The streaming giant will place 2% of its holdings with financial institutions that loan to Black businesses Netflix is committed to addressing systemic racism by supporting Black communities in the U.S. Last year the streaming giant announced that it will place 2% of its holdings with financial institutions that loan to Black businesses, and now…
“Those of us in the HBCU community can no longer simply sit on the sideline,” Morehouse College President Dr. David A. Thomas told theGrio. As Congress goes another day of inaction on passing the sweeping social spending bill that stands to invest billions into Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), a collective of HBCU presidents…
Sandra Bullock recently opened up about raising two Black children, Louis and Laila, during which the actress, who is white, admitted that sometimes she wished that her skin color matched her kids. While talking with hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris during a recent appearance on “Red Table Talk,”…
Anjanette Young recently told The New York Times how she had come in from work, poured a glass of wine and was about to settle in to watch TV. When 12 Chicago police officers wrongly burst into her home instead of the correct one on Feb. 21, 2019, social worker Anjanette Young was forever changed. …
Andy Cohen expressed his take on Nene Leakes possibly returning to “Real Housewives of Atlanta” while virtually appearing on an episode of “The Real.” Leakes first starred on the reality television series in 2008 before leaving in 2015 to focus on other acting projects. She later made guest appearances in season 8. The “RHOA” alum…
A special grand jury in Virginia Beach has found “no probable cause” to charge a local police officer with the killing of singer Pharrell Williams’ 25-year-old cousin. Despite not having his body camera on during the fatal shooting, the grand jury believed that the cop was justifiably defending himself. On March 26, Officer Solomon D….
The production company pays homage to the actor’s childhood home in Oakland, California Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is branching out past acting. The leading man officially announced the launch of his production company, House Eleven10. In addition to the launch of House Eleven10, Abdul-Mateen II and his production company also announced a creative partnership with streaming…
Source: twitter / iOne Digital It’s long past time we dispel the notion that every time a cop pulls their gun with lethal intent it’s because they had a reasonable fear that they or others were in danger. A lot of the time cops start shooting simply because their orders were ignored and because they…
Avant, 81, was gunned down in her home Tuesday night, a violent crime that has shocked much of Los Angeles and the entire Black community. The outpouring of love for the Avant family in the wake of the murder of matriarch Jacqueline Avant continues on social media. Avant, the 81-year-old philanthropist, was gunned down in…
Fabolous found out that he and some of his fans have similar exit strategies when the urge to trade in the party time for nap time overtakes them. The Grammy Award-winning artist tickled followers when he posed questions in his Instagram Stories asking whether they ever quietly excused themselves from a party because they didn’t…
