Social media chef Darius Cooks has found a way to profit from the backlash he’s receiving for pivoting from the kitchen to the classroom. Social media has been buzzing with think pieces and threads of discourse over his viral video ranting about Houston’s Phillis Wheatley High School students. Cooks, real name Darius Williams, recorded the…
A federal jury awarded a veteran entertainment anchor for a New York City television station $2.4 million after finding she had proved she was fired in retaliation for complaining about racial discrimination, including her comments comparing her workplace to a plantation. Ojinika “Oji” Obiekwe filed a civil lawsuit in January 2025, claiming that she was…
Source: Dave Kotinsky / Getty Stephen A. Smith found himself facing a new wave of criticism this weekend after the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) awarded him its annual “Thumbs Down” Award on Aug. 15. The ESPN First Take host was singled out over what the organization described as a recurring pattern of disparaging…
Source: Dave Kotinsky / Getty Stephen A. Smith, sir, my brother in hair lines that died on the cross, I’m going to hold your hands when I say this — you should sit this one out. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) had its annual four-day convention in Atlanta last week, and on Saturday,…
Building ballrooms, trips with White House aides, and golf games. These are all things Sen. Jon Ossoff says Donald Trump is much more worried about than being president. The Georgia Democrat made the comment during a rally in Atlanta on Sunday. He is running for re-election in November. During his speech, the 39-year-old referred to…
Photo of Robbins, Il. Mayor Darren Bryant (From Robbins, Illinois Government website) Mayor Darren Bryant was attending a resident’s birthday celebration when gunfire erupted shortly after midnight. Robbins, Ill., Mayor Darren Bryant was grazed by a bullet during a shooting at a local bar and restaurant that left the alleged gunman dead. Bryant and a…
Police are investigating a man’s death as a suicide after he was found hanging from a tree in downtown Raleigh. The man was found on August 15 on South McDowell Street just after 3 p.m. The victim’s identity has not been released. The Medical Examiner’s Office refused to confirm the victim’s race to Atlanta Black…
Source: Bettmann / Getty Every year when Black August rolls around, the stories we pull from the archive tend to center on Black men’s experience while the distinct warfare waged against Black women political prisoners gets reduced to a quiet whisper, if mentioned at all. I learned to tune my ears to those whispers early…
Source: Jason Mendez / Getty There is something almost hilarious about Stephen A. Smith being angry that the National Association of Black Journalists gave him a “Thumbs Down” award. Not because the award is funny. Not because NABJ is beyond criticism. And certainly not because Stephen A. Smith doesn’t have the right to disagree with…
Source: KENT NISHIMURA / Getty Newly appointed United States Attorney General Todd Blanche said in an interview on Sunday that it’s “possible” he’ll take the Trump administration’s lawsuits to obtain voter rolls from several states up to the Supreme Court. According to Democracy Docket, Blanche’s comments came during an interview with Meet the Press host…
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