Source: facebook / facebook A family is seeking answers after a Black Chicago woman disappeared in the Bahamas during a yoga retreat. According to AP, Taylor Casey, 41, went missing on June 19 while attending the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island, Bahamas, which was confirmed by her family in a news release. On…
Auma Obama is pictured on Nov. 18, 2021. | Source: picture alliance / Getty An outpouring of tributes and praise on social media was being directed at former President Barack Obama’s half-sister after she and her daughter participated in protests that turned violent in Kenya’s capital city on Tuesday. During the protests centered on a…
Police have asked prosecutors to treat an attack on a Texas family as a hate crime after a white woman allegedly made racist comments toward a woman and then tried to drown her 3-year-old child. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has already been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child for her alleged role…
There are two things that Patti LaBelle knows how to do: sing and cook. Artists from Wyclef Jean in the 2000s to the Rolling Stones in the late ’60s have tasted the Philly native’s cuisine. The beloved singer carries her pots, pans, cooking utilities, spice, and hotplates with her wherever she goes and cooks it…
Source: zamrznutitonovi / Getty Language is a dynamic reflection of culture, yet it often falls prey to stereotypes and misconceptions. One prevalent stereotype centers around the concept of “talking Black,” a term that oversimplifies and generalizes the linguistic diversity within Black communities. It is vital to understand that there is no monolithic “Black” way…
Over several decades, British troops have been accused of fathering dozens of children through the rape of hundreds of Kenyan women during their training stints in the East African nation. A recent CNN report highlighted the ongoing birth of mixed-race children in rural areas of central Kenya, where the British Army Training Unit (BATUK) operates….
Source: Ebet Roberts / Getty Forty years ago, Prince released Purple Rain to extraordinary acclaim. It was a stunning reception for a work that didn’t so much break the barrier that separates the sacred and the secular. It was more like he never acknowledged it; barriers were a foreign concept to Prince. And it’s not…
Opinions on Serena Williams appearance are equally as fleeting as the lighting that has social media users picking apart her photos and videos. The tennis phenom is a bona fide winner on the court, but when it comes to her fashion and glam choices, not everyone sees the vision. With her looks constantly being put…
Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Black Men Build, a grassroots membership organization dedicated to empowering Black men and their families, has launched the New Men Tour initiative that is coming to a city near you. Amid a turbulent election season and heightened geopolitical tensions, the New Men Tour will host a series of “Men’s Circle”…
Authorities charged a white Baltimore man with murder after he purportedly confessed to the tragic killing of his next-door neighbor, an aspiring Black boxer who won a National Golden Gloves title last month as one of the top amateur fighters in the country. Nicholas Francis Xavier Giroux, 36, was ordered held without bond on charges…
