Barbara Taylor Bowman, early childhood education pioneer and former advisor to President Barack Obama, died on Nov. 4 (Screenshot: NIEER Videos/YouTube) Barbara Taylor Bowman, early childhood education pioneer and former advisor to President Barack Obama, died on Nov. 4. Barbara Taylor Bowman, a trailblazing advocate for early childhood education, has died at 96. In addition…
Quincy Jones attends the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Clarence Avant at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 9, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for NARAS) Quincy Jones narrowly avoided being murdered by Charles Manson’s cult and survived multiple brain aneurysms. Quincy Jones died on Nov….
Black college students nationwide reported receiving racist text messages informing them they had been selected to “pick cotton at the nearest plantation” and to “be ready” after President Donald Trump takes office in January. Screenshots of the bigoted messages lit up social media on Wednesday, with numerous students asserting they had been instructed to wait…
DDG and Halle Bailey attend the Snap Partner Summit 2024 on September 17, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Snap Inc.) OPINION: A little advice to the younger generation about navigating difficult but manageable spaces never hurt anybody. Signed, an uncle. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and…
Actor Tom Cruise seems to be on a mission impossible as he works to investigate the feud at Paris Fashion Week between his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, 57, and Salma Hayek, 58. Video footage from the Balenciaga show on Sept. 30 shows paparazzi snapping pictures of the audience. In the short clip, Hayek attempted to turn…
Screenshot: “Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)” trailer. (Whitney Houston/YouTube) Recorded 30 years ago, “‘The Concert for a New South Africa” was Whitney Houston’s first-ever live concert album and a showcase of her vocal power. “Find your strength in love,” Whitney Houston sings near the end of a new live album, “The Concert…
When it rains in Shiloh, a small, predominantly Black community in Coffee County in southeastern Alabama, misery follows. It’s been that way since 2018, when work began on the expansion of U.S. 84 from two lanes to four. Flooding is a constant, leading to persistent issues with septic tank overflows as well as an invasion…
John David Washington, left, and Skylar Aleece Smith in Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson.” Screenshot” Netflix/YouTube “The Piano Lesson,” in theaters Friday and soon streaming on Netflix, isn’t just a meditation on family history. It’s also a literal ghost story. An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The…
A Latinos for Trump campaign sign is photographed on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Houston, Texas. | Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty The unifying term “people of color” is coming under heavy scrutiny after a historic number of Latino voters surprisingly joined the expected majority of white voters in supporting Donald Trump’s presidential…
Halle Bailey attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV) Halle Bailey was “extremely upset” to see her son Halo with his father, DDG, on Kai Cenat’s livestream. Halle Bailey does not like the idea of her son, Halo, being on display for millions of people….
