To date, 18 states in America, including the District of Columbia, have legalized the recreational use of cannabis. Another 13 and the U.S. Virgin Islands have decriminalized its usage, subsequently boosting the industry’s revenues. Now an organization in Illinois wants officials to reconsider reparations for ex-convicts who were jailed because of the now-legal substance.  According to…

Shamari DeVoe recently disclosed in an interview with the Jasmine Brand the reason behind her abrupt departure from “Real Housewives of Atlanta” was solely because the show’s producers portrayed her as a “drunk” during her stint. DeVoe first appeared on the Atlanta housewives franchise in season 11 alongside Nene Leakes, Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, Porsha Williams, and Eva…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the first House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, many questions remain about who formed and possibly financed the attack. One of the most poignant stories to come out out of the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 is from Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, essentially the crux of…

Kevin Hart has passed up on taking a trip to space.  A couple of days after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and business honcho Richard Branson took their suborbital flight to the edge of space, Hart has revealed he too was offered the opportunity to go on the flight but decided to pass due to the…

Civil rights crusader Bob Moses, who was an architect of the 1964 Freedom Summer voting rights campaign and established a program to help minority students succeed in math, has died at the age of 86. NAACP president Derrick Johnson shared news of Moses’ death in a statement on July 25, writing, “Throughout his life, Bob…

The billionaire NBA star and the former U.S. president often traded jabs during Trump’s time in office.  Donald Trump took aim at LeBron James during a rambling two-hour speech at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona over the weekend.  Speaking to a crowd of loyalists at the “Rally to Protect Our Elections” on Saturday night, Trump speculated…

OPINION: “Black trauma has a direct relationship with Black spending, lack of savings, and aversion to investing” – Rahkim Sabree. Acknowledging the issues around a lack of financial literacy is one problem, but it’s not the only issue that impacts Black dollars. As a financial empowerment coach, I’ve been leaning into a less popular but…

Shenita Russie, 42, a medical worker from Little Rock, caught the virus while helping others in Boston at the pandemic’s beginning. A woman who worked on the frontlines of medicine helping coronavirus patients has been hit with nearly $1 million in medical bills after recovering from a severe bout of COVID-19.  Shenita Russie, 42, a…

T.I. defended DaBaby by comparing him to Lil Nas X This past weekend during a performance at the Rolling Loud Festival held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, rapper DaBaby went an reported homophobic rant that stunned audience members. Now, fellow rapper T.I. – who is no stranger to controversy himself – is coming…

Gabrielle Union’s big chop debut on Friday, July 23, had fans doing a double take as they mistook the actress for “Love & Hip Hop: New York” reality star Juju Castaneda. In the initial post, Union disclosed how empowered she felt making the change during a good time in her life.  The 48-year-old said as she shared a stream…