“Any appointment of Ms. Hannah-Jones without tenure is unacceptable.” The legal team for Nikole Hannah-Jones has fired off a letter to UNC-Chapel Hill this week noting that she will not begin her position as Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism on July 1, as scheduled, without tenure. Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, does not…
Walton, 38, built her campaign on education, reallocating police funds, employment, and reducing crime in the city It looks like Buffalo, New York– the state’s second largest city– has a new mayor. Based on the vast majority of votes counted on Tuesday and early voting, it appears activist India Walton was ahead of four-term incumbent Byron W….
King took to social, not to defend his conversation with Rice, but to defend his Blackness One thing Shaun King knows how to do is trend on Twitter. The writer and civil rights activist posted a conversation he had with Samaria Rice, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by police back in…
There’s no place like home. Almost a month after giving birth, Fantasia Barrino and her husband, Kendall Taylor, are celebrating being able to take their newborn home from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She shared an Instagram photo of her daughter’s outfit on Tuesday, June 22, writing, “𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 @keziahlondontaylor,” under it. Fantasia Barrino reveals…
Just days after announcing that he would be launching a rum brand called J’Ouvert, Michael B. Jordan was accused of cultural appropriation by many people online, including rapper Nicki Minaj. Now the “Black Panther” star is issuing an apology and has even promised to rename the liquor line. On Wednesday, June 23, Jordan took to…
“I just don’t know that my voice is Netflix’s voice. The stuff I want to do is a little bit more edgy, a little more highbrow, a little more heady, and I think Netflix wants down the middle,” Barris said. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kenya Barris shed light on his exit…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit the U.S. Mexico border on Friday, weeks after she was pressed by conservatives and some members of her own party over the issue. Harris will stop in El Paso, Texas, according to POLITICO, a significant intersection area for migrants traveling to the United…
A psychology student minoring in marketing turned a silly TikTok challenge with her followers into a real-life effort that helped feed many homeless people in her local neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. According to WRCB-TV, graduating senior Maya Nepos was set to leave her school, Washington University, in a few days when she noticed she…
“I think what’s important here is that we’re willing to try this,” Police Chief Chuck Lovell said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has announced that police will no longer prioritize low-level traffic infractions. The move is part of new policy changes that aim to address racial disparities in traffic stops. Police Chief Chuck Lovell has directed…
“We hear you. I hear you and want to be clear that we are in the process of renaming,” Jordan said of the culturally significant brand name J’Ouvert In an Instagram post on Wednesday morning, Michael B. Jordan apologized for his rum brand name, which was called out for cultural appropriation. As theGrio previously reported,…
