Renowned professor Celia Dial Saxon is being honored with the renaming of a residence hall after her, following a unanimous vote by the board of trustees at the University of South Carolina to name the upperclassmen dormitory after the distinguished educator. Saxon, who taught in Columbia, South Carolina, for over five decades, was described as…
Source: Andrew Burton / Getty The new federal indictment accusing Baltimore’s top prosecutor of committing perjury and making false statements on a COVID-19 loan application is the culmination of a failed investigation that was partially rooted in racism from political operatives desperate to make any charges stick, an attorney representing Marilyn Mosby suggested while responding…
Ciara took to Instagram on Jan. 11 to pen a special message to her husband, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. Wilson, who played his last game for the Seahawks 2021 football season this past weekend, ended the game on a high note, winning against the Arizona Cardinals 38-30. Despite thw win, the Seahawks finished with a 7-10…
The company will also pay more than $140 million in penalties in deal to settle claims by attorneys general of 39 states. The student loan servicing provider Navient reached a deal to cancel $1.7 billion in delinquent private student loans belonging to more than 66,000 borrowers. The company will also pay more than $140 million in…
Undated photo of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preaching. | Source: Don Uhrbrock / Getty The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory speeches in 2008, when he said, “[King] brought Americans from every corner of…
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and its sister department are being sued by a Black man that spent almost a week in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. The officers arrested him in 2020 because he shared the same name with a white man, who was the actual suspect for the crime….
Actor Sidney Poitier was one of the first celebrities to transition in 2022, and the emotional ripples of his death continue to overwhelm Hollywood’s biggest players. One of those impacted by his death is the two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington. Washington, during an interview with People Magazine, shared the details of meeting his mentor the first time….
Whole Foods Market is not budging on its Black Lives Matter mask and apparel ban; instead the grocery chain is hitting back with the Constitution. In December 2021, the National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against the Amazon subsidiary’s dress code policy that prohibits employees from wearing attire with messaging, “slogan, logo or…
Soulja Boy became a trending topic on Tuesday, Jan. 11, when nude images from the rapper’s OnlyFans account were leaked online. OnlyFans, launched in 2016, is a social media platform where users can sell or acquire original content. In order for individuals to obtain access to the content, they must pay a monthly fee. The subscription…
AUP EP#35 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 1/13/21 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture, and our stories. I’m your host, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio. And this week we are going in on…
