A Colorado man is suing a hotel chain after he wasn’t allowed to report an incident involving a front desk clerk who allegedly called him a racist slur multiple times and then called the police after he tried to use the restroom in a hotel lobby. The Denver Post reported that Freddie Davis filed a…
MIAMI, FLORIDA – APRIL 7: Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, gestures as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images) OPINION: The question isn’t whether DEI initiatives are necessary—the data screams that they are….
While Ben Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner have been hanging out again in recent months, Garner’s boyfriend, John Miller, is quietly hoping the two would put some distance between each other. Tabloids suggest Miller is feeling troubled about Garner being a continued space of comfort for Affleck, now that his divorce from Jennifer Lopez…
Source: Leon Bennett / Getty The 18th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards has always proudly and unapologetically celebrated the beautiful melanin populating the entertainment industry. However, this year’s event was particularly special given the recent anti-DEI attacks. The star-studded event, held on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los…
For 15 minutes, Ryleigh Cooper stared at her presidential ballot, conflicted over who to vote for, she said. She did not want to vote for Donald Trump. She had voted for Joe Biden four years earlier. Cooper, 24, who lives in rural Michigan, abhorred the Republican nominee’s treatment of women. She was sexually assaulted at…
Source: urbazon / Getty Allen Brooks is a walking testament that if you believe it, you can achieve it. The 60-year-old graduated from Alabama A&M University in December 2024, becoming the oldest graduate to receive a degree from the historically Black institution. According to Good Morning America (GMA), the history maker graduated with his…
Vivica A. Fox and Taraji P. Henson fans are rushing to call out a celebrity fanatic for doing the most to get the women’s attention. Both actresses are featured in social videos leaving a hotel dressed to the nines for the Essence Women in Hollywood gala that took place on Feb. 27. In one post,…
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 17: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (R) presents Hazel Dukes, president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP, with a cake to celebrate her birthday at the mass vaccination site at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem on March 17, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Seth…
Somali internally-displaced persons (IDP) children look out from family’s makeshift homes in Maslah camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) Millions of people are now without access to life-saving care globally after the White House’s latest funding cuts. Countries around the world already are feeling the impact…
A project at Michigan State University College of Law professor is working to prove the lasting impacts the enslavement of Black people has had on U.S. law. Justin Simard told AP he started the “Citing Slavery Project” because “… people are invested in trying to pretend that our history of slavery didn’t happen and that…
