House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came under fire Tuesday evening after speaking on the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin murder trial. The 81-year-old delivered a speech many online users felt was offensive and poorly worded. In what appeared to be an attempt at highlighting the outpouring of support that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s tragic…
Drug testing is a necessary aspect of the NFL, however, some players think the sports league is too aggressive with its application of the policy. Tennessee Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown recently expressed annoyance over the frequency of his screenings, claiming on Twitter that he has undergone three tests since the end of the season….
The cast from the popular VH1 reality series “Black Ink Crew: New York” made their return to the small screen during the season 9 premiere of the show after a nearly year-long break. As many viewers of the show may know, Ceaser Emanuel and his band of tattoo artists have been through a lot together…
A deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina shot and killed the unarmed Black man while serving a search warrant A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while serving a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from community members who demanded law enforcement accountability and the immediate release of body camera…
Source: Nathan Howard / Getty This relentless onslaught of racialized terror and violence is something too many Black youth know personally or through generational understanding. Many of them come from and live in communities created and targeted by violent white supremacy. For those of us in mentorship roles, our work in this moment requires showing…
She “intentionally veered her car off the roadway and partially into the yard to strike the children.” A suspected white supremacist in Greenville, North Carolina, was arrested Sunday evening after she purposely drove her vehicle into a yard where a group of Black teenagers were playing basketball, striking one of them. The Pitt County Sheriff’s…
“I am proud to know that it’s her blood running through my veins” Uzo Aduba celebrated her mother’s birthday with a heartfelt tribute on Twitter in which she also revealed that her mom died in November after a cancer battle. Sharing a sweet photo of her and her mom Nonyem together, the Nigerian-American actress wrote,…
“I will do my utmost best to live up to your faith you in me.” LeVar Burton has scored a Jeopardy! guest host spot after fans lobbied for him to be added to the pool of celebrities filling in for the late Alex Trebek. Burton fans launched a Change.org petition in November calling for the…
Looking back at some of the most iconic Black wins in Oscars history It’s been a long road to diversity for the Academy Awards, to say the least. From the highly covered #OscarsSoWhite controversy, to this year’s nominees, it seems some progress is actually being made as we head into the 93rd Annual Academy Awards…
“I love him with all my heart, and I’d do anything to have him standing next to me again today,” said Ross on a microphone among a small crowd George Floyd’s girlfriend spoke out on Tuesday after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of his murder. Floyd’s girlfriend of three years, Courteney Ross,…
