Source: Prostock-Studio / Getty A recent Pew Research Center study, based on responses from over 4,700 Black adults in September, highlighted widespread beliefs about medical mistrust within the community. Over half of the respondents believe that the healthcare system was designed to hinder the health and success of Black people living in the U.S. The…
On June 17, former Dallas Cowboys superstar wide receiver Michael Irvin invited Mavs fans to come out and celebrate Father’s Day with him at Playmakers88, his new sports bar outside of Dallas. It was there that he announced the heartbreaking news that his wife, Sandy Harrell, has early-onset Alzheimer’s. Irvin revealed to the public that…
Source: Unknown / Public Picture Black people should be furious at the way Republicans and white conservatives keep mocking us to our faces. It should make our blood boil when members of the GOP liken the prosecution of 34-time felon Donald Trump to the injustices experienced by Black people under Jim Crow. Black people all…
Attorneys for the last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre said they still plan to fight for a reparations lawsuit that the Oklahoma Supreme Court recently dismissed. The state’s highest court sided with a district court’s decision to strike down a lawsuit that Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, and Hughes Van Ellis filed…
Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty The majority of white Americans support preserving the history and legacy of the Confederacy, Americans as a whole are still on the fence. According to a poll by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, 58% of white Americans support efforts to preserve the legacy and the history…
Former president and now-convicted felon Donald Trump has been compared to prominent historical figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ. Now, someone has tactlessly likened him to Emmett Till. Newsmax host Greg Kelly did so while criticizing the media’s portrayal of Trump’s hush money trial. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts…
In the very beginning of her career, Patti LaBelle captured the heart of one of the most eligible bachelors in the music industry, Otis Williams of The Temptations. A clip from the Philadelphia songbird’s appearance on Oprah’s “Master Class” in 2015 has resurfaced, sharing why she broke the relationship off, despite the “My Girl” chart-topper…
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry Source: Pacific Press / Getty Welp, it has happened. The First Amendment of the American Constitution be damned. Louisiana is officially the first state in U.S. history to require by law that the 10 Commandments be displayed in every public school in the state from kindergarten through college. Another way of…
An Alabama man recently admitted to leaving threatening voicemails for Fulton County officials a week before the election interference indictment against former president Donald Trump was announced in Georgia. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 58-year-old Arthur Ray Hanson II called the Fulton County Government service line on Aug. 6, 2023, and left voice messages for…
Xscape fans are hoping for a miracle in regard to sisters Tamika Scott and LaTocha Scott ending their family feud. The two singers have sung alongside each other their entire lives in church and in the popular ’90s singing group. But there has been nothing but drama since appearing on season 1 of their Bravo…
