Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty It’s been one year since Jacob Blake was shot seven times and paralyzed from the waist down by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer, sparking a new round of demonstrations in the sea of protests and uprisings against police violence that took place in 2020. The shooter, Kenosha Police Officer Rusten…
A report released by the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) on Wednesday, Aug. 18, found the federal government targeted Black Lives Matter activists in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death last year in an effort to “disrupt and discourage Black organizing.” M4BL released the report in conjunction with the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR)…
Classically-trained vocalist Simone Ledward-Boseman performed the emotional song at “Stand Up To Cancer” on Saturday. The wife of late actor Chadwick Boseman paid an emotional tribute to her late husband during the broadcast of Stand Up to Cancer on Saturday night. Simone Ledward-Boseman, a classically-trained vocalist, performed the standard “I’ll Be Seeing You” in tribute…
Kandi Burruss is keeping it real when it comes to her surgeries, and she is encouraging other celebrities to do the same thing. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star and powerhouse entrepreneur is using her “Speak On It” YouTube series to give fans a personal look into her “Body Work” journey, specifically with her breast…
The vaccine now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot’s safety The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious…
Detective Everett Briscoe, a 13-year police veteran, had recently earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern University. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information about who shot and killed New Orleans Police Detective Everett Briscoe on Saturday afternoon at a restaurant in the Galleria area of Houston. Another person was also injured in the incident…
Source: Richard Saunders/Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images / Richard Saunders/Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images A father, a civil rights leader, and a symbol of courage; Malcolm X was a true pioneer to the advancement of human thought. Though during the 1960’s he was vilified by the media and the government for his views on taking a violent…
Young Thug‘s birthday gifts are all examples of what happens when you have rich friends, and at least one is an example of what happens when you have rich friends who want to see you continuously build on your wealth. The rapper celebrated his 30th birthday on August 16 and received a variety of lush…
She finished last Saturday, but Richardson’s still pretty sure that the average person talking trash online couldn’t beat her. When was the last time that you ran? The fastest you possibly can? All out? No stopping? Been a while? Sha’Carri Richardson knows the feeling. The heralded sprinter came in dead last at the Prefontaine Classic…
The storm, now a tropical depression, was expected to dump another 1 to 3 inches of rain The slow-rolling storm system named Henri was expected to continue drenching the Northeast with rain Monday with a slated turn to the east from upstate New York back through New England. The National Weather Service in Boston said torrential downpours…
