The Pierce County Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to approve the settlement The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man killed by police two years ago as he pleaded for breath, has reached a $4 million proposed settlement with one of the two government agencies it named in a wrongful death lawsuit….
OPINION: If you’re Black and LGBTQ in America, the stakes of this relentless culture war powered by Republicans in Florida and across the country could not be higher. Senate Democrats must act to pass the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ rights. The “Don’t Say Gay” bill and “Stop WOKE Act” expected to be signed by…
Former rapper and successful businessman Master P has never been afraid to speak out about issues affecting the hip-hop community. Following the April 2021 death of legendary emcee DMX, the Louisiana native called for a worker’s union for artists to avoid repeating patterns of addiction often seen in the industry. While talking about his childhood…
Despite the inequities that have historically pervaded corporate America, Black thought leaders have tapped into the power of innovation to elevate global brands, however, their contributions have often gone overlooked. Award-winning filmmakers Stanley Nelson and Jacqueline Olive are directing a documentary that will magnify the unsung story behind Pepsi’s first all-Black sales team, Deadline reported….
Source: J. Countess / Getty If you haven’t heard about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, then you’ve probably been living under a rock. Every news outlet in the world has somehow covered the war in Ukraine–and for good reason. According to the United Nations, 816 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country…
Favour Nerrise, 22, is a Ph.D. electrical engineering student at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and she is the national chair of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). She’s set out an ambitious goal to graduate 10,000 Black engineers within the next three years. According to the National Society of Engineering Education, which tracks…
“I think this partnership is something that can be beneficial to a great number of students and families,” said Hampton President Dr. William R. Harvey. Hampton University will extend a humanitarian offer of support to between 50 and 100 students fleeing Ukraine amid its battle against the Russian invasion, Hampton President Dr. William R. Harvey…
A pioneering collective of resilient Black women who broke racial and gender barriers within the United States military are finally receiving their flowers. According to CNN, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—the U.S. Army’s only all-Black women unit to serve during WWII—will be bestowed with a Congressional Gold Medal. An all-Black Women’s Army Corps unit…
Since the dawning of musical history, gospel singers have received pushback for being too secular in their art and in their lives. For early acts like Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, The Staple Singers, André Crouch, The Clark Sisters and Walter Hawkins and his choir to Kirk Franklin, Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond…
Source: AP / Youtube There was a time when school fights weren’t such an eventful thing. Students would scrap, the fight got broken up and suspensions and detentions were meted out to the kids involved. Nowadays—and especially when the students are Black—a simple fight can get a student bodyslammed by a cop or otherwise handled…
