Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty During the second day of a week of action in support of Trans people across the country, #IStandWithDonCheadle trended on Twitter. To counter posts showing solidarity with “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, Twitter user @SisyphusRedemed tweeted a viral picture of actor Don Cheadle. I see that #IStandWithJKRowling is trending….
Singer Rihanna is getting excited about the baby set to come this spring. Paparazzi caught the billionaire mom-to-be shopping for her new child, and it seems that she liked one particular the teeny-tiny option available at the shop. The “Diamonds” singer and A$AP Rocky, her boyfriend, broke the internet earlier this year after pictures dropped…
Source: MICHAEL TRAN / Getty Four Black actors were nominated for Oscars in 2022, six years after the Twitter campaign #OscarsSoWhite rocked Hollywood. In the long history of Hollywood snubs, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gets some credit for at least trying to diversify the Hollywood film industry. After all, it’s not…
Source: blackCAT / Getty From politics to business, historically Black colleges and universities throughout the country have nurtured some of the most brilliant minds who have gone on to transform their respective industries. The United Negro College Fund is using technology to advance that legacy of excellence in academia. The nonprofit organization joined forces with…
Source: EMMANUEL DUPARCQ / Getty Desperate treatment of those fleeing Ukraine continues with recent news of African and other non-white refugees who fled Ukraine now being detained in Poland and Estonia. As recently reported by the Independent, an estimated “52 third-country nationals” were being detained in detention facilities in Poland. A person identifying themselves as a…
Managing teenagers and social media could be a tricky task for any parent. Recently actress Gabrielle Union opened up about some of the disturbing messages she and her husband, former NBA star Dwyane Wade have found on their children’s phones. During her appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Wednesday, March 23, Wednesday, the actress…
Irving holds a $36.5 million player option for next season. Kyrie Irving is finally going to play a home game for Brooklyn again on Sunday. And he apparently intends to play home games with the Nets for years to come. Irving, speaking to reporters Saturday following Brooklyn’s game-day shootaround practice in Miami, said he feels…
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s task force to remove slaveowners’ names from D.C. government buildings has reportedly disbanded. Efforts to strip names off government-owned buildings in D.C. honoring slaveowners appear to have halted before truly beginning. As reported by The Washington Post, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s committee proposing the renaming of about 50 schools, public buildings and parks…
West Philadelphia High School responded to the pandemic like many other school districts across the country by sending its nearly 198,000 students home to learn on school-issued Chromebooks. Naturally, the technology endured wear and tear, and the district tapped one of its three computer systems networking programs to get the devices back in working order….
Social media’s latest obsession with the “Bel-Air” reimagining, which takes a darker approach than its comedic predecessor, doesn’t appear to be letting up. It also has some of the original show’s cast members reminiscing about their time on the show and some of its most iconic moments. During a recent appearance on 105.9’s “The Breakfast…
