The family of a Black man who was killed by police this week in Massachusetts has more questions than answers after few details were being disclosed in the wake of the shooting that is only being attributed to an unspecified “altercation.” The media narrative surrounding the police shooting death of 30-year-old Anthony Harden has overwhelmingly…
The family of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died following a violent police arrest, and the city of Aurora, Colorado have reached a historic $15 million payment settlement more than two years after the animal shelter volunteer’s death sparked widespread outrage. The compensation is reportedly the largest paid for a police-related incident in…
Rick Ross has been pruning himself for boss status since his adolescence. The Miami rapper can even trace back his days of earning money to the age of 13 when washing and detailing cars was the crème de la crème. “I got $30 a day from 8 in the morning to 8 p.m.,” recalled the…
Source: Granger Wootz / Getty UPDATED: 7:24 a.m. ET, Nov. 24, 2021 — The holidays are here again and there is nothing like a good ol’ black folks Thanksgiving! A time when the family from all over the country get together to enjoy a good meal and even better conversation that is sure to be…
More than four years after hundreds of racist white supremacists and neo-Nazis gathered for the so-called “United The Right” rally to hold tiki torches and inflict terroristic violence against anyone who opposes them in Charlottesville, Virginia, a jury has found the organizers and organizations involved guilty of federal conspiracy charges … to the tune of…
Source: Caiaimage/Robert Daly / Getty Two books about LGBTQ+ experience previously banned have been returned to school shelves in a Missouri School District. George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel was removed from four high schools in North Kansas City last month, according to the New York Daily News. Part of the…
Tyrese Gibson‘s video of his daughters Shayla Somer Gibson,14, and 3-year-old Soraya Lee Gibson bonding had fans gasping after they zoomed in on the girls’ similar features. Gibson shares Shayla with his ex Norma Gibson. The former couple were married from 2007 to 2009. The actor’s youngest child, Soraya, is with his estranged wife, Samantha…
In the thick of the COVID pandemic, deaths among Black Americans soar due to the opioid addiction crisis The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a ripple effect on the country as an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. According to health officials at the Center’s for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a span…
Prosecutors made final closing arguments Tuesday morning in the racially-charged trial that has gripped the nation. Twelve jurors will now decide the fate of the three white males accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery last year in Brunswick, Georgia. Prosecutors made final closing arguments Tuesday morning in the racially-charged trial. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael…
Source: GoFundMe/Tricia Rojo Bushnell / GoFundMe/Tricia Rojo Bushnell Locked away at the age of 18, Kevin Strickland will finally be free. Joining the ranks of exonerated people, Strickland had spent his entire adult life locked away for a crime he didn’t commit. His release comes over 42 years after he was convicted of a triple…
