Source: Bloomberg / Getty After months of promising action on police reform, the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act failed to move past the Senate. Passed by the House last spring, the goal was to pass the act in time for the first anniversary of Floyd’s murder. That deadline came and went with members…
Marlon Wayans has somewhat broken his silence after hearing the risqué comments his comedic peer Kym Whitley made about his physique. Whitley recently sat down to share her life story on “Uncensored,” and in doing so she reminisced on an experience she had while working with Wayans in the late ’90s. Marlon Wayans offered up…
“The last time I actually attended a graduation, I was in sixth grade,” Richardson said on receiving the honor Kevin Richardson, originally known as a member of the Central Park 5, has officially received Syracuse University’s first honorary undergraduate degree according to Pix 11. Richardson, 46, dreamed of playing basketball for Syracuse University and performing…
A Tennessee woman whose violent March 2020 arrest was captured on camera alleges she suffered a miscarriage following the encounter. Kesha Gray, 31, previously filed a lawsuit against Shelby County and Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies, alleging her rights were violated when she was subjected to excessive force and unlawfully arrested and detained without reasonable suspicion or…
The 12-city Last Rose Petal Tour kicks off in San Francisco on November 7 Teyana Taylor previously announced her retirement from music after feeling unappreciated as a Black woman in the industry, and now she’s planning a farewell tour. The singer and mother of two shared on Instagram Wednesday the dates for the 12-city Last…
More regulatory hurdles lie ahead before the dispensing of boosters can begin. The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots. A…
Jennifer Hough, Kenneth Petty’s accuser, appeared in her first on-camera interview on ‘The Real’ Wednesday morning. Petty was convicted of attempted rape in After a bombshell interview on The Real, Black Twitter is calling out Nicki Minaj for implying that her husband’s accuser was white in a resurfaced audio clip from Queen Radio. Jennifer Hough,…
“We can’t build back better unless we build our HBCUs back better,” said Adams. Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) says she won’t vote for President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan in its current form because it lacks proper funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). “We can’t build back better unless we build…
Source: Johnny Louis / Getty As civic engagement groups gear up for National Voter Registration Day, one group launches a week of action. With voter suppression efforts ramping up and as many as 500 proposed voter suppression bills introduced, the freedom to vote is under attack. When We All Vote’s “Back to the Ballot…
His family said in a statement that Van Peebles, father of the actor-director Mario Van Peebles, died Tuesday evening at his home in Manhattan. Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89. His…
