A Florida jury has awarded a Black man seven figures after finding he was wrongfully terminated in 2016 from his job as city manager of the South Florida city of Hallandale Beach. Officials alleged he improperly used city money for travel in his previous job as deputy city manager, while the former city official said…
Source: Janos Kummer / Getty Somebody really needs to get on these dating apps and find Tucker Carlson a sexy M&M to occupy his time, because he’s clearly getting bored and when racists get bored, they start resurrecting old and stale forms of racism. Tucker Carlson is on his Donald Trump “birther” game right now….
OPINION: At a time when baseball’s appeal among African-American athletes is at an all-time low, the league-imposed lockout may blow an opportunity to celebrate a historic milestone. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and the owners he represents obviously don’t give a damn about the sport, its players or its fans. There’s no other explanation…
None of the bullets that former detective Brett Hankison fired hit Taylor, but they nearly struck others in a neighboring apartment. The jury that will rule in the case of the State of Kentucky vs. Brett Hankison, who faces trial on three counts of wanton endangerment, is set to begin deliberations. The 45-year-old former detective…
West’s short animated video for his new song, “Easy,” takes on his now-former wife’s reported love interest. After a short hearing that she attended virtually, Kim Kardashian was ruled legally single yesterday by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steve Cochran. Kanye West, her now-former husband, did not attend. Kanye West appears at the Vanity…
Tia Mowry’s daughter Cairo is quite the character and continues to capture the attention of Mowry’s fans. It has become a running joke to all of Mowry’s Instagram followers that little Cairo, no matter what, has to make a silly face for the photos that Mowry takes to post for her Instagram account. One of…
Source: Roy Rochlin / Getty There is no doubt that Dr. Seuss is one of the most well-known illustrators of all time. But like so many other white creators of his time, some of his past imagery has now been considered racially insensitive. Dr. Seuss Enterprises is looking to grow past that narrative with a…
EXCLUSIVE: The Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity will be the first step of a three-part strategy to modernize the department’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility operations. The Department of Treasury plans to establish a Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity within the Federal Register. The announcement is expected to drop this week and will…
Depending on who you ask, Starz is the palace that rapper 50 Cent built. Over the past eight years, the Queens chart-topper has created shows that have given the cable network some of its highest views with his hit show in the “Power” universe. Now he says his deal is up and he is moving…
The Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg noted that a 2007 transportation expansion displaced Black residents. A group of Black politicians in Charlotte, North Carolina, wants the city to put in safeguards to protect African American residents they fear could be disproportionately affected by a proposed transportation project. The Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg said in a press…
