Photo: AdobeStock Over half of Americans have needed to use their “resting gift face” to mask their disappointment with a holiday gift that misses the mark. Over half of Americans have needed to use their “resting gift face” (RGF) during the holidays — masking their disappointment with a poorly presented gift. The poll of 2,000…
Photo: AdobeStock Americans’ political fears are adding to existing holiday pressures, creating the perfect storm of stress for millions this holiday season. A recent report from the American Psychological Association (APA) reveals Americans’ political fears are adding to existing holiday pressures, creating the perfect storm of stress for millions this holiday season. In the report, 68% of Americans say…
Aja Naomi King as “Lisa” and Aml Ameen as “Melvin” in “Boxing Day.” (Screenshot via YouTube) OPINION: What better way to enjoy Christmas day than to watch movies that show you Christmas from all the diaspora! Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions…
Actor Geoffrey Owens, 63, is speaking out years after facing backlash for working at a Trader Joe’s store. Owens is best known for playing Elvin Tibideaux on the groundbreaking television series “The Cosby Show” from 1985 to 1992. Back in 2018, fans discovered Owens had taken a job bagging groceries when a photo of the…
A Black fire captain in southern Utah has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that his co-workers harassed him with racial slurs and that his supervisors and local officials conspired to undermine his bid to become fire chief and then fired him out of racism and in retaliation for his speaking out about cronyism…
Comedian Jay Leno dropped a bombshell about late-night talk show legend Johnny Carson during Leno’s appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” YouTube show. In the episode, Leno recounted how Carson narrowly escaped a mob hit after an incident at a notorious New York bar spiraled out of control. The revelation came after Maher joked about…
One California parent says she’s prepared to take her fight with a local school district over bullying her 7-year-old daughter has weathered for two school years to civil court. Kavon Ward, a parent of a second grader enrolled at El Rincon Elementary School in Culver City, California, said that school administrators have taken little to…
Fans of actor Ving Rhames fans have a hunch that there is something very off with actor. Several people on social media were left questioning if everything is OK with Rhames, 65, after he appeared in a video promoting the Las Vegas Brushfire Barbershop on Instagram. The star appeared in a pair of gray jeans,…
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 29: Sunny Neelam of Catholic Worker House holds a sign that reads “Execute Justice Not People!” as he participates in a vigil against the death penalty in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) OPINION: The nation’s highest court’s recent…
It was over eight grams of marijuana that Alabama police conducted a no-knock, pre-dawn raid on a Black family last year, shooting a 16-year-old boy before stepping over his body as he lay withering in pain from his injuries to terrorize the other family members in the household. “What are we going to do with…
