A Michigan city has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement over the fatal 2015 shooting of a Black man accused of stealing an energy drink. Kevin Matthews, 35, was fleeing on foot when Dearborn Police Officer Chris Hampton shot him nine times. Hampton, 33, took his own life just weeks before the settlement was announced…
Stacey Dash claims she’s a changed woman. On Wednesday, March 10, the actress turned conservative correspondent apologized for her past divisive remarks. During an interview with DailyMailTV, the 52-year-old claimed that her commentary, including statements that defended the “very fine people” at the 2017 Neo-Nazi rally in Virginia, resulted from her “arrogant pride and anger.” However,…
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty In a year that changed everything, new data uncovers 2020 was the second deadliest year on record in regards to police violence. Researchers found that most of the killings in 2020 occurred during a suspected non-violent encounter, or cases where no crime was reported. 121 people were killed after an…
‘So, we urge you to get vaccinated when it is available to you,’ Obama says The former Presidents are urging folks to get vaccinated. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama came together for a new advertisement promoting the COVID-19 vaccine. The former presidents were seen in two different videos released on…
LisaRaye McCoy opened up to her “Cocktails with Queens” co-hosts about the parallels she noticed between her own experiences while married to the former Prime Minister of Turks and Caicos and Meghan Markle‘s not-so-warm royal welcome to the British monarchy. The “Single Ladies” actress and Michael Misick were wed from 2006-2008, and hearing Meghan recount…
A Texas mom has filed a complaint with the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District after she became aware of an insensitive racial comment made by her daughter’s teacher. Tasha Fennell said her daughter Azariah, the sole Black student in the class, heard her classmate at Doris Miller Jr. High School use a racial slur…
The 34-year-old screen star will direct and play the lead in the franchise film, which now has an official release date. Actor/producer Michael B. Jordan will soon be adding “director” to his lengthy resume. The 34-year-old screen star will be directing and playing the lead in the highly-anticipated Creed III, which now has an official…
The NAACP announced Thursday that Murphy will be inducted during the March 27 ceremony, which will air on CBS Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month. The NAACP announced Thursday that Murphy will be inducted during the March 27 ceremony, which will air on CBS. The actor-comedian…
The series follows a young inventor in the prehistoric town of ‘Rocky Falls’ Disney Junior has officially announced a brand new animated series, Eureka!, and it boasts exciting and impressive talent like Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lil Rel Howery. Disney Junior’s new series Eureka! is a brand new animated series set to debut later in…
OPINION: As we navigate the complexities COVID-19 vaccine access, we need to be mindful that Black people are also being denied access to critical coronavirus care routinely offered to white patients Unbelievably, it is here: the year anniversary of living in the United States with the COVID-19 pandemic. Everywhere you look – it’s the topic…
