Van Van (C) attends the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Ahead of her animated feature film debut, VanVan collaborates with “Sesame Street” and Dove’s CROWN Coalition. VanVan is taking her “good” morning haircare routine to Sesame Street. The 7-year-old social media…
A look into the history of 100 years of Black History celebrations How Negro History Week, founded by Carter G. Woodson in 1926, evolved into today’s nationally recognized Black History Month. Black history has always existed. The fight has never been about whether it happened, but whether it would be acknowledged, taught, and remembered. This…
Source: JDawnInk / Getty This year marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month. As we reflect on our stories, this centennial is not only a moment of celebration but a call to urgency, a reminder that protecting, preserving, and uplifting Black history matters now more than ever. Let’s take a look back at how…
Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Last week, as many had predicted over the past few years, Kanye West woke up one morning and decided to apologize. Not necessarily in the half-hearted, PR-cleansed way we’ve grown accustomed to from public figures who torch their reputations with some moral dereliction or another and then attempt to rebuild…
New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson refused to have his name dragged into the scandalous web of Jeffrey Epstein’s misdeeds. The Super Bowl champion and his wife, Ciara, are among the A-list celebrities named in the most recent files released by the Department of Justice, following the mention of rappers Jay-Z and Pusha T. Russell…
Source: Amyah Wright / Amyah Wright At his Washington, D.C., apartment, 54-year-old Will Greenfield, who is living with ALS, is surrounded by the medical and adaptive technology that sustains his care, communication, and independence. Ice covers sidewalks and side streets across Washington, D.C., as the city prepares to enter February. Many residents are forced to…
This may be a first. “CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillp had to warn panelists to “keep their hands to themselves” as the discussion over President Donald Trump’s deadly ICE crackdown in Minneapolis took a heated turn during an intense exchange between two commentators and almost turned physical. The debate centered around whether agents with Customs…
President Donald Trump once again had the internet closely monitoring his movements after returning from a quick overnight trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for a wedding. Trump — dressed in a black suit, a black overcoat, and a white baseball cap — was likely wearing the same look at the wedding for his…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty When Nicki Minaj walked into that Trump Accounts Summit event a few days ago, wrapped in white fur, she didn’t just enter a room. She arrived lacquered, weaponized, and curated for impact. Her hair fell smooth and pin-straight with that precise, studio-perfect side part and not a strand daring to…
A federal judge in Chicago last week dismissed a lawsuit by a conservative group claiming that Northwestern University’s law school discriminates against white men when hiring faculty. It’s the second time that the nonprofit Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) has failed in its efforts to stop a U.S. law school from…
