Black-owned businesses suffered disproportionately during the pandemic, with ownership rates seeing a 41% drop between February and April 2020. Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen headlined the annual Freedman’s Bank Forum on Tuesday, announcing $8.7 billion in federal funding for financial institutions serving minority and underserved small business owners. The sizable investment…

As long as there are racist judges in the courtroom, Black people who find themselves in a position where they are facing down the U.S. justice system can never be truly assured their cases will be handled fairly and objectively. That’s why whenever judges are proven to have contempt for Black people, in or outside…

Anthony Anderson stunned fans with his vocal abilities on Monday, Dec. 13, after he participated in the “Can We Talk” singing challenge.  The challenge, created by R&B singer Tank last week, has taken social media by storm with countless singers like Tamar Braxton and Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men jumping on the bandwagon and singing their rendition of Tevin Campbell’s 1993…

Frank Little Jr., a former guitarist and songwriter for the Cleveland R&B legends, was found about 25 miles southwest of the Forest City. The remains of a man who had been missing for nearly 40 years have been identified as that of a former guitarist and songwriter for the R&B group The O’Jays.  The partial…

The spin-off of the popular Netflix reality series, ‘Selling Sunset,’ premieres Wednesday on the streamer Your new favorite reality series is here, just in time to binge during the holidays. Selling Tampa, an official spin-off of the popular reality series, Selling Sunset, has dropped on Netflix. Taking cues from its popular predecessor, Selling Tampa follows…

Kristen Hayden, a recent transfer to Indiana University, and freshman Quinn Henninger took the lead on their third dive of the competition Kristen Hayden became the first Black woman to win a U.S. national senior title when she paired with Quinn Henninger for a victory in mixed synchronized 3-meter Monday at the USA Diving winter…

Flavor Flav narrowly escaped a horrific car accident earlier this week when a boulder from a nearby cliff crashed onto his vehicle, causing him to veer off the road.  According to TMZ, which first initially broke the story, the accident happened on Tuesday, Dec. 14, while the Public Enemy member was out driving from Las…

Literature fans around the world were stunned to learn that acclaimed author and notable feminist bell hooks died on Wednesday at the age of 69. The Lexington Herald-Leader attributed hooks’ death to an unspecified illness. She died in her native Kentucky. Social media users quickly reacted to the sad news with both an outpouring of…

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said he “didn’t know specifically” about the dispute. The person in charge of the federal agency that sets policy and enforces civil laws for public colleges and universities admitted earlier this week that he was unaware of the student housing controversy that played out at Howard University earlier this…

The fallen football legend and accused murderer is officially free from parole supervision in connection with his 2008 robbery conviction. Fallen football legend and accused murderer O.J. Simpson is officially a “completely free man” after early release from parole supervision stemming from his 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction in Las Vegas.  Simpson, convicted in…