This U.S. Army image provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense shows Medal of Honor winner US Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers. (U.S. Army via AP) A U.S. official said the website was mistakenly taken down during an automated removal process. The Pentagon said Monday that internet pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor…
DEI has come to mean many things to many people, though it’s no longer just an acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion. For the Trump administration, it’s become a dog whistle used to denigrate the achievements of anyone who is not a white male. How else to explain the Department of Defense’s decision to remove…
Tracy Morgan arrives at the 9th annual Love Rocks NYC concert benefiting God’s Love We Deliver at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) A spokesperson for Madison Square Garden said they hope Tracy Morgan feels better following last night’s incident. Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan got…
A man photographs the 1965 painting “Marian Anderson” by Beauford Delaney at the Black Paris exhibition which explores the presence and influence of about 150 Black artists in France from the 1950s to 2000 at the Pompidou Center, Monday, March 17, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) Éva Barois De Caevel, associate curator, said that…
Oprah Winfrey is putting in the work to maintain her newly slimmed-down figure. While countless people are breaking New Year’s resolutions to shed the extra pounds, the 71-year-old was recently photographed leaving a Santa Barbara gym in the rain on March 15. She emerged from the facility in a pair of black leggings, a striped…
Sometimes, playing the role of characters that viewers may not like has consequences, and Jay Ellis knows firsthand. Accomplished actor Jay Ellis knows firsthand the consequences of playing a character who often triggers viewers who watch at home. The entertainer appeared on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” this month, where he talked about the…
Barbara Corcoran’s cold remarks on ABC’s “Shark Tank” left a young Black entrepreneur fighting back tears, sparking outrage from viewers and fellow Sharks alike. During Season 11, episode 11 in 2020, Corcoran essentially told Melissa Bartow, founder of the vegan date spread company Wanna Date, that she wasn’t hungry enough for success because her father…
Source: Brotherhood Crusade Archive / other As firefighters worked around the clock to contain the Eaton Fire in January, one community organization was already preparing for the recovery ahead. The Brotherhood Crusade acted swiftly to assist their neighbors in Altadena and Pasadena, wasting no time to organize aid and resources for those affected by the…
A retired fire chief from Maryland was arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly cold cocking a United Airlines gate agent with a vicious blow that dropped the unsuspecting man to the floor. The violent episode took place on March 13 in suburban Washington, D.C., at Dulles International Airport, where police said…
A retired fire chief from Maryland was arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly cold cocking a United Airlines gate agent with a vicious blow that dropped the unsuspecting man to the floor. The violent episode took place on March 13 in suburban Washington, D.C., at Dulles International Airport, where police said…
