President Cyril Ramaphosa called on countries that have enacted travel bans to “urgently reverse their decisions.” Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, has called the travel bans imposed on his country “scientifically unjustified.” He made the comments on Sunday in an address to the nation, his first since the Omicron variant was detected in…
Tiny Harris has no problem switching her look up at the drop of a hat to keep fans on their toes, but part of being a fashion risk-taker is knowing there’s a chance that some of your ‘fits could end up being misses. The 46-year-old singer, born Tameka Cottle, gave fans a glimpse of her…
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty The trial for Jussie Smollett is set to start as jury selection begins Monday. It was just 2019 when the black gay actor was on top of the world. His role on the hit television show “Empire” garnished him worldwide notoriety as well as chart-topping music. But all that would…
Meek’s children said she was “a bridge builder and healer, a unifier with a legacy defined by selfless public service.” Carrie Meek, a trailblazing politician who became Florida’s first Black woman state senator and one of the first African Americans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state since the Reconstruction era, died…
Kevin Hart recently opened up about cancel culture after Dave Chappelle received backlash for seemingly transphobic jokes in his Netflix comedy special “The Closer.” “That man don’t have a hateful bone in his body. And I don’t say that because it’s hypothetical — I say that because I know him. I know his world. I…
Source: Moyo Studio / Getty UPDATED: 9:00 a.m. ET, Nov. 29, 2021 Originally published: Dec. 1, 2019 From Black Friday to Small Business Saturday, and even before, the holiday shopping season and all the deals they offer have already gotten underway for nearly a week now. And with Cyber Monday upon us, the conventional wisdom…
The role of videos in the fight for social justice has become a key component to gathering momentum across social media and applying pressure on authorities to properly investigate allegations of misconduct or white-on-Black violence occurs. The video captured by William “Roddie” Bryan in the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and Bryan himself, played…
Will Smith joined Instagram in 2017, giving people an intimate glimpse into his humor, his fearlessness, and his love for family. Now, an Illinois actor and comedian is accusing Smith of not being as authentic as some might have thought, and that he hired people to write his Instagram “dad jokes.” Langston Kerman took to…
Dr. Dre and Xzibit‘s have reached the “healing and moving forward” part of their divorce journeys and have the shirts to prove it. The 47-year-old rapper and 56-year-old producer met up and appeared to bond over moving on from their respective failed marriages. In the photos shared by Xzibit, the former “Pimp My Ride” host…
Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty Often overlooked, odd-year elections are equally important as even-year federal election cycles. This year has been full of important local elections, but they rarely yield the same attention and coverage as Congressional elections. While pundits predict that the upcoming midterm elections will be a “blood bath,” there is still some…
