The company made a $2 billion, 3-year commitment to address the digital divide AT&T is committed to helping close the digital divide in underserved communities. The world’s largest telecommunications company has contributed $500,000 to PCs for People in Baltimore to provide free access to digital tools and digital skills training for low-income students, families, and…
The research suggests that ongoing health risks in vulnerable communities are at least partly linked to historical structural racism. Minority neighborhoods where residents were long denied home loans have twice as many oil and gas wells as mostly white neighborhoods, according to a new study that suggests ongoing health risks in vulnerable communities are at least partly…
After spending three decades in prison for a crime he did not commit, a California man has been exonerated of murder. His case, in which authorities found no DNA evidence, fingerprints, or weapons connecting him to the crime, is the first exoneration prompted by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Innocence Commission, which was established in…
It be your own kids. Retired Los Angeles Lakers player Matt Barnes has a set of comedians on his hands after his twin boys Isaiah and Carter left fans on social media in tears this week after appearing to suggest that their dad would “pull up” on comedian Pete Davidson as a favor for Grammy…
Source: Delmaine Donson / Getty Whether you spell it, doo-rag or du-rag, the timeless headscarf holds great significance to the Black community. It keeps our waves popping and helps our coily curls stay in place when we lay our heads to rest. The durag works wonders at the gym, helping to mitigate frizz and keep…
Abundance is a collaboration between three Chicago-area grantmakers, Chicago Beyond, the Grand Victoria Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. A new effort to help grantmakers change the way they work so they can better support Black-led nonprofits was announced Monday. Abundance is a collaboration between three Chicago-area grantmakers, Chicago Beyond, the…
The claim names as defendants NBCUniversal, Bravo, True Entertainment, Truly Original, executives from the companies and “Housewives” executive producer Andy Cohen. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” NeNe Leakes sued the companies behind the show on Wednesday, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environment….
The Tuesday night vote in the Chicago suburb follows a yearlong campaign that was tied to the Academy Award-winning film about Hampton, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’ MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of…
The order by the state Supreme Court puts on hold at least temporarily the planned April 29 execution of Richard Bernard Moore. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. The order by the…
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade‘s daughter Kaavia James Union Wade has proven to be a dancing machine in the past from numerous viral videos. One of the clips included Gabrielle’s relaxation post, where the actress and Kaavia James were seen showing off their best moves to Curtis Mayfield’s 1970 single “Move On Up.” On April 19, Kaavia…
