Source: Giles Clarke / Getty On August 8th, youth justice advocates held a press conference outside of the Angola State Penitentiary in Lousiana in protest of the decision to move juvenile inmates into the facility. Dubbed “the bloodiest prison in the South,” Angola, the largest maximum security prison in the U.S. is notorious for its…
Tammy Rivera brought in a new chapter of her life by partaking in various activities. The reality star, who turned 36 on July 30, decided to celebrate her special day by taking a social media hiatus. Although details surrounding the break weren’t revealed, weeks later, on Aug. 7, Rivera made her grand return to Instagram…
Former Bravo star Nene Leakes seemingly dragged executive producer Andy Cohen in a Twitter rant on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The two have known each other for decades but now are clearly at odds over Leakes’ discrimination lawsuit. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum alleges the show and its production teams fostered a toxic work environment and ignored…
Protestors gather at Rikers Island, operated by the New York City Department of Correction, demanding its closure. Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty When off-duty corrections officer Dion Middleton killed 18-year-old Raymond Chaluisant, the New York City Department of Correction’s culture of violence and depraved indifference to the lives of Black and Brown New Yorkers spilled…
Getting a verse from legendary rapper Sean “Jay-Z” Carter is a goal many artists in hip-hop strive for but only a few have achieved. Recently actor and musician Idris Elba revealed just how he managed to land on the New York native’s tenth studio album, “American Gangster,” inspired by the film by the same name. …
A Black father says officials at a suburban Kansas City, Missouri, water park canceled his son’s birthday party reservation because of their race. Chris Evans said he agreed to a contract of about $2,000 to host the party for up to 250 teenagers on Saturday at the Summit Waves Aquatic Facility in Lee’s Summit, Missouri,…
A few weeks ago, Ciara revealed that her husband, Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson was attending his first day of training camp while sharing a dedication post. Fast forward to Aug.8, when Ciara uploaded an Instagram video, giving her followers a glimpse of the activities she partakes in during training camp. Ciara’s training camp video…
Halle Berry debuted a new hair color over the weekend, posting two selfies featuring her naturally curly hair. For the past few weeks, the Oscar-winning actress has been rocking a short asymmetrical haircut with the back shaved underneath. Fans did a double take after noticing she recently dyed her hair from platinum blonde to a…
Source: Megan Varner / Getty Booooy, sometimes it be your own people. This is a story about Herschel Walker, so by “your own people,” I certainly don’t mean Black people as Walker, at this point, falls deep into the sunken place corners of the “all skin folk ain’t kinfolk” category. Walker’s “people” are Republicans, and…
Even after the discovery of an arrest warrant and an unpublished memoir, the woman behind Emmett Till‘s lynching has yet again avoided prosecution. A grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused Emmett of making a pass at her in 1955, in Mississippi during the Jim Crow Era. Leflore…
