Milwaukee has moved closer to electing its first Black mayor in city history following a special election on Tuesday. Cavalier “Chevy” Johnson, who is currently the acting mayor of Milwaukee, advanced to April’s general election following Tuesday’s primary that whittled down the field of candidates to two. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Johnson won…
Reginae Carter pulled her followers’ heartstrings on Feb. 15 after sharing a touching upload with her father, Lil Wayne. In the Instagram post, Carter and Wayne, who appeared to have celebrated Valentine’s Day with one another, are all smiles as they pose for the camera after spending the holiday together. Reginae Carter’s Valentine’s Day post…
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Here’s a question about the Republican war on critical race theory: What is it supposed to accomplish? Obviously, the goal is to ban any curriculum that gets white people all in their feel-feels into oblivion, but what do they think that is going to do? End discussions about systemic racism…
The white campus police officer in a recent viral video where he appears to be struggling with a Black Purdue University student has been placed on leave as his department claims he has been receiving death threats since the encounter at the West Lafayette, Indiana, institution. Purdue police officer struggling with student (Video screengrab/Action Injury…
OPINION: The Republican National Committee’s resolution that dubbed the January 6 attack “legitimate political discourse” only confirmed that the GOP are liars and violent extremists, and Democrats need to act accordingly. So are Democrats really about to pretend that the Republican Party didn’t overwhelmingly spread Trump’s 2020 election lies, fan the flames of a deadly…
Idris Elba fans spawned over a romantic moment he shared with his model wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, for Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. In an Instagram video, the Elbas playfully keep each other warm in a heated pool in what appears to be an exotic location. The 49-year-old actor wrote, “Happy Valentine’s Day” in the…
“I prayed and prayed and prayed for this,” said Neely. “I thought this wasn’t going to happen until I got into the wheelchair!” Food Network star Gina Neely announced this week that she is going to be a grandmother. The 56-year-old chef and entrepreneur’s eldest daughter, Spenser Lewis-Neely, is reportedly expecting and due in August….
Quintez Brown faces charges in a shooting at the campaign office of Craig Greenberg, who is running for mayor of Louisville. Kentucky civil rights activist Quintez Brown pleaded not guilty to one charge of attempted murder and four charges of wanton endangerment on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Brown is accused of a shooting at the campaign…
When the history books tell the story of Black music and name the greatest boy groups of all times, they will say the Temptations, The Jackson 5, and New Edition. Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnnie Gill, the members of the iconic ’80s R&B group, are about to set…
Source: Gary Hershorn / Getty Redlining is a discriminatory lending practice that has been outlawed for centuries, but unfortunately, a few remnants of the prejudice protocol continue to haunt Black and Brown homeowners today. What is redlining and how did it become so deeply ingrained in our society? According to the New York Times, the…
