“I’m still his dad and when it becomes aggressive, I’ve got to have respect.” These are the words of Kirk Franklin on a recent visit to the “Tamron Hall Show.” The Grammy Award-winning gospel singer joined his wife Tammy to discuss their blended family and his imperfections as a father after his private conversation with…
In March alone, the Biden administration announced it will open eight new emergency sites across the Southwest The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety. In the…
‘Every time you did this piece, it hurt,’ said Stephen Seals Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black men gathered with Seals, and a Black mother cried for her children. The scene, titled “What Holds the Future,” was…
The shooting left two victims dead and eight injured A shooting at Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Friday night has left two dead and eight injured. Their injuries range from serious to life-threatening, WAVY TV 10 reported. One of the victims was identified as 29-year-old Deshayla Harris, who was a bystander that was struck in the…
Gretta Jackson, 45, of Detroit, Michigan, has made history as reportedly the first black woman in Detroit to own an Outback Steakhouse. The new owner of the restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Roseville has spent roughly 20 years working her way to the top. “It makes everything that I’ve gone through, every setback every…
‘Someone tell Chet Hanks that we’re already several thousand years into a white boy summer,’ one Twitter user said Chet Hanks, the son of Oscar award-winning actor Tom Hanks, continues to make waves online. In an Instagram video, the 30-year-old proudly proclaimed that “white boy summer” is coming soon and told his followers to “get…
Longtime television talk show host Sharon Osbourne has parted ways with CBS’ “The Talk.” Following an explosive on-air debate with fellow co-host Sheryl Underwood that took place earlier this month and an investigation prompted by allegations of on-set misconduct and racists remarks, Osbourne decided to leave the show. In a statement released on Friday, March 26, CBS…
‘I’ve been taught to be a leader and to not follow the crowd. I want to make a change,’ said Miller Son of Hip-Hop legend Master P, Hercy Miller, a shooting guard at Minnehaha Academy in Minnesota, has committed to Tennessee State University over Division I programs at Louisiana State University, University of Southern California,…
Source: Courtesy of Mayor Aja Brown Compton Mayor Aja Brown is championing a guaranteed income plan for residents of her city during a pandemic that has upended life as we know it. From disparities in health, education and income, Brown believes this is the time for government to truly work for the people. “We have…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the appointment of Maj. Gen. William Walker, a key figure in dispatching troops in Capitol riot response Maj. Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, was tapped Friday to become the House’s first African American sergeant-at-arms as Congress sorts through the grave security failings revealed…
