This image released by CBS shows Clifton Davis as Vernon Dupree, left, and Tamara Tunie as Anita Dupree in a scene from “Beyond the Gates.” (Quantrell Colbert/CBS via AP) “Beyond the Gates,” the first Black soap opera in over 30 years, starring Tamara Tunie premiered on Monday on CBS. “Beyond the Gates,” CBS’s new daytime…
Source: GoFundMe / GoFundMe The family of 19-year-old Sade Robinson, the Black teen tragically murdered in Milwaukee after a date with a white male suspect in April 2024, is enduring immense emotional turmoil as they prepare for a possible trial. In an interview with WISN 12, published on Feb. 25, Robinson’s mother, Sheena Scarbrough, described…
Fans of the “Today” show can rest easy after talk show host Jenna Bush Hager addressed the online-discourse about her marriage to husband Henry Hager. During the Wednesday, Feb. 26 episode of “Today With Jenna & Friends,” the 43-year-old co-host tackled divorce rumors head-on after noticing comments from concerned viewers about her bare ring finger….
Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty Broadcast journalist and television personality Gayle King is joining an all-female crew that is going to space. CBS announced on Thursday, Feb. 27 that Blue Origin, the space company founded by businessman Jeff Bezos, will send a crew of women to space. Participants will include King, musician Katy Perry, civil…
A substitute teacher in the Maryland area is under investigation after being caught on video allegedly choking and slamming a 13-year-old girl earlier this week because she was watching a movie on her phone during class time. But while the man faced possible discipline in the matter, the young girl became the target of social…
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 4: U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, jokes about taking so many questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “I have never seen anything like…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Shareholders at Apple rejected a proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion program despite pressure from Republicans and President Donald Trump. On Tuesday (Feb. 25), shareholders at Apple voted to reject a proposal to end the tech giant’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program. The proposal was presented by the conservative…
Film producer Will Packer recently shared a hilarious and nerve-wracking story about how comedian Kevin Hart almost sabotaged one of his biggest films with an impromptu night of partying with NBA star Carmelo Anthony in New York City. By 2014, Packer and Hart had collaborated on “Think Like a Man” (2012) and “Real Husbands of…
A Black man who filed a civil rights complaint against the Akron car dealership where he worked for racially discriminating against him because of his hairstyle won his case with the Akron Civil Rights Commission last week. The commission unanimously decided that VanDevere Chevrolet violated the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty After two years away at junior college, James Mungin II had just returned home to Miami’s historic African American neighborhood, Liberty City, when a white neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, went on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed Black teenager, Trayvon Martin. Mungin knew Martin in passing—the 17-year-old lived in Liberty City…
