Earlier this year, the AMC Church halted pension payouts to its thousands of retired pastors, bishops and others. The African Methodist Episcopal Church is the target of a class-action lawsuit filed on March 22 by as many as 5000 eligible beneficiaries of its pension fund that has lost at least $90 million due to irresponsible…
Ethiopian federal authorities strongly refute allegations they have deliberately targeted Tigrayans for violent attacks. KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have charged in a new report. The crimes were perpetrated…
The FDA’s vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said during a recent meeting, “we simply can’t be boosting people as frequently as we are.” WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are beginning to grapple with how to keep the vaccines updated to best protect Americans from the ever-changing…
Tracy Lauren Marrow, also known by his stage name Ice-T, is recognized for his rapping and acting skills, having sold millions of records worldwide and starring in numerous hit projects, including NBC’s “Law & Order SVU.” But on April 3, Marrow had millions of his followers talking for a different reason after the 64-year-old showcased…
OPINION: Getting to this moment was difficult to watch as Republicans attempted to malign Judge Jackson’s record. But now we can celebrate the first Black woman in the history of the United States to ascend to the high court. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read…
There is a new pivot in sports, and it’s not just the podcast with the same name, but it does involve one of its primary hosts: Channing Crowder. Through his uninformed bloviating about another fellow professional football player and his wife, the third more vocally rural leg of The Pivot podcast has officially christened himself Channing “Cry Baby”…
Veteran rappers Lil Wayne and T.I. took the stage together during the Dreamville Festival in North Carolina Sunday, April 3, for the first time in over five years since the pair stopped speaking. The rap feud sparked in 2016, after T.I. slammed Wayne over his remarks on the Black Lives Matter movement. The two emcees were…
The Canadian-born star is performing alongside frequent collaborators Swedish House Mafia on April 17 and 24. On Thursday, Coachella announced that The Weeknd will replace Kanye West as its Sunday headliner, as reported by Variety. This will be The Weeknd’s third time performing at Coachella, and his second time as a headliner. The news comes…
The student left a banana in the teacher’s classroom doorway on several occasions A Virginia tenth-grader is being sued by his former history teacher where he is accused of taunting and harassing the longtime educator with acts of racism in the high school. As reported by 10 On Your Side, Joel Mungo has worked as…
Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty The U.S. Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman and only the third Black person to ever sit on the highest court in America. Jackson will join Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan on the liberal side, although the court leans 6-3…
