Source: Nicolò Campo / Getty Jay-Z and Roc Nation have come under fire for backing a program in Pennsylvania that critics say aims to gut public education. A new campaign underway in Pennsylvania is aiming to get students from low-income households in Philadelphia into the city’s private schools. The Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS)…
Talk about suffering for fashion. Remember when Halle Berry posted a video of her strutting down a hotel lobby in a black and-white Anna Quan top and skirt? Fans could not get enough of her power walk and congratulated her on being the epitome of beauty and fierceness. Halle Berry goes viral for video of…
A Michigan man who accompanied his granddaughter to court found himself in hot water last month when one of Washtenaw County’s most irascible judges told him to sit down and be quiet as he complained that the hearing didn’t start on time. In one of his most fiery reprimands yet, District Court Judge J. Cedric…
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida, speaks outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 14, 2024 | Source: ALEX KENT / Getty When Florida Republican Byron Donalds implied that Black families faired better during the Jim Crow era, he was demonstrably wrong. He was wrong when he claimed that during…
Rihanna fans are unsure if she is a mastermind marketer or a master of trolling them after debuting her natural hair. The short, blonde, curly fro she recently rocked in the streets of New York in a viral video has everyone debating if her newly launched haircare line, Fenty Hair, will have the same impact…
A former New Jersey police officer was sentenced to 27 years in prison for fatally shooting a Black man following a harrowing police chase through Newark more than five years ago. Jovanny Crespo, who is Hispanic, was convicted in June 2023 on felony charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault, as well as two counts…
In the words of Terrence Howard’s “Hustle & Flow” character, “It’s hard out here for a pimp,” says Gayle King. Despite living her best life as the lead host of “CBS Mornings” and co-hosting with Charles Barkley on CNN’s at least temporarily canceled “King Charles,” the Sports Illustrated cover girl continues to lament her single…
Michael Monfluery, 38, who has never been eligible to vote, stands in a courthouse corridor following a special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida’s Amendment 4 in a Miami-Dade County courtroom on November 8, 2019, in Miami, Florida. | Source: ZAK BENNETT / Getty On Sunday, May 19, the organization…
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to a bias intimidation charge after he stopped a Black Amazon driver to ask if he realized he was in a “racist neighborhood” and then threatened to shoot him. Prosecutors say 64-year-old John Vincentini was driving through a neighborhood in Lacey, New Jersey, on Sept. 5, 2022, and decided…
Source: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty There’s been a steady stream of tributes and an outpouring of condolences following the announcement Monday that the legendary Rev. James Lawson had died. The iconic civil rights leader was 95 and left behind a rich, decades-long legacy of fighting for racial equality. Once Lawson’s death…
