A Black high school athlete in North Carolina said she was left “embarrassed” after she was asked to remove the beads from the ends of her hair or leave her softball game, local outlets began reporting this week. The incident occurred on April 19 at Hillside High School in Durham, North Carolina, during a game…
Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement late Friday saying the victim remains were located at the medical examiner’s office A day after Philadelphia’s health commissioner was forced to resign over the cremation of partial remains belonging to victims of a 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization, the city now says those remains were never…
Jamal Sutherland, who battled mental health issues, was repeatedly subjected to a Taser and pepper sprayed in a jail cell In January, Jamal Sutherland died while in custody in a South Carolina detention center shortly after being arrested. Now, new footage shows that he was repeatedly subjected to a Taser hours before his death, according…
Actress Vivica A. Fox is holding little to nothing back when it comes to sharing the life lessons that have shaped her into the outspoken and undeniably confident woman fans have loved for years. Ahead of a May 15 women’s workshop, Conversations with Kym Virtual Women’s Empowerment Experience, the “Kill Bill 2” actress opened up…
“The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today,” Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt says An Israeli airstrike targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets hours after another Israeli air raid on a densely populated…
OPINION: U.S. policy in Israel and Palestine is steeped in white supremacy Now is the time for President Joe Biden to speak out against apartheid in Israel and for the U.S. to no longer support state-sanctioned violence and repression against Palestinians. Violence and civil unrest have broken out in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories,…
“The Game” fans voiced their opinions on May 13 after an announcement that the hit series would be returning with some of its original cast members, including Wendy Raquel Robinson, who played Tasha Mack, and Hosea Chanchez as Malik Wright. According to Deadline, Paramount+ has given “The Game” a ten-episode series order, which will include new cast members as…
The new show will follow the lives of the reality TV couple, the OLG trio, and restaurant staff as they work together to make their family business a success. Real Housewives of Atlanta star, serial entrepreneur, and musician Kandi Burruss-Tucker is getting a spin-off show on Bravo. The show is tentatively titled Kandi OLG Project…
An anecdotal sampling of therapists around the country by The New York Times recently found that more Black Americans sought mental health services following the police killing of George Floyd in May of last year. Dr. Douglas E. Lewis Jr., a Black clinical and forensic psychologist in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur said Black people…
According to the Archewell Foundation website, the multi-year partnership, “will focus on gender equality, more inclusive online spaces, and resilience and impact through sport Life will always come full circle. Back when Meghan Markle was just 11-years-old she called out Procter & Gamble for airing a sexist commercial. Now 28 years later, she and her husband…
