OneUnited Bank has teamed up with a Black-owned financial technology company to help Black entrepreneurs maintain capital and build wealth. OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in the U.S., has partnered with Lendistry, a Black-owned financial technology company, to offer business loans of $50,000 up to $5 million to help Black entrepreneurs maintain working capital…
Marlon Wayans has used comedy to maneuver through various, sometimes serious, situations in the past. During a recent interview with Big Boy TV, the “White Chicks” star used that similar tactic when introduced to his fourth cousin, Sean Valentine. Valentine, who is a white man, is one of the radio hosts for Valentine in the…
Like most families, people argue and disagree, but recently “Family Matters” star JoeMarie Payton claimed that some members of the television show’s tribe almost got physical on set. Payron interviewed with “Entertainment Tonight” as part of the program’s “Mother’s Day celebration of Iconic TV Moms.” The 71-year-old actress, who starred as Harriette Winslow on the…
Researchers say that a rare cancer is particularly aggressive, especially among Black women A rare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly among Black women, researchers reported Thursday. Over eight years, deaths from the aggressive type rose by 2.7% per year, while deaths…
Leakes told TMZ she has been blacklisted since filing the lawsuit, which aims “to stop discrimination against Black women.” The Real Housewives of Atlanta alumna NeNe Leakes was stopped at the airport in Los Angeles by TMZ, and she shared some details about her lawsuit against Bravo. Leakes told the outlet she has been blacklisted…
A Boston family is distraught after finding out that a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s default is to blame for their loved one’s tragic death. According to reports, 39-year-old Robinson Lalin was dragged 100 feet by a Boston train after getting trapped in the door last month. The trains are supposed to have a safety feature…
Trent University student Zwena Gray hopes to be the first Black woman to complete the 559-mile journey in modern times. Zwena Gray, a 20-year-old Detroiter attending college in Canada, has embarked on a six-week, 559-mile hike along the Canadian portion of the Underground Railroad, now called the Bruce Trail, which runs through Southern Ontario. Gray,…
Source: youtube / Youtube So, it appears we have learned some thangs about 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, the gun-like knife-wielding man who tackled Dave Chappelle during a set at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles as part of the “Netflix Is A Joke Fest” on Tuesday night and got himself beat TF up for it. As…
Nick Cannon can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to his ever-growing family being the focus of internet fodder. The multi-hyphenate talent found himself the talk of social media, yet again, when a photo of him and Alyssa Scott, the mother to his late son Zen, adoringly hugged up sparked rumors of the…
Researchers Start 10-Day Evaluation of Remnants from the Last Slave Ship to Voyage to the United States More than 160 years after it was burnt and sunk, the last known slave ship to have brought African human cargo to America has been located. Historians discovered the craft, noting it is the most complete slave ship…
