“We ended up biting a bitter, bitter pill that haunts us today.” Tennessee state Rep. Justin Lafferty (R), is facing criticism for defending the Three-Fifths Compromise. The agreement was drafted during the nation’s Constitutional Convention in 1787 and classified a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in Congress and tax obligations of…
“Not only is he a world-class stage and film actor, but he’s a brilliant writer and director too.” Award-winning actor, director, playwright and producer Colman Domingo took to social media on Tuesday to announce that he is joining the staff at the University of Southern California. “It is with great honor and joy to shout…
Medicine is billed as a field guided by extensive research and evidence. But the specter of race reared its head in the field earlier this year when a top editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association posited that structural racism doesn’t exist in health care. The controversial commentary came during a podcast and…
“You know I thug ’em, f-ck ’em, love ’em, leave ’em, ‘Cause I don’t f-ckin’ need ’em,” are the words of a 30-year-old Jay-Z in his 2000 hit “Big Pimpin,’” but these same words are ones that a decade later the music mogul would regret. In this new age of social media, celebrities are constantly…
Ashton Pinke | Source: Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Police in Texas shot and killed a Black man early Monday morning while responding to a 911 call intended to seek a mental health wellness check for the victim, according to the lawyer representing his family. Ashton Pinke, 27, was shot by two officers with the Mesquite…
Maker, 20, a 6″11 South Sudanese-Australian hoops star said he chose Howard University because he wanted to “change the culture” A docuseries about the life of basketball star Makur Maker is on the way. It was recently announced that Big Man on Campus, was ordered by Apple TV+ and will follow Maker as he navigates his…
“I started looking specifically at HBCUs because I wanted the HBCU experience…,” 16-year-old Curtis Lawrence III told DC’s FOX 5 News. D.C. resident Curtis Lawrence III is a prime example of what starting excellence early looks like. When he was just 14, Lawrence graduated from DC’s School Without Walls, a magnet high school, and started…
“I also feel this incredible responsibility to think deeply about taking this on and making it a show that people want to watch, that people will feel is living up to its great legacy,” Alcindor told the New York Times. Journalist Yamiche Alcindor is making history by becoming the second Black woman to moderate Washington…
The former Lakers’ star’s father, Joe Odom, passed away on April 20 Lamar Odom wants to encourage people to try to reconcile with estranged family members after the passing of his father, Joe Odom, last month. Read More: Lamar Odom says Kobe tried to help with gambling debts in one of their final talks The…
Defense attorney Eric Nelson accused the judge and prosecution of abuse and misconduct and cited jury intimidation in his legal motion The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion on several points and that the verdict should be impeached because…
