Actress Aunjanue Ellis recently opened up about her experience filming the Academy Award-nominated movie “King Richard” alongside Will Smith and how the veteran actor helped fellow co-stars receive salary raises after she presented the issue of pay equality to the movie’s leading star. During an appearance last week on 105.9’s “The Breakfast Club” with co-hosts…
“We all need to do a better job addressing mental health,” said Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott. “But also we need to protect our community.” The family of a 34-year-old man shot dead by sheriff’s deputies in Richland County, South Carolina, is looking for answers as reports emerge that he had only a small stick…
An Oregon police sergeant is facing misconduct charges for his role in the wrongful arrest of a Black Man, but the victim and his attorneys say it is not enough. Reports show Michael Fesser’s former boss plotted with police officials to retaliate against him for complaining about racial harassment at work. Michael Fesser was arrested…
Mayan community is against William and Kate’s support of conservation which displaces them from their native lands Indigenous Mayans in Belize preemptively protested Prince William and his wife Kate’s visit on March 18, forcing the cancellation of the stopover in the district known as the Maya Golden Landscape, in Central America, Breaking Belize News reported….
Ari Groover had a wardrobe malfunction in “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” but she didn’t skip a beat on center stage Saturday night. One of Broadway’s most famous phrases, “The show must go on,” was made way all too real for one unflappable Black actress this weekend. As reported by People, Ari Groover, who serves…
Sponsored by Citi Bank International Women’s Day spotlights a number of amazing women across the globe who are doing profound work to uplift, impact and propel their communities forward. From philanthropists and doctors to tech innovators and policymakers, let’s commemorate the women who step out on the front lines and dare to do the unthinkable,…
April Curley’s suit claims Google hires Blacks in lower-level positions, pays them less and denies them advancement opportunities. A new lawsuit is echoing previous claims that tech giant Google regularly discriminates against Black employees. The suit was filed on Friday, according to The New York Times, and it alleges that the company regularly practices bias…
Rapper and actress Eve took to Instagram on March 18 to update fans on how she is adjusting to her new role in life: motherhood. The 43-year-old welcomed her first child, a son named Wilde Cooper, with her husband Maximillion Cooper back in February. Eve shows off her sleeping newborn son Wilde Wolf Fife Alexander Somers Cooper….
Source: Evan Lang / Getty Where are Black people safe from the police? Certainly not out in public where cops racially profile us and get trigger-happy if they feel even the slightest bit threatened. Atatiana Jefferson, Stephon Clark, Kathryn Johnston, and Breonna Tayor remind us that we’re not necessarily safe in our homes, relatives’ homes,…
Members of Howard University’s faculty have threatened to go on strike next week over what they call unfair work conditions and low pay for non-tenured, full-time teaching faculty and adjunct professors. The educators were joined by their colleagues, students, and alumni during Wednesday, March 16, protest on campus. Howard University Faculty and others hold demonstration…
