During such downturns, Black and Hispanic Americans commonly suffer higher jobless rates America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in unemployment. Yet the Federal Reserve’s ongoing interest rate hikes — shaping up to be the steepest in 15 years — threaten to reverse that progress. The Fed’s rate hikes will mean…
A 101-year-old man has proven that it’s never too late to achieve your goals. Merrill Pittman Cooper was a senior at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia when his family moved to Philadelphia to seek better financial opportunities. Even though Cooper had a long career in transportation, he regretted not finishing high school. A…
Bell played on the Bulldogs’ defensive line until he graduated from Mississippi State in 1973 with a degree in business administration. In 1969, Robert Bell enrolled at Mississippi State University and, a year later, alongside the late Frank Dowsing, Jr., integrated the school’s football team. The following year, he and Dowsing helped lead the school…
Last week, Tammy Rivera confirmed that she and her estranged husband, Juaquin “Waka Flocka” Malphurs were no longer together when disclosing details about her personal life and the pair’s reality series. Tammy’s admission came months after a social media blog reported that the former couple quietly separated last September. Waka Flocka discusses his separation from his wife Tammy Rivera on “It’s Tricky” podcast…
The Toronto-born singer has released 13 number hits on the Billboard Dance charts in her career. Deborah Cox is making history with her latest milestone. She will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, making the Toronto-born, Grammy-nominated singer the first Black woman to receive this honor, per a press release. The Canadian…
The British songstress is dropping ‘Heart on My Sleeve’ May 6. Ella Mai is back with a new album. The Grammy-winning singer announced she’s dropping her sophomore release, Heart on My Sleeve, in May. 10 Summers/Interscope Records will release Heart on My Sleeve with the project featuring 15 brand new tracks from the London-born songstress….
Plaintiffs claimed federal regulators did not consider other locations for the Center that would be “much less harmful to protected resources.” A lawsuit filed by Protect Our Parks and other individuals against the city of Chicago, Chicago Park District, the Obama Foundation, and others has been dismissed by a federal judge. According to The Hill, the…
A South Philadelphia school named for a slavery-supporting president now honors a former slave who is Coppin State University’s namesake. A Philadelphia school named after a slavery-supporting president has gotten a new moniker. As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the former Andrew Jackson Elementary was renamed Fanny Jackson Coppin School after the pioneering Black Philadelphia…
Source: Future Publishing / Getty So, it looks like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is finally trying to rid itself of the sexual predators that have been darkening its prestigious hallways for years, decades and generations. On Tuesday, the academy made its decision to expel director Roman Polanski and the purveyor of…
American fashion brand Polo Ralph Lauren launched a new capsule inspired by two prestigious and historic Black colleges. The release was unprecedented as thousands of alumni, students and supporters flooded the website for pre-orders and lined up outside stores to purchase the limited-edition apparel. Weeks after the announcement was made public, Spelman College and Morehouse…
