Source: Getty Images / Getty It’s been a week since the horrific images of the U.S. Border Patrol’s treatment of Haitian asylum seekers circulated in the media. During that time, I couldn’t help but notice the unrelated coincidence of many popular Haitian Americans making headlines as trending topics. Twenty years ago, if the average citizen…
His apology “wasn’t just about me,” Hill says. “It really was about, How do we stop this problem that I had come to symbolize?” Brandeis University professor Anita Hill is best known to the public for her role in the 1991 confirmation hearing of then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, who she accused of sexual harassment. …
Martin, who wrote hit songs for Monica, SWV, En Vogue and others, died Monday of a cause not yet announced. Andrea Martin, a celebrated singer-songwriter behind some of the greatest hits in R&B music, has died. Martin, who wrote songs for Monica, SWV and En Vogue, passed away on Monday at the age of 49….
Source: Twitter / Twitter (opens in a new tabUPDATED: 9:40 a.m. ET, Sept. 28, 2021 — While they never really went anywhere, Karens and their Karening — white women amplifying and weaponizing their privileges when it comes to exerting their purported moral authorities — are apparently making a serious comeback. The pandemic seemed to bring…
The web of entanglements surrounding Will Smith and his wife of almost 25 years, Jada Pinkett Smith, is even bigger than fans might have imagined. Smith, 53, publicly confirmed for the first time that his marriage to the actress was dealt more than just her romance with the singer August Alsina. The box office megastar…
A Black associate product manager at Google claims he was stopped by company security after someone reported a possible trespassing. In a now-viral post shared to his Twitter account last week, Angel Onuoha, wrote that he was riding his bike “around Google’s campus and somebody called security on me because they didn’t believe I was…
Source: Jason Kempin / Getty Candace Owens just can’t seem to stay out of headlines. The conservative commentator was the butt of a trending social media joke on Monday after a parody account tweeted an image of Stacey Dash while referring to the brash Fox news reporter. “Candace Owens will be our first female…
Music producer Swizz Beatz wants people to celebrate co-parenting with the same energy they give failed pubic relationships. Swizz, his wife, Alicia Keys, and ex-wife Mashonda Tifrere kept the rumor mill abuzz with their messy fallout in years past, but he says their positive image of co-parenting has not seen that same attention. Mashonda Tifrere,…
Bow Wow has confirmed what many fans had speculated as a steamy new romance between the rapper’s industry pal Diddy and the mother of his daughter, Joie Chavis. As previously reported, over the last several weeks the Bad Boy Records founder and 32-year-old entrepreneur had been spotted during various outings doing anything but social distancing….
Changes regarding law enforcement’s use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants now will be in place following a new policy announced by the U.S. Department of Justice. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, the Department of Justice announced that under the new policy, the department’s law enforcement components, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals…
