Michael B. Jordan is the latest Black celebrity to venture into the spirits industry — joining the ranks of Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Dwyane Wade to name a few — and already he is facing backlash. Over the weekend of June 19-20, promotional content for the actor’s J’ Ouvert Rum became the…
“Republicans in the Senate are lining up to try to use the filibuster to stop the For the People Act from even being debated,” shared Obama. Former President Barack Obama has announced he’s supporting West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s voting rights proposal. On Monday, during a tele-town hall meeting, Obama spoke up about the controversial voting rights bill saying he…
“We pray for him. This violence must stop,” New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams shared on Twitter A volunteer helping with a campaign supporting New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams was reportedly stabbed while canvassing in the field. NYPD released a statement on Twitter sharing details about the incident and their search for the suspect….
“The franchise has spent 19 years cultivating a toxic audience,” Lindsay wrote. Rachel Lindsay continues to air her grievances about her experience with the Bachelor franchise. In a new op-ed for New York Magazine published Monday, Lindsay details being “exhausted from defending myself against a toxic fandom” surrounding the show, which fueled her decision to…
Three years after he was dropped from PBS amid allegations of unwanted sexual behavior, Tavis Smiley is making a return to the media circuit with the launch of his new radio station, KBLA 1580 Los Angeles, the only Black-owned and -operated radio talk show in Southern California. Smiley told the Associated Press that in Los…
Osaka shared pictures from her exclusive photoshoot for the magazine to her social media accounts Naomi Osaka is back on social media — sort of. The tennis star is officially the cover model for Vogue Japan‘s August issue. It’s been weeks since Osaka’s historic decision to pull out of the French Open to protect her…
“What more do you want out of your dad than to love and support whatever you do in life?” Zaire Wade wrote about his father, Dwyane Wade. This Father’s Day, Zaire Wade shared his heartfelt appreciation of his father, former NBA player Dwyane Wade and delivered a message to any of his critics. On Sunday,…
“When I touched the wall, I was literally like, ‘Please, God, please!’” said the 2016 gold medalist Simone Manuel is headed to the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S Olympic Team Trials in Omaha Sunday night. “When I touched the wall, I was literally like, ‘Please, God, please!’”…
OPINION: The drug war has taken so much from us. It’s time to decriminalize all drugs and give reparations and give Black people what is rightly ours. As we enter the 50th year of the War on Drugs, we need to not only end the policy, but also give reparations to survivors for the enormous…
Sullivan didn’t give specifics but says that she had a negative experience while shopping at a suburban Philadelphia Macy’s. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is calling out an employee at the major retailer Macy’s. The “Pick Up Your Feelings” singer is calling out the retail giant after she had what she says was a racist encounter with…
