A new biopic about the late legendary vocalist Whitney Houston has reignited discussions about her troubled past with drugs. Houston’s struggles with addiction were well documented in the latter years of her career. While the world looked on in disbelief, her mentor, Clive Davis, said he missed all of the red flags. In a recent…
Source: Andrew Merry / Getty In 1994, the Australian federal government finally extended recognition to Australian South Sea Islander people as a distinct cultural group. This recognition was important: racism put Australian South Sea Islanders at a disadvantage, yet there was little public recognition of the unique circumstances they and their ancestors had experienced and…
Source: Sunshine Seeds / Getty In today’s episode of Anti-Blackness is a Global Phenomenon, it appears that there are white people in South Africa who are still practicing apartheid just as there are still white people in the U.S. trying to make Jim Crow great again. Also, apparently, racism doesn’t take a day off for…
Word of a Roosevelt Field Mall shooting sent hundreds of shoppers scrambling out of the New York mall on Monday, Dec. 26, in what later turned out to be a false alarm. Cell-phone footage circulating on Twitter reportedly shows shoppers fleeing into the parking lot after hearing what they thought were gunshots ringing out in…
Percy Robert “Master P” Miller Sr. is back to dropping gems about education and building generational wealth while subtly taking aim at his oldest son, Romeo Miller. On Monday, Dec. 27, the No Limit Records founder seemingly took responsibility for his parenting style in a video with his sons, Mercy and Hercy Miller, his brother,…
Source: Pool / Getty The year 2022 is over and much of it was a complete blur. MORE: Spelman College Receives $1M Donation For Creation Of Documentary Media Studies Center Even though this past year seemed to fly by, there were many moments that took our collective breaths away. The world cried when we all…
Yale University will now provide financial assistance to students graduating from a local Connecticut high school to attend any historically Black colleges or universities of their choosing. The award is a part of an initiative started over the last few years, which aims to provide a form of reparation to Black people for the institution’s…
Fans are in awe of new family photos of Kevin Hart, his four kids, and his wife Eniko Hart. On Sunday, Dec. 25, the comedian dazzled social media users with Christmas footage featuring himself, Eniko, daughters Heaven, 17, Kaori, 2, and sons, Hendrix, 15, and Kenzo, 5. Everyone dressed in matching blue and red plaid…
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty How about a little wholesome content to cap off the holidays? Legendary emcee Jadakiss, of The Lox, is in his entrepreneurial bag and he has joined forces with his own father and son to launch his new product—Kiss Café, a new coffee brand. Kiss, whose real name is Jason Phillips,…
A federal lawsuit has been filed against a North Carolina city, and its police force after a family claims their loved one was killed two years ago in a car crash caused by an officer driving over 90 mph. The relatives and their lawyers claim the police department willfully undermined the justice system to protect…
