In this image released on August 3, 2024, Rickey Smiley speaks onstage during the 39th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on July 20, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Source: Mindy Small / Getty In a recent interview on Get Up Mornings, comedian, actor, and radio host Rickey Smiley joined Mr….
Frankie Beverly and Maze perform to close out the 10th Annual Essence Festival in the New Orleans Superdome. | Source: James Crump / Getty When I heard the news of Frankie Beverly’s death on Sept. 10, I wasn’t only shocked; I was almost angry. It wasn’t fair. Sept. 10 was almost two months to the…
Law enforcement secures the area around Trump International Golf Club after an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on September 15, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. | Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House responded with empathy and compassion in the wake of the latest apparent…
After spending over two decades together, Kirk and Rasheeda Frost are the longest married couple on the “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” franchise. The two, celebrating their 26th wedding anniversary in a few months, were once even viewed as couple goals. But the constant drama and infidelities that ensued over the years in their marriage,…
Keith Sylvester, a Black man from Atlanta, spent more than a year in jail for the murder of his mother and stepfather – despite video and cellphone evidence proving his innocence that was deliberately withheld by the detective investigating the murders. Now, Sylvester is poised to receive a $1.5 million settlement following a decision by…
Reality star Porsha Williams might officially be a single woman real soon, as her legal battle with estranged husband Simon Guobadia looks to be coming to an end. Back in June, she scored a major win after she was awarded “immediate sole and exclusive use, control and possession of” the Atlanta home they shared during…
An outraged parent brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against a powerful school district on Sept. 10 after learning her daughter allegedly was called the N-word and “mentally ill” by her math teacher a year ago. Amica Richardson says that Ellis Middle School in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois, violated her daughter’s civil rights…
Fans did a double take when one of Hollywood’s most talked-about couples, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, were spotted together recently, despite their highly publicized breakup. It seems the two actors, formerly known as ‘Bennifer,’ briefly put their differences aside since Lopez filed for divorce last month. Lopez, 55, and Affleck, 52, were seen out…
An increasing number of Americans, including Stacey Freeman of North Carolina, struggle with energy poverty, including the inability to afford utilities to heat or cool one’s home. “Sometimes I have to choose whether I’m going to pay the light bill,” Freeman says, “or do I pay all the rent or buy food or not let…
KFF Health News journalist Cara Anthony has been covering racism and the ways it can affect people’s health for years. Most recently, she has been working on a documentary film and podcast called “Silence in Sikeston.” The project is about two killings of Black men that happened decades apart in this Missouri city: a lynching…
