Faizon Love will forever be known for his iconic role as Big Worm from the cult classic film “Friday.” The comedian has popped up in several other films and television shows since the 1995 blockbuster helmed by rapper-actor Ice Cube debuted, but none have had quite the lasting impression. Yet despite delivering memorable one-liners in…
Living legend Nichelle Nichols celebrated her 89th birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Fifty-five years after the debut of “Star Trek: The Original Series,” Nichols continues to touch the hearts and minds of generations. It would be an understatement to say Nichols’ Lt. Uhura, later given the first name Nyota, inspired generations of actors and sci-fi…
Two Dallas detectives searched a 25-year-old Chicago woman’s suitcase at Dallas Love Field Airport on Dec. 2 and seized more than $100,000 from the bag. Detectives say they smelled a drug odor before they searched the woman’s luggage without her permission but did not arrest her and haven’t charged her with a crime. The woman…
The Centers for Disease Control have halved the isolation time for people who test positive for the virus U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create more confusion and fear among Americans. To the dismay…
‘It’s not gone,’ the rapper said of the deadly virus in a Monday afternoon tweet. Rapper and actor Ice-T issued another sobering reminder to his fans on Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. “I’ve got 5 friends fighting Covid right now … 2 in the hospital,” the Law and Order: Special Victims…
Six of Robert F. Kennedy’s nine surviving children are against parole for their father’s assassin who was 24 when he fatally shot the presidential candidate in 1968 California’s governor must soon decide whether to free one of America’s most notorious assassins, a decision he has said evokes one of the darkest periods in the nation’s…
Since her hit series “Insecure,” Issa Rae has tapped into other avenues, including the hair care beauty with her line Sienna Naturals. However, when it came to the music industry — where the 36-year-old has already established a camp with her record label Raedio — the producer had much to say about the $23.1 billion…
On Friday, Dec. 24, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James shared a popular Spider-Man meme comparing COVID-19 to the flu and colds. Former Laker and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called LeBron out again in his Substack newsletter for his poor messaging. With Kareem and LeBron being two of three men (Michael Jordan being the other) that can lay claim…
The prison complex has endured the same staffing shortages and poor living conditions of others during the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex, like many others across the country, has had to endure myriad complications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifteen Rikers Island inmates lost their lives this year, all men of…
Source: Doug Berry / Getty According to a study published on JAMA, life expectancy for Black Americans who have spent time in prison is significantly lower than White Americans who’ve spent time in prison. The study, which was led by Dr. Benjamin Bovell-Ammon, a visiting fellow in general internal medicine at Boston Medical Center, examined…
