This 1977 photo shows Black Consciousness Movement founder Steve Biko. | Source: – / Getty UPDATED: 8:30 a.m. ET, Sept. 12, 2021 Originally published: Jan. 28, 2013 Legendary anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko died on Sept. 12, 1977, as a political prisoner who was murdered by the police in South Africa because he was against the…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty A large fentanyl shipment headed from Memphis, Tennessee to Houston was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday (September 7). According to the CBP, there were 2.85 kilos of fentanyl hidden in wooden boxes, enough to kill hundreds of thousands of people potentially. The drug has grown…
Brooks’ widow claims officers were intentional about using excessively deadly force and failed to administer medical aid after shooting her husband in June 2020 The widow of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, the man who was fatally shot after an interaction with two Atlanta police officers, is suing the City of Atlanta and the officers for his…
The lawsuit, which stated that a vaccine mandate infringes on workers’ personal autonomy, has been dropped in light of President Biden’s new sweeping vaccination mandate The lawsuit filed against the Henry Ford Health System after their vaccination mandate, which required all employees to get vaccinated, has been dropped. In late June, the southeastern Michigan health…
The Louisiana-born actor confirmed the news via Instagram on Friday The legacy of an iconic Black film character has a new torchbearer. Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II confirmed the rumors he will play the role of Morpheus in the upcoming movie The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth installment in the popular science-fiction series. Following the highly-anticipated release…
The Atlanta-born visionary, musician, designer and skateboarder discusses working with Kanye West, his upcoming album, ageism, starting a skateboarding brand and being a SoundCloud legend at the young age of 22 Most would be satisfied with accomplishing in their entire career what Digital Nas has done by the age of 22, but the Atlanta native…
Services also may have to be curtailed in five other departments at the hospital if staff members resign rather than be vaccinated by the state’s Sept. 27 deadline An upstate New York hospital will stop delivering babies later this month, in part because of employee resignations over a requirement they be vaccinated against COVID-19. Six…
Bow Wow stunned fans on Wednesday, Sept. 8, after admitting during a Q&A session on Twitter that he is working on a sequel for “Like Mike.” In addition to the announcement, the 34-year-old also insinuated his daughter Shai Moss, 10, may be a part of the project. “Like Mike” was a movie about Calvin Cambridge,…
The name Bill Cosby has been synonymous with sexual assault ever since dozens of women infamously came forward years ago with decades-worth of abuse claims against the once-respected TV dad, which sent him to prison back in 2018. Following his conviction being overturned earlier this summer, the former Cosby Show star is now hoping to…
The $1,190 sweatpants have caused a stir on social media, with many critics labeling the design as a form of gentrification Between lofty prices and notoriously unorthodox designs, Balenciaga garments have raised many an eyebrow in the past — at times for adverse reasons. Now, critics are calling an item from its recent collection “racist.”…
