Source: Leigh Vogel / Getty When the news came out that a Texas woman had been arrested and jailed for a self-managed abortion, we were not surprised. Lizelle Herrera sought medical care and was reported by a health care worker as violating Texas’s atrocious 6-week abortion ban. Lizelle Herrera was held on a $500,000 bond…
Black entrepreneurs are cultivating businesses designed to transform their communities and drive social impact. Amongst the collective of changemakers is Tennessee-based couple Ursula Martin and Jerrell Spencer who opened a grocery store to combat food insecurity within the South Memphis neighborhood, The Commercial Appeal reported. BL Grocery aims to bring ‘old-school grocery store feel’ to…
The dating history of Garcelle Beauvais has been a hot topic this week, thanks to her new memoir, “Love Me As I Am.” Most fans were first introduced to the actress in the late 1990s as Francesca “Fancy” Monroe on “The Jamie Foxx Show.” Earlier this week we learned that “The Real Housewives of Beverly…
“Everyone knows what she looks like, what she sounds like, what her hair [is like], you know?” the Oscar-winning actress said. As Viola Davis prepares to deliver audiences a look behind the curtain of Michelle Obama’s daily life as first lady, the Oscar-winning actress shared her own inner musings about portraying the larger-than-life figure. In…
Dubai Tourism recently teamed up with Afrozons Radio and host Sheila O. to create Afrozons Dubai Soundoff, a travel experience dedicated to the Black diaspora. Afrozons Dubai Soundoff is a premier travel experience put on by the Dubai Tourism Board in partnership with Afrozons Radio and host Sheila O. to promote the coming together of…
Source: Gilles Mingasson / abc April is full of national days to celebrate, including National Gardening Month. What better way to kick off the springtime than with sprouts and shoots of a garden. We curated a list of easy and helpful tips to start gardening to celebrate. Don’t be discouraged by all the gardening talk…
State officials’ concerns about Mason’s finances outweigh the town’s concerns about racial mistreatment A Tennessee judge has declined to halt the state’s financial takeover of a majority-Black town near the site of a planned Ford pickup truck factory. The ruling Thursday by Nashville Chancellor Anne Martin reasons that officials’ concerns in the town of Mason are “slightly…
A Florida police officer who threatened and shoved a Black woman after she called for help is facing time in prison after being convicted by a jury on Thursday. Former Miami-Dade Police Officer Alejandro Giraldo was arrested in May 2019 after prosecutors discovered that he lied on arrest and incident reports. He has been convicted…
The McBride Sisters Wine Company brought in $5 million in annual sales in October 2020 and has donated $3 million to women-owned businesses Two sisters who grew up not knowing each other and continents apart are breaking barriers in the wine industry and carving a lane for other women of color interested in doing business…
Campaign manager says it’s even more important now for supporters to donate directly to Stacey Abrams’ campaign Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot immediately begin raising and spending unlimited campaign contributions under a state law passed last year because she is not yet her party’s nominee, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Abrams and her One Georgia…
