Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty Dozens of civil rights groups led by Black people have united in opposition against a new set of policing bills proposed by Congressional Democrats that would provide a significant amount of funding to local and national law enforcement agencies. The groups that include Black Voters Matter and the Advancement Project…
In November 2013, Kanye West flipped out on reporter Sway Calloway during an on-air interview. In the midst of ranting about his impact and financial woes, Sway suggested Ye continue his Yeezy clothing brand “on his own” instead of seeking support from major corporations. The multiple Grammy-winning artist responded in the viral clip, “How Sway? You…
Gina Prince-Bythewood (center) and Viola Davis attend “The Woman King” screening at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on September 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Paul Morigi / Getty “The Woman King” was the number one film in theaters on its opening weekend but the movie hasn’t escaped controversy around…
A Kansas man who was hired privately to perform an autopsy of Michael Brown in 2014 has been sentenced for committing wire fraud. The self-taught pathology assistant was convicted for unlawfully creating medical reports and emailing them to his clients. On Monday, Sept. 19, the Department of Justice sentenced Shawn Parcells to six years in…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Shabree Rawls, the therapist who was fired from her job after urging Black men to seek therapy on TikTok, is finally speaking out about the backlash she received after her controversial post went viral in August. Last month, the young clinician sent the internet into a firestorm after…
Apryl Jones and Taye Diggs‘ fans have a lot to say after viewing a recent video of the pair vacationing in Bora Bora. Although no details regarding Jones and Diggs’ getaway have been released to the public, on Sept. 18 — in an Instagram clip shared on Jones’ page — the couple was trying to…
Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress Tiffany Haddish faces an uncertain future in Hollywood following this month’s lawsuit in which two now-adult siblings accused her and comedian Aries Spears of child abuse and molestation. The pair had maintained their innocence before the case was ultimately dismissed after the “Night School” star and the accusers reached an unspecified…
Film subjects Christian Copper and the “matriarch of Central Park Bird Watching” Starr Saphir attend the HBO Documentary Films Celebrates “Birders: The Central Park Effect” in New York City on June 26, 2012. | Source: Michael Loccisano / Getty Y‘all remember Amy “Central Park Karen” Cooper, right? She’s the white woman who got caught on…
The family of a Black man strangled to death by police believes the officers’ sentences handed down this week were not harsh enough. Amadou Koumé, 33, died in 2015 after two French police officers pinned him to the ground, put him in a chokehold and left him outside a Paris bar for more than six…
Ciara recently tugged fans’ heartstrings after the singer was seen creating milkshake mustaches with her younger son, Win Harrison Wilson. In the Instagram clip that was shared on Sept. 17, Wilson was captured drinking a milkshake from Chick-fil-A when Ciara asked the 2-year-old, “Do you have a milkshake mustache? Let me see.” Ciara shares a…
