Researchers in Chicago found a strong correlation between trees, health and wealth, and revealed that wealthy, white neighborhoods have more greenery. Chicago neighborhoods with poor, majority Black populations aren’t getting as many trees as wealthier areas, and researchers say that has an effect on health. The Chicago Tribune analyzed data from 2011 to 2021 and found…
A Chicago teenager alleges that detectives forced him to confess to a murder he did not commit and landed him in jail for over a year, according to a lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star. Corinthian “Corey” Burns was 15 years old in July 2018 when Waukegan detectives cornered him in an all-night interrogation. It…
The canned Jack and Coke will be sold globally after a launch in Mexico late this year. It’s a Jack and Coke with no bartender required. Coca-Cola Co. said Monday it’s partnering with Brown-Forman Corp., the maker of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, to sell premixed cocktails. The canned Jack and Coke will be sold globally…
Among the actions the city could take include removing “prominent anti-Black symbols” and educating Bostonians on the history of the slave trade, according to the resolution. BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston would acknowledge and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, under a resolution to be formally introduced later this week….
Actress Tisha Campbell has found the silver lining in life after divorce. For more than 20 years, Campbell and fellow actor Duane Martin were married. But in 2018, the actress, citing irreconcilable differences, announced she had filed for divorce. Two years later, the divorce was finalized, but not before Campbell accused Martin of being emotionally,…
OPINION: These five albums—’1999,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ ‘Around the World in a Day,’ ‘Parade‘ and ‘Sign o’ the Times’—show Prince’s extraordinary versatility as a musician. So, Stevie Wonder may have had the best five-album run in modern music history, but dammit, if one of his musical sons didn’t rise up and give him a run for…
On June 12, the sixth episode of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” season 14 showcased on Bravo, and let’s just say the verbal gloves were off. Tensions were already high on Shereé Whitfield and Marlo Hampton’s parts about Kandi Burruss and Kenya Moore. Marlo Hamtpon (left) and Shereé Whitfield (right). (Photo: @bravo/Instagram) In episode 5,…
Earlier this year, the Biden administration announced $2.7 billion in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Black Lives Matter and the historic presidency of Barack Obama have reportedly prompted more Black high school graduates to turn to HBCUs for higher education. As reported by the New York Times, applications for Historically Black Colleges and…
Hudson became the second Black woman after Whoopi Goldberg to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award It’s a good day to be Jennifer Hudson. The esteemed singer and actress has just joined the ranks of some of the best in the business: EGOT winners. When “A Strange Loop” won Best Musical at the…
Opening up online to followers about her years’-long battle with anxiety, actress Gabrielle Union shared of how, at times, the anxiety “is so bad it shrinks my life.” The “Being Mary Jane” star, who hasn’t shied from speaking about the source behind her anxiety — her firsthand experience with rape at age 19 — uploaded…
