Harry Elson Memorial Gate at Fisk University on January 1, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) University leaders say no final decision has been made, but community members remain unconvinced as opposition mounts. Fisk University leaders faced a packed room of frustrated residents, alumni and community members Monday night during the school’s…
Michael Jackson and his long-lasting legacy is no stranger at all to breaking records — and the astonishingly successful biopic about his life just made history, but not everyone is happy about it. ”Michael” has only been in theaters for two months, it already surpassed Christoper Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” to become the highest-grossing biopic in movie…
Source: Pool / Getty The federal trial for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024, has been pushed back to next year so as not to clash with his state trial, which is set to begin in September. According to The Guardian, U.S. District Judge…
Adobe Stock Images A growing number of Black women are redefining success beyond promotions, paychecks and leadership titles. For decades, success for Black women often meant breaking into systems that were not built for them. Climbing the ladder, earning the title and securing a seat at the table were seen as signs of achievement. Today,…
Source: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Last month, we reported that the U.S. Department of Justice launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the magazine columnist who President Donald Trump has been found liable for sexually assaulting. Well, we haven’t heard anything about that investigation since it was announced, but we do have the result…
Hecklers hijacked a CNN live report, screaming through a megaphone as the reporter tried to discuss the botched renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, but the shouting was so loud and distracting that host Anderson Cooper stopped her to clarify what was happening, and the network aired a disclaimer. The disruption occurred Thursday night,…
Steve Harvey has made a long-lasting career (and highly-profitable) career out of giving relationship advice. However, when the former talk show host recently decided to offer his take on skipping the party scene, things took a turn when fans mentioned his messy relationship history. The comedian explained that his third wife, Majorie Harvey, always knows…
A Black former Marine and security company owner who was pulled over, handcuffed, and searched by San Diego police twice in less than a year, including once at gunpoint over a legally owned firearm, is suing the city and two officers for racial discrimination and civil rights violations. Hakimkhalfani Webb, 62, served 21 years in…
President Donald Trump has yet another vanity project planned for Washington, D.C. Since returning to the White House in 2025, the 80-year-old MAGA leader’s mind has been preoccupied with leaving a lasting physical impression on the nation’s capital. Trump’s latest self-aggrandizing vision for Washington involves a location that made headlines in his first term back…
Donald Trump has made a career of fighting back — in boardrooms, on campaign trails, in courtrooms, and on social media. He has outlasted investigations, impeachments, indictments, and even an assassination attempt. But there is one opponent he simply cannot shake — not a prosecutor, not a political rival, not a foreign adversary. Despite holding…
