Floyd Mayweather Jr. has no intention of delving into commentary regarding alleged sex scandals and Sean “Diddy” Combs. But ironically, it is the athlete’s own words about the topic that have provoked some to drag him online. The 46-year-old is the latest guest on “The Pivot” podcast. Early in his chat with the hosts, Ryan…
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Here’s the thing: Racist white kids need to follow the news more. If they did, they would know that year after year after year, their fellow Kiddie Klan Kadets get themselves into trouble over their racist videos, racist promposals (with the same stupid joke about “picking cotton” and “picking you),…
Source: Estate of Sekou Odinga Sekou Odinga, who co-founded both the Harlem-Bronx Chapter and the Algeria-based International Section of the Black Panther Party, was in the process of writing his biography with his goddaughter, asha bandele, when he passed away on January 12, 2024. The excerpt below about Malcolm X is taken from the manuscript,…
Renowned HIV/AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent has passed away at age 39, her family announced this week. Her father, Loren Broadbent, shared the tragic news in a Facebook post on Tuesday night. “With great sadness, I must inform you all that our beloved friend, mentor and daughter Hydeia, passed away today after living with Aids since…
The Philadelphia man who says he was kicked out of a storage facility after sharing a TikTok video of himself living in a unit to save on rent has updated his social media followers to show he is now living in a tent. Leland Desmond Brown Jr. and his girlfriend Breanna were evicted from their…
Across the nation, Black and Latino patients are undergoing amputations at an alarming rate due to complications from type-2 diabetes, which makes it difficult for the pancreas to create insulin. According to ABC News, medical researchers believe that the growing healthy disparity is connected to peripheral artery disease (PAD), a circulatory condition in which narrowed…
Ingrained in the Black American experience are struggles to overcome stigmas, discrimination, and, perhaps less talked about, a reluctance to express mental vulnerability. While every Black person’s story differs, there are shared factors, such as systemic racism, historical trauma, and cultural identity, that make these experiences similar, leading to psychological scars that often go unaddressed….
Source: Education Images / Getty The city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, is celebrating Black History Month by hosting its first Black-owned business fair, and, unsurprisingly, a lot of white people are mad about it. “We are the largest minority-majority city in the state, and every year we want to do something unique for Black…
Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Dame Dash claims he turned down the chance to produce the 2004 comedy “Soul Plane” starring Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart. During a recent interview, Dash said that he was asked to produce the film, but he was “offended” by the offer due to its racist humor. Damon Dash attends Damon Dash celebrates…
Source: Bettmann / Getty On a Sunday afternoon at 3:14 Eastern, 59 years ago, Malcolm X–El Hajj Malik El Shabazz-–approached a podium at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York in the presence of his wife, Sister Betty who was swollen with the two lives inside of her. Alongside her were their four daughters, Qubilah…
