Source: Ed Rode / Getty On a recent segment of The View, The Nation’s Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal shared a feeling many Black people share about the constitution. ‘The Constitution is kind of trash,” Mystal said. Six simple words carry the weight and fire of those who spent generations trying to push through…
Erykah Badu took a moment to show off her new haircut, but fans couldn’t get over how much she resembled her 17-year-old daughter, Puma Sabti Curry. In a video shared on Wednesday, March 2, the 51-year-old mother can be seen makeup-less while showing off her cute ponytail and bang over her eye. 51-year-old Erykah Badu…
It’s hard to imagine that it’ll be almost one year since the hip-hop community lost Grammy-nominated rapper and actor DMX. While for many, the 50-year-old’s death marked a massive void in the music world, for the Mount Vernon native’s fiancée, Desiree Lindstrom, it signified the day her life altered entirely and the start of a…
The list of twelve extraordinary women honored by Time magazine for 2022 includes an ample amount of Black excellence. “When you speak your truth, things happen,” Allyson Felix, one of TIME’s 2022 Women of the Year told the magazine, adding: “You draw power from one another.” (l-r) Allyson Felix, Amanda Gorman and Mj Rodriguez Photos: Getty…
Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri is responsible for the careers of several very successful musical artists after signing them to his record label So So Def in 1993. Acts included Kriss Kross, Dem Franchize Boyz, Anthony Hamilton, and more. However, the music executive recently took to his Instagram account on Thursday, March 3, and revealed two…
EXCLUSIVE: According to a report, Black women represent only 1.7% of the tech industry’s labor force. Black women are leading the charge on the revolution to increase representation in the technology sector. Latoya Elder and Sherrell Dorsey have developed mentorship programs and literary resources to help Black job seekers who want to pursue tech jobs…
When it comes to a journalist, judge or others accomplishing their goals, some seem to be sickened by Black brilliance. Quite often I find myself missing ABC’s Scandal. The political drama starring Kerry Washington revolutionized how we watched television and caused many of us to side-eye everything about the United States government. Yet, it was…
The U.S. is stepping up sanctions against Russian oligarchs and banks that hold Russian money MSNBC’s Joy Reid took to Twitter Thursday to respond to Laura Ingraham’s rant about the U.S. sanctioning Russian oligarchs amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As previously reported by White House Correspondent April Ryan, the U.S. is stepping up sanctions against…
Ollie Gordon of Blue Island, Illinois, is the cousin of Emmett Till, and she’s being cautiously optimistic about the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act that passed the House of Representatives on Monday, 422 yeas to three nays. “I’m not sure what Emmett would say, but I’m sure he would be pleased with it. I’m sure his…
EXCLUSIVE: From the White House to the halls of Congress, the U.S. government says it’s doing its part in aiding Black migrants during the Russian invasion. The international community is searching for more information on the reported mistreatment of African migrants trying to flee Ukraine as Russia continues to drop bombs on the eastern European…
