The walls of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. are lined with vibrant pieces of art that depict influential individuals who have shaped American history and culture. Among the institution’s 2022 portrait inductees was a collective of trailblazing Black women who have used their innovation, creativity, and boldness to advance their respective industries, People…
Award-winning journalist and educator Stacey Patton, Ph.D. has consistently spoken truth to power; using storytelling to amplify how systemic racial inequities have shaped America’s social, cultural, and political landscapes. The Howard University professor is being honored by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition for her transformative work around advancing equity in education and using media as a…
Tami Roman recently claimed she purposely sabotaged her former employer, Morgan Stanley, after being forced to choose between the finance firm and her budding career as a reality television star. Tami Roman claims she erased all of a finance firm’s files and stole their keys after she was forced to quit the job for appearing…
A fourth grade Florida student has been suspended from school and now faces criminal charges after his school health counselor accuses him of inappropriately touching her. The adult claims the 10-year-old grabbed her breast, after pretending to give her a hug — allegations his family insist are distorted. Teacher accuses student of groping her during…
Source: SETH HERALD / Getty Care in Action has been with Stacey Abrams from day one, and ever since her first run for governor, our domestic workers have pledged to stick with her from there on out. She was the first candidate in Georgia that made them feel seen, represented, and understood. Stacey is one…
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty If there is a fireable offense in one school district in north Texas, open and avowed racism and white supremacy are apparently not on the list. At least, that’s what seemed to be the case after a viral video showed a white teacher at a middle school in suburban Austin…
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks at a press conference to discuss his runoff campaign on November 10, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Megan Varner / Getty Democrats are rejoicing that Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s re-election ensures their party will hold its majority in the U.S. Senate. Cortez Masto is the 50th Democratic Senator,…
“This was the tightest election in history,” said Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman. The 2022 election in Brazil mirrors the 2020 election in the United States, as the country’s defiant, boisterous, brash, and conservative President Jair Bolsonaro was voted out of office in favor of progressive President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva. The election was called on Oct….
North Minneapolis-based entrepreneur and activist Jesse Ross is on a mission to cultivate a space where underrepresented small business owners can thrive. According to CBS News, he is acquiring a building in the neighborhood that will be transformed into an entrepreneurial hub for local diverse founders. North Minneapolis DEI leader to purchase, transform 68,000 sq….
Kandi Burruss and her husband, Todd Tucker, are being sued over a shooting that injured a 14-year-old at their family restaurant. The first Old Lady Gang opened in 2018 in the Camp Creek Marketplace shopping center in the Atlanta suburb of East Point. Court documents reveal Tammy Johnson, and her teenage daughter, Kiya Humphries, visited the…
