Taraji P. Henson is setting the record straight after fans blamed Oprah Winfrey following Henson’s recent claims about unequal pay in Hollywood for Black actors. Henson is starring as Shug Avery in the remake of “The Color Purple,” of which Winfrey is a producer. During an interview with the film’s cast by Winfrey’s bestie Gayle…
Source: Scott Eisen / Getty On Dec. 20, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a public apology to Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett, two Black men who were wrongfully arrested in connection to the murder of a pregnant white woman in 1989. The incident exacerbated existing divides in a city already fractured along racial lines…
Rudy Giuliani just officially declared he is bankrupt in the face of mounting legal debts that are imperiling his financial standing. Just one day after a federal judge ordered that he must expedite the nearly $150 million payment in damages to former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the former New York City…
St. Louis rapper Sexyy Redd has been making a lot of noise in the media over her x-rated yet playful song lyrics and music videos. She’s gone viral online several times in the past, including this summer after performing her song “Pound Town” from the crowd at the BET Awards with respected Gospel legend Bobby…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene raised the alarm about a potential “national divorce” brewing, adding that the U.S. is in “a constitutional crisis.” In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Greene continued to double down on her criticism of how President Joe Biden’s administration is tackling the border crisis. Last month, she called to…
Taraji P. Henson is speaking out about unequal pay for Black women in Hollywood, and a clip of the actress saying she fired her entire team for not capitalizing on her “Empire” success is making the rounds on social media. During a SAG-AFTRA Foundation interview on Dec. 19, Henson said she was forced to fire…
Source: Archive Photos / Getty During the winter of 1963, while America celebrated the holidays, Black people in Greenville, North Carolina decided to take action, challenge the status quo and demand change. This was the birth of the Black Christmas Boycott of 1963, also known as the Christmas Sacrifice. The Black Christmas Boycott of 1963…
Two Black women are suing Navy Federal Credit Union, claiming their rejected home loans are due to their lending practices, obtained by Atlanta Black Star. The class action lawsuit, filed Sunday, comes after an explosive analysis from CNN that revealed the federal credit union significantly denied Black mortgage applicants compared to their counterparts. The report found that…
Kyle Rittenhouse says the National Rifle Association (NRA) did not help him during his murder trial for killing two Black Lives Matter protesters. Rittenhouse fatally shot two protesters with an AR-style rifle on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the Jacob Blake protests. Rittenhouse appeared on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s new show,…
Source: Francine Orr / Getty Independent presidential candidate Cornel West weighed in on this week’s ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 ballots by urging caution, not celebration, and suggesting the decision could lead to adverse electoral consequences in the future. West issued a statement…
