It was a different kind of Mother’s Day “gathering” when Black Twitter formed like Voltron to school a user trolling “Cosby Show” mom Rashad. It was a Mother’s Day “gathering” of a different kind when Black Twitter formed like Voltron to school a self-proclaimed “Twitter historian” who trolled beloved The Cosby Show actress Phylicia Rashad…
Source: Screenshot / YouTube A simple day outing morphed into a racist encounter for two Black women after they were falsely accused of assault and stealing their own property. A Black vlogger in New York City named Alana Lambert shared her experience on YouTube after she and a friend were accosted by a woman in…
The “Verzuz” battle between R&B groups Xscape and SWV was the talk of social media on Saturday, May 8. After the battle, Xscape member and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” reality diva Kandi Burruss met with her mother, Mama Joyce. “Look who was screaming for me tonight,” said Burruss while holding the camera facing herself and…
Melissa Carter had a request from the six-year-old student’s mother to spank her misbehaving daughter. That mom has since hired an attorney. The principal of a Florida elementary school will not face criminal charges after paddling a six-year-old girl in her care. According to the state attorney, Melissa Carter had the permission of the child’s…
“We just broke another record!!” proud collective staffers tweeted Saturday. “Thanks to your support, we surpassed our goal of $750K!” For the past five years, the National Bail Out Collective has been paying bail bonds for Black moms and caregivers to free them from pretrial detention so they can spend Mother’s Day with their families. …
Talent and literary agency ICM Partners is facing a lot of backlash after the Los Angeles Times released an exposé article about the toxic workplace culture at the company that represents Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Shonda Rhimes, and more. The May 5 piece listed out several incidents from over 30 former and current ICM…
They “took a total of thirty-two shots when the provided circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot,” the probe found. An internal report released by the Professional Standards Unit of the Louisville Police Department found the Kentucky officers should not have fired into the home of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020. “They…
A New York Times story details how the protective Bryant had cycled through at least five placements in the past two years. When 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot in the chest four times by a Columbus, Ohio police officer, she had spent several years in foster care and grown frustrated by her experience in her…
A judge warned an upstate New York mother that she is at risk of losing custody of her multiracial daughter if she does not remove a rock with a Confederate flag painted on it from her home’s driveway. On Thursday, May 6, appellate justices in Albany ruled that parents, identified only as Christie BB and…
Jaleel White‘s iconic “Family Matters” character Steve Urkel helped make the ABC sitcom a hit, and carve its mark among great Black television shows past, but, according to the actor, he didn’t immediately feel the neighborly love after joining the cast. The “Family Matters” star is stepping back into the spotlight for an episode of…
