‘It is about the elevation of a continent,’ says Editor-In-Chief Edward Enninful of the landmark cover celebrating “a new generation of African supermodels.” At first glance, British Vogue’s February cover might seem jarring to some; the shadowy tableau of nine dark-skinned Black women, stone-faced and stiffly posed, almost evokes the feeling of mannequins arranged in…
Advocates and landlords don’t expect a flood of evictions right away, as the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program still provides some eviction protection New York tenants and homeowners lost some protection from eviction and foreclosure Saturday as the state ended a nearly 2-year-old moratorium aimed at keeping New Yorkers from losing their homes during the…
Jamaica Police Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay told the AP that other people were arrested along with Joseph Haiti’s National Police said Saturday that a former senator sought in the July 7 killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica. Police spokesman Gary Desrosiers told The Associated Press that John Joël Joseph was in custody….
Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish spent a brief stint of time in a Georgia jail after being arrested on a DUI charge. Tiffany Haddish was arrested in Georgia for DUI. Photo Credit: @tiffanyhaddish/Instagram The “Girls Trip” actress reportedly was pulled over by Peachtree City Police after officers in the city located in Fayette County, Georgia,…
“I was never shown architecture in a Black neighborhood,” Matthews shared When Demar Matthews was in school for architecture, he was the only Black person in the whole graduate program. His overall experience was great, despite working full time to pay for the program. While completing his degree and seeing the absence of people who…
Source: CHRIS DELMAS / Getty After months of outrage and demands for accountability, DirecTV announced it would not renew its contract with conservative network One America News (OAN). Without DirecTV as a distribution platform, OAN will lose an overwhelming majority of its revenue. “We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we…
“I hear the anger in the face of discrimination,” said Taubira A progressive icon from the South American territory of French Guiana on Saturday joined the race for France’s presidential election in April, promising to push back against the “discourse of hate” that has stained the campaign and seeking to unite France’s long-fractured left wing….
Jasmine Guy was a key fixture in one of the most popular all-Black casts of the late ’80s to early ’90s when she starred in “A Different World.” The show premiered in 1987, and followed young, diverse Black men and women attending the fictional historically Black institution, Hillman College. But by the second season, it…
Police have not released the victim’s name, but Quality Control, the Miami rapper’s record label, confirmed it was him Miami rapper Wavy Navy Pooh was killed in an ambush shooting as he drove with two young children, local media reported. The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name was Shandler Beaubien, was stopped at a light Friday…
“I got the pardon, I was like, wow, I was so happy,” Darnell Nolen said after learning he was going home after serving 20 years of a 33-year prison sentence thanks to a conditional pardon granted by outgoing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. Nolen, who is Black, received a conditional pardon on Jan. 5 along with…
