OPINION: When the university and others announce their coming-to-Jesus moment on the sins of the past, we should not view this as the end of the story. Hopefully, this will inspire governments, corporations and others to do right by the descendants of the enslaved. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views…
The American Heart Association study reveals a 24-minute difference in wait times for Black women compared to white men. Black women wait the longest for care in American emergency rooms when complaining of chest pains, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study indicates that overall, women…
YouTuber and self-proclaimed relationship guru Kevin Samuels who made a brief career giving out controversial love advice, has died. Samuels’ mother, Beverly Samuels-Burch, confirmed the news. The online personality was 56-years-old. Samuels-Burch told NBC News early Friday morning, May 6, that she found out about her son’s death via social media. Reports of Samuels’ passing…
Mother’s Day may be coming earlier than you expected it this year—but you still have time to give an amazing Black-owned gift. Listen…there is a lot going on in the world right now. So, if you spaced on the fact that Mother’s Day hits this Sunday, May 8 (a little earlier than you might have…
Source: youtube / Youtube For a country that often prides itself on its Second Amendment, America sure is a hostile nation towards Black people who bear arms, isn’t it? On April 25, two police officers in East Landing, Michigan, shot and injured 20-year-old Black man DeAnthony VanAtten in a Meijer supermarket parking lot. It started…
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is being fined $25,000 by the NBA for flipping the double bird to Memphis Grizzlies fans in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals. Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks is suspended without pay for Game 3 for his flagrant foul on the Warriors’ Gary Payton II. Getty Images Green took an inadvertent elbow to…
In February, Romeo Miller stunned fans after announcing that he was expecting his first child with longtime partner Drew Sangster and that the couple had welcomed a baby girl. Miller and Sangster, who began dating in 2020, later revealed they kept the news a secret because the pair wanted to ensure their daughter had a safe arrival when entering…
A new report from The New York Times is said to reveal how Grammy Award-winning producer Dr. Dre missed his billionaire mark by several millions of dollars after the West Coast music legend and actor Tyrese Gibson prematurely leaked information about the rapper and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats headphones deal with Apple Music. In his new…
Retired Sgt. Victor W. Butler, who was a mechanic for the famed flying all-Black squadron, becomes a centenarian on May 21. A man believed to be one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen turns 100 years old this month — and the national treasure wants a birthday card from you. Retired…
A Black mother is angry, claiming her daughter and her Black and brown classmates were forced to pick seeds from cotton and subjected to shackles and handcuffs for a history lesson on slavery by their teacher. “My daughter said she felt like a slave,” said Precious Morris about how her daughter told her her seventh-grade…
