A new study shows individuals who graduate from Historically Black Colleges and Universities create an economic impact of $14.8 billion in the American economy. The report contends if alumni of these schools were viewed as a business, they would be ranked in the 200 of Forbes Fortune 500 list. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post…
The rap music icon allegedly thought that the victim was trying to hit on him Rap pioneer The Kidd Creole from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was convicted Wednesday in the stabbing death of a homeless man. As reported by TMZ, a New York Supreme Court jury found the rap legend guilty of first-degree…
Bad news for fans who attend a Chris Rock show expecting to hear his side of the Oscar controversy in which the “Good Hair” comedian received an unexpected slap from Academy Award winner Will Smith promptly after making a joke onstage about the shaved head of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. During a surprise set…
Lawyers for the former Miami Dolphins head coach added Steve Wilks and Ray Horton to an amended complaint Thursday Two Black former NFL coaches have joined Brian Flores’ class-action suit against the NFL. As reported by ESPN, lawyers for the former Miami Dolphins head coach added Steve Wilks and Ray Horton to an amended complaint…
WHO said 9 million cases were reported, a 16% weekly decline, and more than 26,000 new deaths from COVID-19. GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases reported globally has dropped for a second consecutive week and confirmed COVID-19 deaths also fell last week, according to a World Health Organization report issued Wednesday. In its…
Ralph said that directors and producers would ‘tell you how to be Black’ earlier in her career. The star of the breakout hit comedy series, Abbott Elementary, Sheryl Lee Ralph, says that she was once fired from a TV show because she wasn’t “Black enough.” Ralph recently spoke with People about an instance in the…
President Joe Biden and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch together as the U.S. Senate votes to confirm her to be the first Black woman to be a justice on the Supreme Court in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on April 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Realizing their…
Earlier this year, the AMC Church halted pension payouts to its thousands of retired pastors, bishops and others. The African Methodist Episcopal Church is the target of a class-action lawsuit filed on March 22 by as many as 5000 eligible beneficiaries of its pension fund that has lost at least $90 million due to irresponsible…
Ethiopian federal authorities strongly refute allegations they have deliberately targeted Tigrayans for violent attacks. KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have charged in a new report. The crimes were perpetrated…
The FDA’s vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said during a recent meeting, “we simply can’t be boosting people as frequently as we are.” WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are beginning to grapple with how to keep the vaccines updated to best protect Americans from the ever-changing…
