Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty Howard University just added two more notches to its HBCU championship belt when it caught everyone off-guard Tuesday morning with its latest high-profile hires. Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose public dispute over tenure at the University of North Carolina may have prompted Howard to make her an offer,…
In his tirade, Edward Cagney Mathews gave his address and challenged, “Come see me.” On Monday, about 100 people did. Police in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey arrested a man who went on a six-minute racist tirade Friday against his neighbors, an interaction caught on camera that led to a community showdown on Monday. “Learn your laws….
“It’s not my job to heal the University of North Carolina,” Hannah-Jones told CBS’s Gayle King of her alma mater. Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has rejected the hard-fought tenure offer wrung from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to join the esteemed faculty at Howard University. The Pulitzer Prize-winning helmer of The New…
A storm of speculation and scandal has catapulted two sports journalists at ESPN into trending debates on social media and one has since apologized. NBA sideline reporter Rachel Nichols apologized to “NBA Countdown” host Maria Taylor on Monday as she opened her show “The Jump” after an audio recording of Nichols speculating about why Taylor…
A friend of a Black man who was shot by a Texas homeowner last month has disputed the narrative provide by the shooter in the 911 call and is calling for a thorough investigation. Wesley Jermaine Gobert, 45, was fatally shot by 48-year-old Ashley Sikes inside her Houston home in the 1900 block of Larchmont…
“No more bandaid solutions. We need homes,” Atlanta Homeless Union stated in their efforts to combat homelessness A group of protesters were arrested in Atlanta on its City Hall property Monday while standing up to fight homelessness. “Who do you protect? Who do you serve?” the protesters chanted as people got arrested. This afternoon @Atlanta_Police…
The unrelenting blame game taking place between Ice Cube and Warner Bros. has yet to let up. Hanging in the balance is the fourth installment of the “Friday” franchise, “Last Friday,” which, according to the rapper, has been in the works for over a decade. Fed up with delays that have stalled any real progress…
Source: Twitter / Twitter The apparent white supremacist at the center of a viral video in which he repeatedly calls his Black neighbor in south New Jersey the N-word and other racial slurs while trying to physically intimidate him won’t own up to his racism despite clear evidence to the contrary. Edward Cagney Mathews was…
Are Rih-Rih and Rocky already over, or are the fans just jumping to conclusions? Rihanna’s wardrobe stylist Farren Jean Andrèa shared an interesting thought on his Instagram about relationships and happiness. The July 2 post is a mere photo of a window blinds and his message plastered in front of it. It reads, “if you…
Vanessa Williams‘ decision to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” adopted as the Black National Anthem, at PBS’ annual Independence Day “A Capitol Fourth” musical program is receiving backlash from more conservative viewers, who flooded Twitter to comment that there is already a national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The “Save the Best for Last” singer…
