Tina Knowles, Meghan Markle. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Tina Knowles, Meghan Markle, Kelly Rowland, and more come out for the star-studded Fifteen Percent Pledge’s annual gala and block party. At a time when major retailers are scaling back DEI commitments and Black-owned brands are disappearing from store shelves, DEI and Black entrepreneurship were celebrated in…
After decades of being in Hollywood, fans of “The Bodyguard” movie say Kevin Costner has still got it, and he knows it. Costner ignited a similar frenzy online, reminiscent of the late 1980s when he first rose to fame as an actor. At 71, the Emmy-winning entertainer is drawing attention that most bachelors half his…
Charm La’Donna the choreographe behind Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny’s halftime shows (Photos: Getty Images) Emmy-nominated choreographer Charm La’Donna is the creative behind Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar’s groundbreaking Super Bowl halftime shows. Every year, the Super Bowl halftime show transforms football stadiums into creative stages where artists transport viewers into worlds far removed…
Students at three North Carolina universities, including the nation’s largest HBCU, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Jan. 27 against state and county election officials who rejected their efforts to keep early voting sites on their campuses. The lawsuit filed in North Carolina’s U.S. District Court (and obtained by Atlanta Black Star) accuses North…
From jokes about unpaid bets to long-running memes about keeping his wallet closed, Chad Ochocinco Johnson has spent years being teased for allegedly not paying people back. That reputation followed him straight onto social media, just as his name surfaced in yet another high-stakes lawsuit — this one carrying a nine-figure price tag. The jokes…
Source: Boston Globe / Getty The saltiest of saltine-flavored MAGA conservatives spent the months leading up to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance crying over how un-American the pop star from Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, is, pretending their ears are allergic to Spanish, and planning an alternative halftime show for rhythmless white people…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: Serena Williams attends the Nike SKIMS “Bodies At Work” launch celebration at Nike House of Innovation on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Manny Carabel/Getty Images) The 23-time Grand Slam winner first stepped away from tennis following the 2022 US Open, but placed her name…
President Donald Trump has made a habit of using the power of the White House to redraw norms on his own terms, and the fallout is sharpest when those moves double as personal score-settling. Later this month, a long-standing governors’ dinner that once signaled bipartisan truce quietly became something else entirely — a reminder that…
✕ Welcome to your weekly Le[e]gal Brief with Lee Merritt, Esq. In addition to taking aim at the Trump administration’s apparent beef with the Second Amendment, this week’s episode also breaks down how President Donald Trump may use ICE to interfere with the midterm election. “Every American…has the right to bear arms. In its original…
Source: Florida A&M University / Screenshot On Monday, NewsOne reported that FAMU College of Law student Aaliyah Steward said she was told by FAMU that she had to abbreviate Black History Month so that the word “Black” wasn’t visible. The mandate was reportedly in response to Florida legislation signed by DeSantis and reinforced by the…
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