“It was a single incident and it has to be reported,” said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta Arsenal reported an allegation of racial abuse toward one of its players during the English Premier League game against Leeds on Saturday, manager Mikel Arteta said. The alleged incident took place in the 33rd minute of the game at…
Chidiebere Ibe spent the last year learning how to create medical illustrations showing Black bodies. Earlier this month, his illustration of a Black fetus in the womb went viral. “I wasn’t expecting it to go viral,” Ibe, an aspiring pediatric neurosurgeon, told NBC News. The 25-year-old from Nigeria, who has a chemistry degree from the…
Clark Atlanta University will receive $200,000 in funding to support their renewable energy and entrepreneurship lab Georgia Power and Microsoft have teamed up to invest more than $200,000 in Clark Atlanta University’s (CAU) undergraduate renewable energy and entrepreneurship lab. The Makerspace and Advanced Manufacturing Lab at the Georiga-based HBCU was developed to provide opportunities for…
Halle Berry believes Hollywood’s next big act is former Disney star-turned fashion icon Zendaya. Berry, who is a trailblazer in her own right, praised the former “K.C. Undercover” actress for the strides she has made in her career, and the ways she is evolving as an actress who is both “talented” and “wildly beautiful.” Halle…
The Justice for Greenwood Foundation contends that Tulsa officials failed to conduct a proper investigation and prosecute those involved in the massacre Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and their foundation, Justice for Greenwood, are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the massacre. In 2017, the DOJ reopened an investigation into…
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) announced theGrio’s fourth-row seat on Friday with its first updated seating chart in five years. The new seating arrangement goes into effect on Jan. 3, 2022. After less than a year of providing leading White House coverage of the Biden-Harris administration for Black America, theGrio has been assigned a…
Yandy Smith-Harris‘ date-night video with her husband Mendeecees Harris left fans admiring their relationship and complementary ensembles. In the Instagram post shared on Dec. 16, Smith-Harris, who is wearing a semi-sheer black dress, starts the recording by seductively posing to Emmy Meli’s “I Am Woman” track before heading toward the door. As Smith-Harris begins walking, Harris appears behind…
A DeWitt police officer was reinstated less than a year after being fired for pulling his firearm out on a Black newspaper delivery driver outside his jurisdiction earlier this year. Chad Vorce, an 18-year veteran of the department, has been allowed to return to the force after pulling a gun out twice on 19-year-old Alexander…
The Black News Channel offers 24/7 coverage of news, sports, and entertainment Black News Channel (BNC) has reportedly reduced its workforce amid reports of declining ratings. “I am reaching out to you today with some very unfortunate news about a reduction in our workforce,” said President and CEO Princell Hair in an internal memo, TheWrap…
Source: ABC News / Getty Under the cover of night, the Senate moved to confirm one of the most controversial nominees this year. Rahm Emanuel will officially become the U.S. ambassador to Japan. With many senators already departed for the holiday break, the Senate voted 48-21 to confirm Emanuel. Thirty-one senators did not vote. By a…
