A man reportedly died after taking a dip in the largest lake in Georgia over the weekend. The victim, 23-year-old Edgar Steven Cruz Martinez, went swimming in Lake Lanier and did not come back up to the surface on Saturday, Aug. 26, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. First responders were called to the area around 3…
Source: Mohd Khairil Majid / EyeEm / Getty Crime is a multifaceted issue that affects communities around the world, and discussions about crime statistics can often be oversimplified or misunderstood. One such phrase that has gained attention is “Black-on-Black crime.” The harmful trope has been perpetuated and spewed by right-wing politicians, some say, to justify…
Back in 2015, Kelly Rowland revealed that her son, Titan, had a crush on former “The Real” host Adrienne Bailon. She said he seemed to be mesmerized by the way Bailon spoke Spanish to him during a friendly visit. Well, it seems that Titan moved on to another celebrity crush. Kelly Rowland says her son…
Supporters of Harrison Floyd, one of two Black defendants in the Georgia election interference case, have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars to help pay for his legal expenses after he wasn’t granted a bond agreement and had to spend nearly a week in jail. Floyd finally received that bond deal on…
Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty A video going viral on social media claims to show footage from a Denny’s restaurant in South Dakota where two Black men were seated before being denied service and criminalized based on the color of their skin. It was the latest in a long line of anti-Black allegations against the…
Rapper Meek Mill has called on social media users to help his sick aunt, but the responses he received weren’t quite what he was expecting. Meek Mill asks social media users to help his ‘sick aunt’ who’s suffering from breathing complications. (Pictured: @meekmill/Instagram) On Tuesday, Aug. 29, the “Dreams and Nightmares” rapper sought out help…
Police in Oakland, California, had to evacuate one of the city’s schools after it received a bomb threat, days after the school was the site of a “play date” for its Black, brown, and Asian-American students. Family members of the students and administrators say they received backlash for having the event, with members in the…
Erykah Badu is no stranger to being publicly scrutinized or criticized for her song choices, the men she dates, and the photos she uploads with her daughter, Puma. This time the neo-soul singer is under fire after she posted an Instagram video on Monday, Aug. 29 of herself imitating a sign language interpreter on a…
Tiffany Haddish has seemingly been on the market since her public breakup with her ex Common. Fans bring up Tiffany Haddish’s ex Common after she shares story about her STD detecting dog. (Photo: @tiffanyhaddish/Instagram; @common/Instagram) The former couple dated for just over a year and a half before calling it quits. And since then, she’s been…
The Rev. Al Sharpton appeared on journalist Joy Reid’s MSNBC show and spoke about how the coverage of Donald Trump’s recent indictment on Fox News appears to be racist. The Harvard graduate said that she was “impressed” with the levels of creativity her conservative counterparts have employed to dogwhistle their racially based biases. The panel…
