Source: Drew Angerer / Getty California Congresswoman Maxine Waters is prioritizing her constituents’ financial needs by demanding banks open up more branches in her district in which the largest ethnic group of residents is Black people. The demands come as research shows African Americans face considerable challenges in accessing bank services for a number of…
Dionne Warwick continues to prove that pettiness is not just a young person’s sport, as her witty presence on X, formerly known as Twitter, has drawn attention to an old industry feud. The legendary artist renewed interest in claims that the late U.K. entertainer Cilla Black hijacked Warwick’s singing style and songs to pave a…
A county commission in rural Georgia is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging zoning changes in one of Black America’s most treasured former enslaved communities in the rural South. The legal action, filed in October on behalf of a group of Black residents in the Hogg Hammock community on a Georgia barrier…
A group of Republican senators abruptly stormed out of a classified briefing earlier this week following an outburst from South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who exclaimed, “Can we f—king get someone in here who knows anything?” during foreign aid discussions with defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Gen. Charles Q. Brown, who are both Black….
Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are among the 20 institutions of higher learning on the receiving end of $93 million in grants to support their respective research and development efforts. The grants were announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and are specifically…
Steve Harvey is no longer the only man in his family who has ladies batting an eye in his direction. After sharing a photo of two of his three sons, Wynton and Broderick, it is clear to swooning fans that the handsome gene was passed down from the entertainer. On Dec. 7, the “Family Feud”…
The family of deacon Johnny Hollman, who died following a traffic ticket dispute, is suing the tow truck driver who assisted the former Atlanta cop who tased the 62-year-old at the scene. The lawsuit was filed in the State Court of DeKalb County on Monday, Dec. 4, against Eric Robinson and his employer, S&W Services…
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his grandson Kentrell Gaulden Jr., aka KJ, have dropped another wholesome video on social media, and fans are showing their love for the grandparent-grandchild connection. In previous videos, Mayweather showed his fans just how much KJ loved him more than his other family members. In the Instagram post, Mayweather proved his…
Rapper Offset on February 25, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Prince Williams / Getty A city councilman in Atlanta, Georgia, has proposed a ban on ski masks and hoodies in an effort to reduce crime in the city, but since people have been trying to criminalize the hoodie since the senseless killing of Trayvon…
Water troubles in Jackson, Mississippi, still linger more than a year after a crisis ensued that left more than 150,000 people without safe drinking water as the city works to overhaul its water systems completely and sustainably. The issues stem largely from the sudden shutdown of the city’s largest water treatment plant in August 2022,…
