“We just can’t sit by and think it’ll go away. It’s not going to go away. We’ve got to push it away. We’ve got to confront it,” the South Carolina Democrat says in a CNN interview Despite the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, many Americans continue to protest police brutality…
The 93rd Academy Awards will begin at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC An Oscars unlike any before will get underway Sunday night, with history on the line in major categories and a telecast retooled for the pandemic. The 93rd Academy Awards will begin at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC. There will be no host, no audience, nor…
Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire in a Baghdad hospital Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients. Negligence on…
Folks can get pretty competitive on social media when it comes to defending things that they enjoy, whether it’s albums, artists, but especially shows. Over the last few weeks, there has been an ongoing debate regarding which crime drama series reigns supreme: the competitors are between HBO’s iconic early 2000s Baltimore set “The Wire” and…
For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections With life-saving oxygen in short supply, family members in India are left on their own to ferry coronavirus patients from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as the country is engulfed in a devastating new surge of…
“We got to learn how to celebrate each other while we’re here,” Beatz says in comments at Barclays Center Thousands of fans descended on downtown Brooklyn Saturday to pay their last respects to the late DMX. As a large crowd gathered outside the Barclays Center during the memorial, Swizz Beatz had some words for people…
Carter will represent Louisiana’s 2nd District in Congress after Richmond joined the Biden administration Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana’s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash that divided politicians across New Orleans. Carter easily defeated Karen Carter Peterson in the race for Louisiana’s…
Late legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s contributions to the realm of music will be the focus of a new film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Apple Original Films has a documentary in the works about the life and legacy of the pioneering jazz musician. The film, titled Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong,…
Historically Black colleges and universities across the country are cultural pillars within the realm of education that hold an infinite amount of significance, and a new program will cultivate the next generation of leaders to shape the futures of these institutions. Clark Atlanta University recently unveiled an initiative centered on recruiting future HBCU presidents. The…
NASA turned to private companies for space station deliveries after the shuttles retired in 2011 The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts —…
