A Black man in Los Angeles returned more than $200 worth of groceries to Whole Foods after a store manager wrongly accused him of shoplifting and demanded his receipt as he sat for a bite in the store’s cafe. The tense confrontation happened at the Whole Foods in Culver City, a suburb near Venice Beach,…
Source: Reach Media Inc. / Getty / Reach Media Inc./ Getty Marvin Sapp recently joined Get Up Mornings with Erica Campbell to clear the air about a viral video that sparked controversy over a fundraising moment at a church conference. The gospel singer and bishop addressed the misinformation that led to backlash, including false claims…
NBA legend Tim Duncan recently stepped out at a San Antonio Spurs game looking nothing like the player casual fans remembered. The five-time NBA champion, once known to have close-cropped hair, now rocks shoulder-length locs framing his face alongside a full beard. These well-maintained dreadlocks have completely transformed the Hall of Famer into someone almost…
Source: timnewman / Getty There are a host of women driving meaningful change. We don’t always see them but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist or that their work isn’t impactful. Coinciding with Women’s History Month, we are interviewing and profiling women who are advancing change. In this edition of Faces in the Movement, a…
Herders and farmers from left, Adama Sow, Oumar Ba and Daka Sow walk outside Niéti Yone, northern Senegal, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson) Over cups of sweet green tea, the visitors promised to employ hundreds of locals and, one day, thousands, but then the project failed leaving behind heightened tensions among the impacted…
A white business owner’s alleged Facebook rant — filled with violent and racially offensive threats — ignited a firestorm of outrage and calls for an investigation. In the popular vacation spot of Hochatown, Oklahoma, Tracy Holt operates Tidy Up Cleaning, which services the many rental cabins dotting the area. Her former employee, Shatia Titus, claimed…
FILE – Saint Peter’s Jaylen Murray, left, and Latrell Reid celebrate after Saint Peter’s won a college basketball game against Purdue in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, March 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) In order to entice more recruits to stay home, lawmakers in several states have pushed to…
FILE – Students protesting against the war in Gaza, and passersby walking through Harvard Yard, are seen at an encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) The task force cut $400 million from Columbia University and threatened to slash billions more if it refused a list of demands from the…
Source: William Reagan / Getty For the better part of two centuries, a downtown square in Savannah, Georgia’s, oldest city, was named for a proud white supremacist. For the first time in 140 years, Savannah’s city council has succeeded in voting to rename the square, and it did so in honor of a Black woman…
A Southern California woman hopes lessons will be learned after her disturbing experience at a medical office. Kierra King visited Perlman Clinic in San Diego, seeking the standard professional health care expected from any doctor’s office or urgent care clinic when getting a test. However, a recent video shows that the patient was shocked to…
