Source: Megan Varner / Getty HBCU homecoming season is in full swing and while the celebrations of these historic institutions take center stage, instances of violence can easily derail the fun and shift the narrative away from what these homecomings truly represent. This past weekend multiple people were hurt after gunshots rang out at both…
The Jamaican Broadcasting Commission recently announced plans to ban music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons to cut back on media that could give off the “wrong impression” of the Caribbean island. In a statement captured by The Associated Press, Commission Chairman Lloyd Waller said these kinds…
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock slammed his Republican opponent Herschel Walker for skipping a debate on Sunday, Oct. 16, weeks ahead of Georgia’s primary election. After months of being accused of dodging the debate stage, Walker faced the Democrat incumbent for a highly anticipated debate days earlier, on Friday, Oct. 14 in Savannah. However, the Republican…
Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Kanye West is buying the right-wing social media platform, Parler. MORE: Commentary: Kanye, ‘Drink Champs’ And Accountable Black Media According to CNN Business, the app’s parent company announced on Monday that the rapper who now goes by Ye has agreed in principle to purchase the platform. Although…
Georgia gubernatorial candidates (L-R) Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp debate in an event that also included Libertarian Ted Metz at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Midtown on October 23, 2018, in Atlanta. | Source: Pool / Getty While an outsized amount of attention has been placed on the spectacle that is the U.S. Senate…
Years have passed since Mo’Nique accused Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Lee Daniels of blackballing her in the entertainment industry after the fallout surrounding the film “Precious.” While she and Daniels reconciled this past spring, after going 13 years without speaking to each other, the same has not quite happened for Mo’Nique and Winfrey or…
Source: Screenshot The thing about Herschel Walker is, like most of today’s Republicans, he just doesn’t have any shame, and he’s found his sunken place home in a party that encourages shamelessness. Like Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and so many more, his whole shtick is being as proudly dim-witted as possible while…
More than two dozen artifacts held in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art have been returned to the region where they were seized. The D.C. museum will repatriate 20 Benin bronzes to Nigeria and transfer ownership of an additional nine that it will borrow for its exhibit. The 29 historic brass plates from the…
Grammy-nominated singer Tamar Braxton admitted to once wanting a Brazilian Butt Lift when she joined in on an interview with gospel talent Kirk Franklin on his podcast, “Good Works with Kirk Franklin.” In the Apple Podcasts interview, Braxton jokingly explained what a BBL is by describing it as, “The booty shots is what gives the…
In a little over a month, the state of Missouri is slated to execute a Black man who committed a murder when he was a teenager. Advocates are opposing the execution, arguing that because of his age he should not have been sentenced so harshly. After 17 years, the Missouri Supreme Court has set an…
