The STARZ drama that’s based on a true story premieres on September 26 STARZ released the first official trailer and key art from the highly-anticipated drama series BMF (“Black Mafia Family”) on Friday and viewers are in for a wild ride. The upcoming STARZ original, based in Detroit, is inspired by the lives of Demetrius…
Transcription completed: August 19, 2021 Completed by: Brenda Alexander DCP EP 77: “Go Back to Africa” ––A Joyous Return to Pan AfricanismGerren Keith Gaynor [00:00:03] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you news you can trust for the culture. I’m your co-host, Gerren Keith Gaynor, managing editor at theGrio. Shana Pinnock [00:00:10] And I’m your co-host Shana…
A Queens, New York, Proud Boys fan pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to one count of transmitting threats to injure and one count of possessing ammunition after having been convicted of a felony. Upon sentencing, 41-year-old Eduard Florea faces up to 15 years in prison. Edwin Florea pleaded guilty in federal court on…
AG Letitia James’ lawsuit was the first to rely in part on a new state law targeting false, race-based police reports A former ice cream shop owner accused of calling police on peaceful Black Lives Matters protesters was ordered Wednesday to pay them $500 each by a judge for violating their civil rights. Attorney General…
OPINION: Financial incentive programs to bolster U.S. vaccinations, albeit not perfect, are a step in the right direction. Vaccination rates in Black communities continue to lag, but a recent uptick spurred by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio‘s cash incentive plan is giving some public health officials hope. As of Aug. 12, over 50,000 new…
Yandy Smith-Harris appeared to have competition regarding her husband Mendeecees Harris after the music producer gained an unsuspected admirer while visiting Kandi Burruss‘ family restaurant Old Lady Gang. In the initial Instagram reel shared on Wednesday, Aug. 18, Harris is seen standing in between Burruss’ two aunts Bertha Jones and Nora Wilcox, as Jones began…
Source: EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ / Getty In today’s episode of When Keeping It Racist Goes Wrong, a former ice cream shop owner in New York has been ordered to pay $4,500 after being accused of calling the police on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters and falsely claiming they threatened him with violence. According to the…
Bureau Veritas, the STEM Educational Institute and Madison Square Boys & Girls Club have partnered to launch the STEM Scholars Program. Looking through the lens of setting students up for success in a future career, access and income directly correlate to one’s ability to advance. Children from a low socioeconomic background can struggle to not…
Former rapper-turned-Belizean politician Shyne set foot on United States soil this week for the first time since 2009, and Diddy and other friends who’d been lobbying for his return are celebrating. The former Bad Boy artist, born Jamal Michael Barrow, was deported to his home country of Belize following his prison release in connection with…
Source: Twitter / Twitter.com/ryanjreilly/ Washington D.C.’s Capitol Police found themselves in a tense standoff on Thursday afternoon around 2 p.m. as a man with a pickup truck threatened to bomb places at and around the U.S. Capitol. He was apprehended parked outside the Library Of Congress after uploading a video to Facebook under the name…
