Source: blackCAT / Getty From politics to business, historically Black colleges and universities throughout the country have nurtured some of the most brilliant minds who have gone on to transform their respective industries. The United Negro College Fund is using technology to advance that legacy of excellence in academia. The nonprofit organization joined forces with…
Source: EMMANUEL DUPARCQ / Getty Desperate treatment of those fleeing Ukraine continues with recent news of African and other non-white refugees who fled Ukraine now being detained in Poland and Estonia. As recently reported by the Independent, an estimated “52 third-country nationals” were being detained in detention facilities in Poland. A person identifying themselves as a…
Managing teenagers and social media could be a tricky task for any parent. Recently actress Gabrielle Union opened up about some of the disturbing messages she and her husband, former NBA star Dwyane Wade have found on their children’s phones. During her appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Wednesday, March 23, Wednesday, the actress…
Irving holds a $36.5 million player option for next season. Kyrie Irving is finally going to play a home game for Brooklyn again on Sunday. And he apparently intends to play home games with the Nets for years to come. Irving, speaking to reporters Saturday following Brooklyn’s game-day shootaround practice in Miami, said he feels…
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s task force to remove slaveowners’ names from D.C. government buildings has reportedly disbanded. Efforts to strip names off government-owned buildings in D.C. honoring slaveowners appear to have halted before truly beginning. As reported by The Washington Post, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s committee proposing the renaming of about 50 schools, public buildings and parks…
West Philadelphia High School responded to the pandemic like many other school districts across the country by sending its nearly 198,000 students home to learn on school-issued Chromebooks. Naturally, the technology endured wear and tear, and the district tapped one of its three computer systems networking programs to get the devices back in working order….
Social media’s latest obsession with the “Bel-Air” reimagining, which takes a darker approach than its comedic predecessor, doesn’t appear to be letting up. It also has some of the original show’s cast members reminiscing about their time on the show and some of its most iconic moments. During a recent appearance on 105.9’s “The Breakfast…
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has made it known that he will vote against confirming President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest judicial bench. As GOP leader in the U.S. Senate, McConnell’s announcement was not a surprise to…
The star-studded event kicked off Oscar weekend in style Oscars weekend kicked off with a star-studded affair on Friday night when some of Hollywood’s brightest stars gathered for the 12th annual Governors Awards. The event was hosted by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, who gave Honorary Oscars to Liv Ullman, Samuel L….
Cardi B, Hennessy Carolina and model Michelle Diaz were sued in September 2020 for allegedly defaming a trio of beachgoers who displayed a Trump flag on their car. Cardi B has won her second defamation case of 2022 after a New York judge dismissed claims filed against the rapper and her sister by beachgoers following…
