, a rich history lies in the Black-owned…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Earlier this week, Texas Democrats fled the state to prevent a vote on a new electoral map that would add five new Republican seats in the state. There have been threats of arrest, expulsion, and now U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R) has called on the FBI to find the…
Subway and Doritos coming together to present $5 Footlong Nachos has everyone talking and may have ignited an online food fight. The new snack was added to the Subway menu in April 2025. Footlong Nachos contained nacho cheese-flavored chips, Baja Chipotle sauce, jalapeno slices, diced tomatoes, red onion, cheese, and a choice of chicken or…
A white South African farm owner and his two employees are now on trial after being accused of fatally shooting two Black women last year, then feeding their bodies to pigs. Maria Makgatho, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were shot to death last August while they were looking for food on a pig farm belonging…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty I’ve written before about how President Donald Trump is trying to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, and what the event represents. The reason he wasted no time in his second term before he unilaterally pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, the reason…
