Florida’s move was widely expected as a national debate intensifies about how race should be used as a lens in classrooms Florida’s state Board of Education banned “critical race theory” from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said would shield schoolchildren from curricula that could “distort historical events.” Florida’s move was widely expected…
“No one has that power over my life, my husband’s life and our marriage,” Guobadia said of her castmate. In an appearance on the YouTube show Up and Adam! hosted by Adam Newell, The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Falynn Guobadia said her co-star, Porsha Williams, is not the cause of her divorce. “No…
Former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed has formally announced plans to reclaim his role as the city’s leader just a month after Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced she would not seek reelection amid criticism from Reed and others about the rise in crime in the city. Reed served as mayor for two terms, from 2010, up…
This started off as another critique of white audacity, hypocrisy and violence. A month or so ago I started writing a piece entitled “Comply or Die.” I didn’t finish it. Everything I attempted to write after was left incomplete. It wasn’t due to writer’s block – it was due to disgust. As crimes against humanity…
Eva Marcille defended her past controversial remark “nappy head,” a term she used in the past to describe her former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” co-stars, on Wednesday, June 9, while gracing the cover of Hello Beautiful Magazine’s June 2021 “Confidence Issue.” The model once uttered those words during season 12 of “RHOA” when talking to her former…
Kasim Reed on Thursday officially announced his intentions to return to Atlanta’s City Hall by formally launching his latest campaign to be mayor of Georgia’s capital city. And while that part may not be much of a surprise — what with Reed, who was Atlanta’s mayor for two terms from 2010 to 2018, having already…
Lawmakers sent Gov. Mike Parson a letter seeking a pardon for Kevin Strickland, a call prosecutors echo. Republican Missouri Governor Mike Parson said Monday that addressing the clemency petition to release a man imprisoned for over 40 years who prosecutors now maintain is innocent simply isn’t “a priority.” “When something like that comes up, we…
“His humor was always edgy, but it always had so much heart to it,” Legend said of Mac, who died in 2008. A biographic film about the life of comedian Bernie Mac is in the works with Get Lifted, the production company of award-winning singer-songwriter-pianist John Legend. “We just partnered with Bernie Mac’s estate to…
Apparently, it wasn’t goodbye after all. Deadline recently reported that writer and director Tyler Perry is bringing his iconic character Mabel “Madea” Simmons out of retirement for a 12th movie in collaboration with Netflix. Tyler Perry, winner of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, poses in the press room during the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union…
A Michigan man who shot a 6-year-old Black boy and was quickly freed from jail because of extremely low bail has been forced to surrender and return to police custody after his bond was increased exponentially. Ryan Le-Nguyen, 29, was charged with assault with intent to murder and stands accused of shooting the unidentified boy…
