OPINION: Blue Telusma’s harrowing experience with a health-care provider carries a warning for Black folks Over the summer I wrote an article about a medical scare that rocked my world and made me re-assess the way I approach just about everything. “During the first week of July 2021, as everyone in Los Angeles was preparing…
The historically Black fraternity to which Jelani Day belonged is calling on federal law enforcement officials to either join or take over the existing investigation into the graduate student’s death in Illinois. Members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and the Nu Epsilon chapter at Alabama A&M University, a historically Black college where Day attended,…
Lilli Bernard, in front, is shown outside Montgomery County Court House as Bill Cosby appears before Judge Steven O’Neil, in Norristown, PA, on September 24, 2018, after a jury found the 81-year-old entertainer guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault in an April 2018 retrial. | Source: NurPhoto / Getty Bill Cosby is speaking…
The bullets missed the major arteries and organs of Bobby Gayle, with two striking him in the face. A Black father of five was gunned down in an unprovoked attack in Stockton, Calif., in what investigators are saying is a possible hate crime. Bobby Gayle Jr., 45, a cement mason, was shot seven times on…
Ray J reportedly is out of the hospital after a battle with non-COVID-19-related pneumonia and is back home resting. The singer apparently only had “One Wish” and that was to recover and get out of the hospital. Now, after being in the hospital for nearly two weeks it looks as though his wish has been…
Raven-Symoné opened up about her time on “The View” during the Oct. 12 episode of “The View: Behind the Table.” “The View: Behind the Table” is an ABC News special podcast that includes current and former co-hosts discussing the talk show’s controversial moments. Raven-Symoné says she felt she was “catfished” after joining “The View,” a…
EXCLUSIVE: Terry recently appeared on theGrio’s Acting Up podcast, where he teased season 2 of “The Morning Show” and broke down many facets of his career In the latest episode of theGrio‘s Acting Up podcast, Desean Terry of the hit Apple TV Plus series The Morning Show breaks down everything you need to know about…
The 40-year-old reality star’s illness was reportedly not related to COVID-19, but he once required oxygen to assist his breathing. Love & Hip Hop star, singer and entrepreneur Ray J has finally been released from a Florida hospital after a bout of pneumonia that was, reportedly, not COVID related. According to TMZ, the 40-year-old reality star…
These artists, journalists, and entrepreneurs are contributing greatly to the culture. It’s the last week of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month which began on September 15 and ends on Friday, but definitely not the last week we’re celebrating Afro-Latinx culture and its importance and contributions. From artists, journalists, authors, and entrepreneurs, here are 10 Afro-Latinas who are…
Source: MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images / Getty UPDATED: 2:30 p.m. ET, Oct. 14, 2021 — Originally published: Sept. 18, 2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg died more than a year ago, but a new report has revived criticism of her perception when it came to the topic of race. The second woman to be…
