Source: The Washington Post / Getty The countdown to the 2022 midterm election is moving fast. Nov. 8 is not far away, and the deadline for registering to vote is quickly approaching. Adrianne Shropshire, founder and executive director of BlackPAC and the affiliated Black Progressive Action Coalition, recently spoke with Charlotte’s own “The Olympia D…
Popular soul food restaurant Sweetie Pie’s rose to fame after it landed its own reality series on OWN in 2011. Now its owner, Miss. Robbie Montgomery, is closing the doors at its final location in St. Louis, Missouri, after her son and former “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” star James “Tim,” Norman was found guilty in…
A recent discovery of hundreds of bodies belonging to a historic Black cemetery in Clearwater, Florida, has sparked controversy over what to do next among family descendants, the city and the current property owners where the bodies have rested for decades. “It’s heartbreaking…people knew the graves were there and they intentionally built buildings on top…
Renaldo Beach police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that left a 15-year-old burned and bruised in a hit-and-run accident. LeBron Godoy said he was on his way home from dropping off a friend last Saturday when he was knocked off his E-bike and dragged by a white truck. “I thought he…
Source: RJ Sangosti / Getty A Black teenage student in Tennessee is facing multiple criminal charges following an incident at his school that was caught on video and shows police officers responding to what generally amounted to a minor disciplinary issue. The altercation at East Ridge High School resulted in a viral video that showed…
Actress Nia Long has finally broken her silence following the suspension of Boston Celtics coach and her fiancé, Ime Udoka, who received punishment after his relationship with a married female staff member was revealed on Sept. 22. According to TMZ, Long was completely blindsided by Udoka’s affair and only found out because the Boston Celtics…
Tisha Campbell’s fans are back on their campaign of petitioning for the actress and her “My Wife and Kids” cast to reconvene for a reboot of the show. Interest in seeing the show revamped with an up-to-date twist was sparked when Campbell shared a TikTok showing then and now photos of the cast. She captioned…
Tyler Hall reflects a student as Holmes Hall looms in the background at Morgan State University on February 07, 2022, in Baltimore. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty An ongoing series of bomb threats to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country has become one of the most pressing issues for these…
It looked as if Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., better known as T.I., could personally relate to “Ice Me Out” rapper Kash Doll’s recent Instagram post about gentle parenting. The presumed-to-be 33-year-old rapper uploaded a post that read, “I try gentle parenting but my child don’t be gentle childing” onto her Instagram with a caption saying,…
A handicapped Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, woman is suing her local law enforcement agency, accusing one deputy of violating her civil rights when he used excessive force on her when responding to an altercation, she was involved in. The partially blind plaintiff claims the officer, who slammed her to the ground, has a history of doing…
