Veterans of the campaign that Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead to eradicate racial segregation in Birmingham nearly 60 years ago remain firmly in the corner of racial justice now Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail for participating in landmark…
McDonald’s, Sheetz and Chipotle are just some of the latest companies to follow Amazon, Walmart and Costco in boosting wages, in some cases to $15 an hour or higher U.S. restaurants and stores are rapidly raising pay in an urgent effort to attract more applicants and keep up with a flood of customers as the…
As a wildly successful comedian and Hollywood actress, Tiffany Haddish appears to have very little to cry about. However, that was exactly what she was challenged to do on the set of her new film. “Here Today” is Haddish’s new film that also stars Billy Crystal, who served as the director as well. The movie…
Nicole Pyles was playing softball in April when two umpires told her to take the beads out of her hair or leave the game. A Black female softball player in Durham, North Carolina was told to cut her hair or leave a game by two umpires. Nicole Pyles, 16, told a local news outlet she…
The amendment’s effects, if approved by voters, are uncertain, but civil rights groups say it potentially could lead to policy changes in housing, policing and education Protests over George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania…
Password sharing is estimated to cost streaming services several billion dollars a year in lost revenue. NEW YORK (AP) — Many of us were taught to share as kids. Now streaming services ranging from Netflix to Amazon to Disney+ want us to stop. That’s the new edict from the giants of streaming media, who are…
Stefanik, a Trump loyalist who’s given voice to many of his false claims about election fraud, was elected as expected to the No. 3 post that Cheney held for over two years Republicans vaulted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership Friday, electing an ardent Donald Trump defender in hopes of calming their…
He’s also offered an additional $25,000 for anyone who could prove he’s cheated on his new fiancee, also of “RHOA” circles. Reality shows are full of drama by nature, but the latest romantic plot twist to come out of the Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise is extra messy. Simon Guobadia, the newly-announced fiancé of RHOA’s…
Charlamagne Tha God received praise for the commencement speech he delivered to his mother Julie Ford McKelvey’s alma mater South Carolina State University. McKelvey, who graduated from the HBCU in 1975, was in attendance as she celebrated the radio personality receiving an Honorary Doctorate during Mother’s Day weekend. Charlamagne captioned his May 9 upload of the event:…
From left: Gregory and Travis McMichaels | Source: Glynn County Sheriff’s Office Defense lawyers are fighting to keep certain phone calls made in jail by Ahmaud Arbery‘s accused killer from being used as evidence in the upcoming murder trial in Brunswick, Georgia. Gregory McMichael — who, along with his son, Travis, and friend William “Roddie”…
