‘Soho Karen’ was charged with two felony counts of unlawful imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child The woman who went viral after falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her phone has been charged with a hate crime. Miya Ponsetto was charged with two felony counts…
Lamar Odom refuted the accusations of being a deadbeat father on Wednesday, June 30, in a lengthy Instagram post following his failed child support-related court appearance with his ex and the mother of his three children, Liza Morales. Odom and Morales, who have known each other since they were teenagers and dated on and off for 10…
OPINION: Rashad’s remarks bring into question her recent Howard appointment, especially given sexual assault and violence continue to be one of the most serious issues facing college campuses and universities I remember when we first started hearing about the rash of Bill Cosby accusations in the early 2000s and again in 2014, and thinking back…
Social media users were shocked to hear the news that Bill Cosby had been released from jail after serving more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence in prison for charges stemming from his 2018 sexual assault case. On Wednesday, June 30, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his conviction and ruled that he…
The University of North Carolina Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday, June 30, to approve tenure for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones following weeks of scrutiny and criticism from other faculty members after the board initially offered the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist a non-tenured position at the school. In a three-hour closed session, the board approved tenure for…
Documentary that unearths the long-forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival to premiere in theaters and on Hulu July 2 How do you make 300,000 people gathered in Harlem, New York to see legendary Black musicians like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King and Nina Simone disappear? The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival was six weeks of Black excellence in…
Sherri Shepherd is keeping it real with her followers about her weight-loss journey and revealing working out and eating right isn’t the only thing that can help a person lose weight faster. On Tuesday, June 29, Shepherd uploaded a photo wearing a long sleeved tie dye dress and wrote, “Started this weight loss journey 8…
Booker rose to prominence in 2020 by touting racial and economic justice themes that coincided with protests that erupted in Louisville Democrat Charles Booker launched another campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, reprising his “hood to the holler” theme in hopes of forging an urban-rural coalition powerful enough to unseat Republican incumbent Rand Paul…
While Chris Paul was emotional after the Phoenix Suns eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers, Williams was taking joy in seeing his players celebrate Monty Williams wasn’t named NBA Coach of the Year, but he has something more monumental — a trip to the NBA Finals. While Chris Paul was emotional Wednesday night after the Phoenix…
OPINION: Bill Cosby is free not because he wasn’t guilty as charged. He is free because the prosecution was incompetent and did not cover its tracks legally. In a stunning ruling by way of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Bill Cosby’s release was granted on what many legal observers are calling a “technicality” — but whether…
