WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 07: U.S. President Joe Biden departs the Rose Garden after speaking on the 2024 election in the Rose Garden on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. Former President Donald Trump defeated Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden pledged to work with the Trump team to ensure a smooth transition and…

The leader of Tennessee’s Senate Republican caucus engaged in a series of allegedly bad decisions and even worse outcomes while on vacation on Georgia’s Golden Isles. State Sen. Ken Yager, 77, was arrested on Dec. 3 in Jekyll Island on suspicions of a hit-and-run accident that happened earlier that same day. Police said he “admitted…

Source: Michael Loccisano / Getty This is how I remember Nikki Giovanni, and her quick eyes and humor, her smile as wide and as brilliant as the belief she had in us Black people. Nikki died on Monday, something still too hard for those of us who don’t know a world without her, to fully…

Jamie Foxx, 56, returned triumphantly to the stage with Netflix’s “What Had Happened Was…” The “In Living Color” alum used the 68-minute standup special to speak about his private life through comedy, including his future dating plans. At one point, the Oscar-winning actor made fun of the public’s perception of his preference for dating white…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 01: Jaleel White attends Netflix’s “Hustle” World Premiere at Regency Village Theatre on June 01, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) OPINION: Recent comments by the “Family Matters” star kind of make you wonder how he defines “Black show” and/or “hood show.”  Editor’s note: The following…

Jamie Foxx speaks onstage during the 2024 Governors Awards at Dolby Theatre on November 17, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) After suffering a stroke in 2023, Jamie Foxx reflects on his health scare in his new Netflix comedy special “What Had Happened Was.” Jamie Foxx is back, and like most Black…

Katie Holmes is defending herself for getting into her mama bear mode over her Suri Cruise – whom she shares with ex-husband Tom Cruise.  The 45-year-old recently doubled down on her reaction to debunk a statement regarding her daughter’s financial status after a fan tried to check her for responding in the first place. In…

Shortly after Luigi Mangione was arrested Monday in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, many criticized the news media for highlighting a video of Mangione’s high school valedictorian speech, arguing that such coverage reflected a pattern of framing white murder suspects as ones deserving of sympathy. Critics pointed to the stark…

Source: Dr. Crystal R. Sanders In her groundbreaking new book, A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs, Dr. Crystal R. Sanders uncovers a little-known chapter of American history that continues to resonate today: the systemic underfunding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the complex legacy of…

Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-12) and U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA), signs the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, December 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) The vice president’s signature instructs Congress to posthumously award Chisholm, the first…