Omoye Assata Lynn, Common’s daughter, was among nearly 2,000 graduates receiving their Howard University diplomas on May 7. Congratulations are in order to Omoye Assata Lynn, daughter of rapper Common, for her recent graduation from Howard University School of Law! The emcee and actor was bursting with joy on May 7 as he watched his…
Business executive Kendall Qualls is among the top candidates heading into Saturday’s balloting. Minnesota Republicans reconvened Saturday to endorse a candidate to challenge Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in the November election, a day after delegates picked a political outsider to try to unseat Attorney General Keith Ellison. The 2,200 delegates had to complete their work…
Tamar Braxton shared the growing pains of being a celebrity mother to a third-grader following her son Logan Herbert‘s unusual request. The incident began on May 13, after Braxton informed her Twitter followers that she was going to read at Herbert’s school. In the tweet, she revealed that things took an unexpected turn when the…
Democrats stunned Republicans by delivering Georgia’s electoral votes to President Joe Biden in 2020. Atlanta is submitting a formal bid to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Mayor Andre Dickens announced Friday to Democrats holding their annual state party dinner. “We’re going to do everything in our power to bring the 2024 Democratic National Convention…
While Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns competes in the NBA playoffs, the Washington Commanders’ Chris Paul is establishing his career Chris Paul the football player knows he shares a name with a much more famous athlete. “There might be another named Chris Paul,” he said with a grin. “I think he plays basketball —…
Source: skynesher / Getty Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court’s declared goal of integrated education is still not yet achieved. American society continues to grow more racially and ethnically diverse. But many of the nation’s public K-12 schools are not well…
Attica Scott says she is motivated to turn her community’s “protest into policy” When the only Democrat representing Kentucky in Congress announced his retirement last year, many expected a frenzy of contenders vying to replace him. Instead, voters in the state’s most competitive Democratic congressional primary will choose Tuesday between only two candidates, both state…
Commencement signifies the beginning of a new chapter for scholars across the world, and generous donors are ensuring they can embark on the next stage of their journeys without the weight of financial burdens. Texas-based Wiley College received a $300,000 gift from an anonymous giver to clear the student debt for the HBCU’s 2022 graduating…
Seven members of the all-Black team Full Circle Everest summited the world’s tallest mountain on May 12 Historic heights in mountaineering were achieved this week as the first-ever team of all-Black climbers reached the summit of Mt.Bla Everest. Seven Black climbers who braved the Full Circle Everest expedition reached the top of the world’s tallest…
Donald Trump fears Kathy Barnette’s surging campaign against Dr. Oz, his pick in Pennsylvania, threatens Republicans’ chances of holding the Senate seat Sensing a threat in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, Donald Trump issued a warning Thursday that surging Republican candidate Kathy Barnette would upend the GOP’s chances of holding the seat in November and urged…
