Source: John_Brueske / Getty Devin Brown will become the first Black woman to kayak solo down the Mississippi River, which begins at Lake Itasca and extends to the Gulf of Mexico, according to her GoFundMe page. Per MPR News, Brown, a native of New Jersey, moved to Minnesota with the specific intention of exploring the…
The Winans family is revered as gospel royalty, pioneering a unique sound in sacred music during the 1980s that seamlessly blended traditional church melodies with R&B aesthetics. It’s no surprise that the second generation, BeBe and CeCe Winans, formed a close bond with singer Whitney Houston, who also emerged in the industry around the same…
Administrators at one high school in Virginia canceled the remainder of their varsity baseball team’s season after finding evidence supporting allegations of racist behavior on the team. According to WTKR, the probe started last month shortly after the mother of a student at Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach posted videos on social media stating…
Gary Owen says “miserable women” are lashing out at him over his strained relationships with his family and ex-wife, Kenya Duke. In particular, he said that women have responded to his “Club Shay Shay” interview by saying he deserves to feel ostracized by the former couple’s three children. “There’s a lot of toxic people out…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty On Thursday, a House Oversight Committee meeting that was convened to rule on a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over the audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur devolved into petty insults and school yard-style…
A Black Canadian man spoke out about a recent encounter with police in which he said he was violently arrested after they saw him entering his father’s BMW. CBC reported that Khadafi Keenan Fagan-Pierre was leaving his mother’s home on the morning of April 14 and preparing to use his dad’s car when two officers…
Rapper Busta Rhymes is looking fit and trim these days after dropping over 100 pounds, and fans have taken note of his weight loss transformation. While he looks considerably smaller than he has over the past few years, some are concerned, as many don’t believe his new slim physique is a result of dieting and…
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Federal prosecutor pushed back against growing calls for Marilyn Mosby to receive a presidential pardon by claiming in a court filing that Baltimore’s former top prosecutor deserves to go to prison in part for showing no remorse following her mortgage fraud conviction earlier this year. The prosecutors’ court filing came…
Actress Tia Mowry shocked the world in 2022 when she announced the end of her 14-year marriage to her children’s father, actor Cory Hardrict. Now, the “Sister, Sister” star has blown the minds of her fans, this time by jokingly introducing her “boo” on social media as a joke months after an awkward run-in with…
Source: Dia Dipasupil / Getty Kim Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a major broadcast news network, has exited ABC News. She had been in the post since May 2021. As I read coverage on her departure, I noticed the language felt familiar in terms of how high-profile Black women are covered in the…
