OPINION: In a series for Black Music Month, Panama asks one of the all-important questions about Black movies: Is the soundtrack actually better than the movie? It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, or as it’s known more contemporarily for federal celebration and proclamation purposes, African-American Music Appreciation Month….
The shift has been mostly supported by law enforcement officials around the country. But some worry that leniency has emboldened a small number of young criminals. David Harrington spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager — the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his…
Fans of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Drew Sidora had questions after the actress hinted she used to date a famous NBA star. Sidora spoke on her past dating life during a Sunday’s episode shared by The Peach Report Daily on Instagram. The post was captioned, “Check out this SNEAK PEEK from this Sunday’s…
A North Carolina county and its sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $3 million to the family of a Black man killed in the county jail. The agreement comes almost two months after a grand jury failed to indict corrections officers for John Neville‘s December 2019 death and pinned charges on a jail nurse. John…
Fans are convinced that Marlon Wayans has drunk from the fountain of youth after the comedian uploaded his high school yearbook photo on June 1. Wayans attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York before graduating in 1990. After graduation Wayans enrolled in Howard University. He would ultimately drop…
“There’s this unrealistic standard of what a vulva and vagina should smell like, look like, feel like,” says Fatima Daoud Yilmaz, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. Black women for decades have turned to a slew of products to maintain feminine hygiene, but many of these intimate-care douches, washes and powders are rooted in racist…
Tempe Town Lake is pictured on November 21, 2021, in Tempe, Arizona. | Source: Christian Petersen / Getty A Black man drowned in Arizona this weekend and police watched him lose his life while adamantly refusing to even try to rescue him, according to the officers’ own transcripts. Sean Bickings died Saturday after entering Tempe…
Cardi B. is the latest rapper to weigh in on the Joe Budden–initiated discussion surrounding colorism and discrimination in the New York strip club scene. Earlier this week, the rapper-turned-podcast maven called out adult entertainment clubs for their lack of diversity among their performers. “Joe Budden Podcast” host called the establishments out for simultaneously “not…
The Preservation Society of Charleston plans to create a database of burial sites in the area that deserve protection. Black burial grounds in Charleston, South Carolina, will soon receive the long-overdue care and protection that they need. The Preservation Society of Charleston has been awarded a $50,000 grant to launch its “Mapping Charleston’s Black Burial…
A former Oxford police officer has been ordered to pay the children of a woman he murdered millions of dollars. A federal judge issued a default ruling against the ex-cop after he failed to respond to the civil lawsuit from his prison cell. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Glen Davidson ordered Matthew Kinne to pay…
