For about a week, students at Howard University have been protesting horrible living conditions inside of some dorms on campus. Using the Twitter hashtag #BlackburnTakeover, organizers encouraged a sit-in at the Blackburn Center to bring attention to this housing crisis and demand change within the dorms. MORE: Howard University Students Stand Firm In Demands As…
Apparently, Utah’s Davis School District is a microcosm of America. Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation into a multitude of complaints by non-white students detailing the bullying and discrimination they faced at the hands of white students and district employees. Basically, the district is overwhelmingly white, and because it’s overwhelmingly…
Millions of resignations are hitting businesses and companies across the nation amid the pandemic as workers are rethinking how they will earn a living, and Black workers may stand to gain the most at a time when diversity efforts soar among companies. “People are reassessing, Black people, other minorities and women are assessing, is this…
Hannah-Jones described Middlesex School’s move as “clearly the result of the hysteria and successful propaganda campaign.” Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones was invited to speak at a Massachusetts school for their upcoming 2022 Black History Month celebrations. However, the invitation was rescinded. The acclaimed journalist, on Twitter this week, shared the behind-the-scenes upheaval that led…
Tia Mowry became a hot topic this week after posting another one of her TikTok videos. Mowry has been showing how much of a cool mom she can be after using some of her free time to hop on a few of the new TikTok trends. One of the latest has to do with the…
EXCLUSIVE: Biden acknowledged the “overwhelming support” he received from the Black community. “The only folks who helped me more than Black men are Black women,” he emphasized. President Joe Biden‘s Build Back Better (BBB) plan remained a political focus, especially on Thursday at CNN town hall in Baltimore, a predominantly Black city. At the moment,…
One potential juror in the Brunswick, Georgia, trial of three white men described Arbery’s February 2020 killing as a “hate crime.” The slow-moving jury selection for the trial of the trio accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery is centering on how potential jurors in Brunswick, Georgia, feel about race. The fourth day of jury selection concluded…
A new Beyoncé song highlights the trailer for the new Will Smith film “King Richard” about Venus and Serena Williams. The film is the true story of tennis champions Venus Williams, Serena Williams and their coach father, Richard Williams, played by Smith. The tennis champs are played by Demi Singleton as Serena and Saniyya Sidney…
The family of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old who died after being placed in a chokehold and later injected with a sedative by police officers, announced this week that they had reached a tentative settlement agreement with the city of Aurora, Colorado. Mari Newman, one of the lawyers for the family, told CNN in a statement…
Comedian Steve Harvey has become a fashion icon with a little help from his wife Marjorie Harvey and stylist Elly Karamoh. The comedian recently spoke about his new wardrobe and noted that his outfits had to work around his signature mustache. Harvey has always been a stylish dresser, but the comedian said that when he…
