A recent report shows that Mississippi has the lowest life expectancy in the country, foregrounding the effects of poverty on the state. According to the National Center for Health Statistics report released on Feb. 10, the average Mississippian is expected to live 74.4 years. Mississippi ranks last among all 50 states and the District of…
Source: Prince Williams / Getty The CIAA basketball tournament is one of the biggest events in all of HBCU sports every year. The historic all-HBCU athletic conference crowns a champion in front of some of the most unique fans in the country. Yet, the play on the court is far from the only thing that…
An 11-year-old Texas native’s mission to spread kindness in his local community has evolved into a national movement. TIME recently announced Orion Jean—founder of Race to Kindness—is the publication’s 2021 Kid of the Year. Introducing TIME’s Kid of the Year: Orion Jean https://t.co/Aeq6houkQd pic.twitter.com/0OP3JxtjAj — TIME (@TIME) February 10, 2022 From hunger to housing insecurity,…
Grammy-and Emmy-winning comedian Tiffany Haddish and legendary storyteller Dave Chapelle attended the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend game in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, Feb. 19. On Instagram, Haddish shared a photo of the duo at the game, adding in the caption, “Hanging with my big brother.” Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Dave Chapelle appeared in Prime Video’s…
A new show on NBC gives the actress the prominent role she deserves We’ve seen her on the legal drama “All Rise” originally on CBS and “First Wives Club” for BET+, but Ryan Michelle Bathé has jumped to the top of the marquee as a star of ” The Endgame ” on NBC, debuting Monday….
This is it. Over the weekend a report emerged that “The Wendy Williams Show” will be officially coming to an end this June and interim series host Sherri Shepherd has finalized her deal for a program — working title “The Sherri Shepherd Show” — that is set to replace Wendys Williams’ spot this fall. On…
Deion Sanders announced via his Instagram that he and Jackson State will host a combine that will also feature conference foes Mississippi Valley State and Alcorn State. It will take place on March 21 on the campus of JSU. Also expected to attend are athletes from Delta State and Mississippi College. Coach Deion “Prime” Sanders thinks HBCU players…
A federal hate crimes trial tries to determine whether the McMicheals targeted Arbery strictly because of his race The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery “was just looking for a reason” to hurt a Black person when he saw the 25-year-old jogging on his street, a prosecutor argued Monday, citing a slew of racist comments…
At least five young women associated with the Yurok reservation have gone missing in the last 18 months The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along Northern California’s rugged Lost Coast. But things escalated when Emmilee Risling was charged with…
“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” castmate Momma Dee has an unexplained relationship with the exes of her son, rapper Lil Scrappy. Fans remember the intense episodes between Momma Dee and Erica Dixon, the mother of Scrappy’s 16-year-old daughter, Emani. Scrappy and Erica’s relationship played out on the show, including interjection from Scrappy’s friend and former…
