In 2018, Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris, the then-only Black female lawmaker in Vermont, stepped down from her duties after suffering months of racial threats and harassment. A year later, she and her husband, James Lawton, filed a formal complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission. Kiah Morris announced earlier this year that she wouldn’t be…

OPINION: Demings, if successful, would bring a Black woman’s voice back to the upper chamber, and she has all the right stuff to pull off an upset in a lean red state What does it say that there are 24 women serving in the United States Senate presently and not one of them is Black? …

The case was overturned not because of new evidence but because of statements the prosecutor made at trial and defense attorneys’ failure to object Ashley and Albert Debelbot were sitting in the same courtroom where, more than a decade earlier, they were convicted of murdering their newborn daughter. The district attorney walked over and apologized….

“You are the sweetest Son, and Big Brother anyone could ask for!” Ciara praised. Ciara honored her son Future Zahir on his 7th birthday with a loving message she shared on social media.  On Wednesday, the songstress and her NFL superstar husband Russell Wilson took to Instagram to post separate messages celebrating Future on his…

Bloomingdale, Macy’s and Target have all reportedly backed away from carrying Teigen’s new line following the public outcry Outspoken supermodel and television personality Chrissy Teigen has found herself in hot water the last few weeks after it was revealed that she once bullied a 16-year-old nonbinary person on social media, going as far as to…

Future is done done with Lori Harvey, or so he says. A snippet from an upcoming song with Future and 42 Dugg leaked on Wednesday night, and fans believe Future was dissing his ex-boo. In the leaked audio, Future can be heard rapping, “tell Steve Harvey I don’t want her,” taking shots at Lori and…

“She was one of the world’s first Black supermodels, setting the groundwork (and werk!) for so many of us,” wrote Banks. Modeling legend Tyra Banks paid homage to a pioneer who blazed a trail for her this week, sharing an image of one of her favorite magazine covers featuring Naomi Sims. Banks posted the photo…

The ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came after a new analysis of DNA found on the victim’s fingernails pointed to Lydell Grant’s innocence. A Houston man who had been convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing but was later eliminated as the killer by DNA evidence was declared innocent on Wednesday by Texas’…

Croomes, assistant director of bands at LSU, will take over the Longhorn Band at his alma mater starting June 1 The University of Texas has hired the first Black director of the Longhorn marching band one month after it announced the band will be required to perform “The Eyes of Texas” school song that has…

The two are set to star in ‘A Christmas Dance Reunion’, 15 years after the original High School Musical aired It’s a High School Musical reunion! According to a recent announcement, Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu are set to reunite for a Lifetime movie. Coleman and Bleu got their start playing opposite on Disney Channel’s…