Rising obesity and diabetes rates — especially in Black communities — compounded by the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, means that we simply cannot afford to derail our health goals As the holiday season fast approaches, you may want to resist the temptation to over indulge in your holiday favorites. Rising obesity and diabetes rates—especially…
OPINION: As we recognize the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, now is the time for the United States to deprogram itself from the myth of the Thanksgiving narrative As we recognize the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, now is the time for the United States to deprogram itself from the myth of the…
Is divorce off the table? It appears Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels are working on their future together in the new trailer for VH1’s “Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition.” Building off the first season’s success, the star-studded reality series will return for its second season with franchise cast members from Atlanta, New York,…
Since the news broke of LSU head coach Ed Orgeron being out at season’s end, there have been some big names mentioned to step into one of the plush jobs in the country. The likes of James Franklin, Mel Tucker (Michigan State), Luke Fickell (Cincinnati) and even Jimbo Fisher (LSU) were thrown around as possibilities. On Tuesday, the…
After several television appearances, Larenz Tate has often talked about the challenges of being a black actor in Hollywood. But that hasn’t stopped generations of women from grandmas to college students from lusting over the 46-year-old actor. During an interview with Essence, the “Power” star explained how he solidified his position as one of Hollywood’s…
“I never, ever, ever thought I would see the day that I would be exonerated,” said Anthony Broadwater. Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years behind bars for the rape of a white, female student at Syracuse University. On Monday, a New York judge overturned his 40-year-old rape conviction. The victim, award-winning novelist Alice Sebold, details being…
Black Americans are committed to building intergenerational wealth. Black Americans are highly committed to leaving a legacy to future generations, found a recent U.S. Bank survey of 4,024 Black, white, and Latino respondents. Black people are also concerned about giving back. According to the data, 69 percent of African-Americans feel a responsibility to financially help their…
Vice President Kamala Harris said the verdicts send “an important message.” Politicians, activists, and celebrities are reacting on social media to the guilty verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case. Vice President Kamala Harris said in a statement that the guilty verdicts for the three men charged in killing Arbery last year send “an important message.”…
“He didn’t deserve to die the way that he died,” she said. The mother of Ahmaud Arbery was shocked at defense attorney Laura Hogue during closing arguments on Monday when she told the jury that Ahmaud had “no socks to cover his long, dirty toenails” at the time of his death. “I didn’t expect them…
Allen told his Twitter followers Tuesday that his baby was released from one hospital and had to be transported to another. Country singer Jimmie Allen and his wife, Alexis Gale, had some choice words Tuesday night for the “lazy doctors” Allen suggested didn’t do enough to help his infant daughter when she reportedly had trouble…
