Source: FatCamera / Getty Heath advocates in North Carolina are sounding the alarm on the state’s proposed anti-DEI bill targeting federally-funded medical schools. Some believe if the legislation passes that it could have a detrimental effect on the work the medical schools are doing to combat the Black maternal health crisis. In March, North Carolina…
A Michigan news outlet’s investigation revealed how a former deputy slipped through the cracks of a background check and went on to be hired by a police department after he was fired from a sheriff’s office for going on a racist rant as he was on the way to buy drugs using a squad car….
Claflin University held its Spring Commencement Convocation with former South Carolina Representative Bakari Sellers to serve as keynote speaker on May 6, 2023, at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. | Source: Claflin University / Getty College graduation season is upon us as students across the country prepare to embark on the next stages of…
Willow Smith, the daughter of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, recently revealed why her mother allowed her to shave her head as a 12-year-old. The 23-year-old musician encountered fame when she was just 9 following the success of her single, “Whip My Hair.” In an interview published in Allure, Smith explained that it…
A makeup brand is being forced to take extreme measures to quiet online backlash after being called out when its attempt to expand its foundation’s shade range teetered the line of racism. Youthforia, which describes itself as a “universal” clean and sustainable makeup company that believes makeup should be an extension of skin care, was founded…
A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts attorney to 10 years in prison for paying a hitman to murder his ex-wife. Allen Gessen, 49, was convicted of murder for hire after evidence revealed he tried to hire an undercover FBI agent he believed was a contract killer to murder his former partner and the mother of…
Source: Bevan Goldswain / Getty Do you find yourself feeling sluggish in the mornings and wired at night? Or maybe you struggle to find focus throughout the day and are low on energy by the evening. These experiences might be due to a disconnect with your natural internal clock, known as your circadian rhythm, and…
Source: Pez Photography / Getty For all of the boasting the GOP has done lately about making marginal progress in attracting Black voters, Republicans continue to have no issue whatsoever with playing around in Black people’s faces about our history and about America’s legacy of racism, anti-Black cruelty and exploitation, which they continue to…
Back when Tamar Braxton was a “doo-wop pop” girl, singing background for her sister Toni Braxton, the legendary Whitney Houston spotted her onstage and made a point to praise her as an “amazing” singer. Despite this and being regarded as one of the greatest voices of all time, Braxton places the “I Will Always Love…
Bodycam footage from last year shows a Georgia police officer beating an unarmed Black man as he was on the ground trying to comply with orders to be taken into custody. WSB-TV spoke with Cobb County officials about that video showing an arrest on Aug. 19, 2023, near the Six Flags Over Georgia parking lot….
