“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…

NBA player JaVale McGhee made golden history this summer at the Tokyo Olympics with Team USA’s men’s basketball team. It was the Phoenix Suns center’s first appearance at the Games, and the first time a son-and-mother duo earned gold medals during the Olympic Games. JaVale’s mother, Pamela McGhee, is a former WNBA star who played…

Since the 2006 premiere of “The Game,” millions of viewers and fans have tuned in to watch one of the most-talked-about television shows on social media. When fans first met the cast nine seasons ago, Tia Mowry-Hardrict played Melanie Barnett, aka Med School, who gave up Johns Hopkins for her NFL rookie boyfriend, Derwin Davis, portrayed…

Arizona has become the first state to eliminate peremptory strikes in jury selection, after they have been used to exempt people of color from serving on juries for more than a century. The decision by the state supreme court is intended to help limit racist convictions. “It’s a big development, it’s a change to the…

Check out these four steps for improving your credit and gaining financial stability When I was a second semester freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, I was your typical “broke” college student. I had less than $100 in my bank account and a majority of my undergraduate college education was funded with student loans. I…

OPINION: The United States is in fact complicit in many of the issues that have been occurring in Haiti. U.S. Border Patrol’s treatment of Haitian migrants only scratches the surface. Like a scene out a Django Unchained, a white slave catcher, excuse me, border agent herded immigrants like chattel under the boiling hot heat of…

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are reportedly doing fine after a fire broke out in their California home on Monday, Sept. 20. According to Page Six, Smith and Pinkett Smith were the only ones reported to be in the Calabasas residence when fire trucks and an ambulance arrived to the scene, roughly at 3:30…

OPINION: With the success of Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy,” fans and publications are starting to ask if he’s reached the level of the late King of Pop. For the last few decades, scores of music lovers have been clamoring to anoint the next Michael Jackson. Usher, Justin Timberlake, The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Beyoncé and Bruno…