Elon Musk was raised in a South Africa quite different from the one that exists today. When he left in 1988, apartheid, which instituted racial segregation, was still in effect. The country’s white minority still ran the government. And opposition leader Nelson Mandela was still in prison. Musk said in an interview — no longer…

Source: Sean Pavone / Getty A racist Virginia landlord has been sentenced to almost two decades of prison time for harassing his Black tenants and stealing their identities to get extra COVID relief money. According to Law & Crime, David L. Merryman (59) was sentenced to 17 years in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and…

The estranged wife of ex-Seattle Seahawks player Earl Thomas has officially been charged with stealing $2.7 million from the retired safety through a series of schemes. Information from court documents obtained by TMZ Sports states that Nina Thomas filed for divorce in November 2020 and afterward allegedly began swindling money from her estranged husband in September 2021. Authorities…

Photo courtesy of Parkwood Entertainment Check out the pics everyone is talking about! It was a Christmas halftime show for the books when Beyoncé hit the stadium for Netflix’s Christmas NFL Gameday in Houston, TX. For the first time Queen Bey sang live versions of the songs from her genre-bending and record-breaking Cowboy Carter album….

The parents of a 13-year-old Black student at Ernest Lawrence Middle School in Chatsworth, California, are calling for the arrest of a white male parent who they say physically attacked their son outside the school while hurling racial slurs at him, causing serious injuries. The family of Sal’Vyion “Sal” Torres, their attorney, and community activists…

Photo: AdobeStock The U.S. flu season is underway, with cases surging across much of the country, health officials say. NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season is underway, with cases surging across much of the country, health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted sharp increases in several measures, including lab tests and emergency…

Katt Williams had the biggest and most viral year of all the celebrities who made headlines in 2024 as millions of fans and critics declared him a prophet of chaos. The running joke since Jan. 3 is that he opened a portal by unleashing his grievances about his comedic peers and the dark underbelly of…

This photo taken Dec. 8, 2009 shows Ruth Ndiagne Dorsey with a Kwanzaa setting set up for a media photo at her church, The Shrine of the Black Madonna, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) Kwanzaa, a seven-day communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans December 26 through New Year’s Day….

Weeks after a TikTok star alleged that King Harris was not the biological father of his son, the young entertainer shut down the chatter by sharing photos of the little one on social media. The boy was born in November to King and the child’s mother, J’Nijah “Nana” Epps, also known as @nanalilfineass on Instagram. King’s…

When former NFL player Michael Vick was officially introduced as the new head coach of the Norfolk State Spartans football team, fans celebrated a fresh chapter for the storied HBCU program. However, it wasn’t just Vick’s new position that had people talking — it was his wife, Kijafa Vick, who turned heads with her all-black…