A major U.S. steel supplier has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a federal civil claim by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused the company of “egregious” racial discrimination against Black and Hispanic workers at its main plant in Eloy, Ariz. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona in September 2022, accused…
Lola Chantrelle Mitchell — better known as Gansta Boo from the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia — passed away from a drug overdose on Jan. 1, 2023, and the group’s co-founder DJ Paul and member Crunchy Black claim the police know who is responsible for her death. Mitchell died from an overdose of fentanyl and…
Good things are in store in 2024. Sakorn Sukkasemsakorn/iStock/Getty Images Plus With economic forecasters rewriting their 2024 outlooks following recent moves from the Federal Reserve, The Conversation turned to two financial economists to share their thoughts on the upcoming year. D. Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley are professors who study finance, firm financial decisions…
Rapper Lil Wayne is not only considered one of the best rappers of his generation but also one of the coolest dads. The Young Money music mogul, who discovered both Nicki Minaj and Drake, is the proud father of three boys and one girl. Lil Wayne and his four children during Thanksgiving. From Left: Kameron,…
Former San Jose police officer Mark McNamara, who resigned in early November as racist text messages emerged, had his private stockpile of weapons confiscated at the time due to a restraining order for allegedly threatening to shoot a Black lawyer, according to new reporting by the Mercury News. McNamara, who joined the force in 2017,…
Rickey Smiley is remembering his eldest child, Brandon Smiley, for the light he carried and the lasting impact he left on his family. The 32-year-old tragically passed away from fentanyl and ethanol toxicity at his Alabama home in January. This holiday season marked Rickey’s first without his firstborn. A day after Christmas, the radio personality…
Several organizations and civil rights activists in North Carolina have taken legal action against members of the North Carolina General Assembly and State Board of Elections over allegations of racial gerrymandering, a nationwide issue where several states have been ordered to redraw congressional and legislative maps. The lawsuit was filed recently in the United States…
Songwriter, producer, and sopranist El Debarge has long captivated audiences with his beautiful voice and ballads. His artistry caught the attention of music legends from the likes of Quincy Jones, who counted him as one of his protégés, to rappers like The Notorious B.I.G., who used a sample from one of his biggest hits to…
“Love Jones,” the long-idolized film depiction of hyperbolic ’90s Black love starring Nia Long and Larenz Tate, is on the chopping block as social media users debate its categorization as a romantic love story. The cult classic debuted in 1997, and for many viewers, it has been revered as a beloved tale of boy meets…
A California man met the Grinch up close and personally during this Christmas holiday. While shopping in the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, he was a victim of a beating, a robbery, and then a car crash — in one perpetrator’s car. Absalom Wilkins was attacked and robbed at gunpoint by three people…
