The D.A. said that Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim were violating curfew at the time they were tased by the officers The six Atlanta police officers accused of using violent and excessive force against two college students amid a George Floyd protest in 2020 will not face charges. The Atlanta district attorney announced Monday that…
Chaney, 65, was among 10 Black people killed May 14 when a white gunman targeted shoppers and workers at a Tops Friendly Market. Images of Celestine Chaney’s shooting death in a hate-fueled attack inside a Buffalo supermarket made their way across the internet in the days that followed. At her funeral Tuesday, images from a treasured life…
It might sound like a cute hashtag, but Date My City is a real organization reviving the cultural identity of Black communities in Asheville and Western North Carolina. Are you the type of person who feels the need to travel often but hasn’t even explored your own city, its history, and what it has to…
Thirteen children were taken by ambulance or bus to Uvalde Memorial Hospital after an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 15 people were killed in a shooting Tuesday at an elementary school. Abbott says the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old man, also died and was believed to be killed…
Family over everything. Tia Mowry expressed the importance of spending quality time with loved ones on May 23 after hanging out with her twin sister Tamera Mowry and her two children, Aden Housley, 9, and 6-year-old Ariah Housley. Tia Mowry (right) and Tamera Mowry (left) spend quality time together with their family and children. Photo:@tiamowry/Instagram…
Women Engaged champions Black mothers as voters and civic minded leaders in their communities. Source: Malika Redmond / Women Engaged As the nation is reeling again from a violent act of white supremacy to the pending SCOTUS decision on abortion rights to the fragility of the access to vote, Black women are still facing unrelenting…
The 24-time Grammy winner posted that he’s collaborating with the fast-food company to redesign its imaging. Kanye West recently announced that he’s working with McDonald’s. The 24-time Grammy winner posted on social media confirming a collaboration with the fast-food chain to reimagine its packaging. After weeks of inactivity on Instagram, West broke his silence with…
Bobby Brown’s life is no laughing matter despite the years of jokes made at his expense. In 2005, Brown and his then wife Whitney Houston gave the media, and comedians, an eyeful when they appeared on reality television with the Bravo-produced show “Being Bobby Brown.” The eight-part series catapulted the couple to the top of…
OPINION: News outlets are being called out for using images of mostly Black and brown people with the disease, playing into harmful stereotypes, even as the outbreak is occurring in mostly white countries. Unfortunately, history shows us that this is nothing new. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are…
A former FBI agent who worked undercover among racist extremists says the federal agency has allowed the threat of white supremacism to go unaddressed, leaving Black Americans at risk for attacks like the Buffalo shooting. Michael German, who reportedly infiltrated white supremacy groups in the 1990s, said the FBI downplays the threat of the racist…
