Nonprofits that have been trying to help residents in affordable housing tap into rental assistance said the problem is that some landlords won’t participate in rent relief programs About $99 million in unspent rental assistance meant to help Floridians living in affordable housing was returned to the state after the agency overseeing the program struggled…
“That girl” Sha’Carri Richardson’s name continues to be a trending topic after her qualification and subsequent ban from one event in the Tokyo Olympic Games, and now as she faces the societal lashing for her use of marijuana. The 21-year-old’s seeming fall from grace in the media has garnered her support from those outraged by…
In Haiti, authorities used social media to alert people about the storm and urged them to evacuate if they lived near water or mountain flanks. Hurricane Elsa fell back to tropical storm force as it brushed past Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at…
Maurice Cheetham changed his life drastically in 2017 when he resigned from his position as a unit manager for juvenile detention and psych intake programs in Detroit, Michigan. He packed his bags, moved to Ghana, and launched African Roots Travel, a company focused on curating tours for African-Americans traveling to Ghana. “For me, I’ve seen…
Williams will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which has served as the Black National Anthem When Vanessa Williams hosts this year’s televised Capitol Fourth celebration, she will not only honor the nation’s traditional independence day, but also the country’s newly designated holiday — Juneteenth. Williams, who was the first Black woman to be crowned…
The 18-year-old Namibian sprinters have posted four of the top five fastest 400-meter times in the world this year The Olympic dreams of Namibian star sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been placed on hold due to their “natural high testosterone” levels. The two 18-year-old sprinters have been ruled ineligible to compete in the…
“We are not antigovernment. We are not anti-police, we are not sovereign citizens, we’re not Black identity extremists,” said one of the armed men An hourslong standoff with a group of heavily armed men that partially shut down Interstate 95 ended Saturday with 11 suspects in custody, Massachusetts state police said. The standoff shut down…
Source: Dia Dipasupil / Getty Actress Phylicia Rashad issued a second apology Friday, this time directing her statement to Howard University students, parents and alumni after tweeting an eye-brow-raising response to Bill Cosby‘s overturned conviction. “This week, I tweeted a statement that caused so much hurt in so many people – both broadly and inside…
“We the People” premieres Sunday on Netflix; H.E.R. performs a song that teaches how to get involved with issues In addition to making great music, H.E.R. wants to be an active citizen who empowers young people with information. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning recording artist gets to do both in the new animated Netflix series, We…
Idris Elba’s wife, Sabrina Dhowre, is a true ride or die, and the whole world got a glimpse of that last year when Dhowre revealed she would not quarantine herself from her husband after it was confirmed he contracted coronavirus. Days after the confirmation, Dhowre herself revealed she, too, got the virus. Fast forward to…
