The organization has 38 chapters across the nation, most in the South and the Midwest. Melanie Willingham-Jaggers has made history as the first Black and nonbinary person tapped to lead the national LGBTQ advocacy group GLSEN. Willingham-Jaggers, 39, joined the group as deputy executive director in 2019. She has been appointed executive director of the…
“Don’t Look Up” and “Tick Tick…BOOM” also earned nominations from the Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America announced its nominees on Thursday morning for the best original, adapted and documentary screenplay categories, and King Richard and West Side Story are leading the pack nominations. King Richard nabbed a nomination in the Best…
In this handout photo provided by the Shelby County Detention Center, former Louisville, Kentucky detective Brett Hankison poses for a mug shot on September 23, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. | Source: Handout / Getty The upcoming criminal trial for a former police detective involved in the deadly raid that killed Breonna Taylor — even though…
His body was reportedly found in a park in McLean, Virginia The mayor of the City of Hyattsville in Maryland, an urban area outside of Washington, D.C., has reportedly died by suicide at age 44. Mayor Kevin Ward died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday, the New York Post reported. No additional details about his death…
OPINION: The entertainer-entrepreneur is rumored to be launching a design initiative highlighting Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis—but exactly how remains in question. Empowering or exploitative? That was the immediate question we had upon reading buzz from TMZ that Kanye “Ye” West, he of post-presidential and sold-out Yeezy runs, had “a radical new idea to address the…
Mike Tyson wants Triller to show him the money. On a recent episode of the “Just Send” podcast, Tyson joined UFC President Dana White and kept it real on the payout for his 2020 exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. Mike Tyson revealed that his purse from the pay-per-view is still not paid in full from then…
Janet Jackson’s two-night documentary will be released this week, and the legendary singer will be taking “Control” of her own narrative. In the project, Jackson is not only talking about her career, but she will also be addressing rumors about her personal life. One of those rumors has to do with her first marriage to…
The conservative politico says the limited-edition design by Stella McCartney “destroys fabrics of our society.” To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Disneyland Paris, fashion designer Stella McCartney (daughter of Beatles’ royalty Paul McCartney) gave the iconic character Minnie Mouse a minor makeover—and unsurprisingly, Fox News commentator Candace Owens took issue with it, according to Newsweek….
President Joe Biden, with retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 27, 2022. | Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty With it being a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden will nominate a Black woman to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court, attention…
The Black Women’s Photographer collective will receive a $50,000 grant from Nikon to support their work The Black Women’s Photographer (BWP) collective has partnered with Nikon for a $50,000 grant distribution to assist creatives in funding their projects. The grants provide funds for photographers’ equipment, protective gear, documentary resources, travel expenses, high-end cameras and other…
