Personal finance and estate planning experts see strong opportunities for Black households in 2022 to establish goals and make moves that could translate into building wealth for years to come. According to the Federal Reserve, as of 2016, the average Black family in the United States had a total wealth of $17,600. That’s one-tenth of…
Legendary singer Dionne Warwick is currently celebrating the release of her latest single, “Power In The Name.” While out promoting the new track, which features rappers Krayzie Bone and Nomad, the 81-year-old Grammy Award winner opened up about her first time touring through Europe and the huge mistake that neither she nor fans saw coming. …
Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn spent 27 years in prison before parole was granted in 2015, but Dunn died before his release. A Tennessee family was ripped apart when a 4-year-old girl was found unresponsive at the home of her great-aunt in Nashville on June 2, 1987. The toddler, Brandi, had suffered from severe vaginal…
OPINION: A group of researchers, doctors and medical experts expressed concerns about the Spotify podcaster’s willingness to spread COVID misinformation. But no one cared when people raised those red flags about Rogan’s willingness to spread white supremacy. If you’re reading this piece (and you are reading it, I can tell), you should understand what this…
“We are satisfied the officers will be held accountable,” Philadelphia NAACP President Catherine Hicks said after learning the Delaware County Pennsylvania District Attorney charged three Sharon Hill police officers in the shooting death of 8-year-old Fanta Bility. Officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney are each charged with 12 counts of manslaughter and reckless…
The actress/writer’s audio company inks five-year, $40 million deal to develop audio projects. Insecure may have ended, but Issa Rae is just getting started. Her audio entertainment company Raedio has just signed a multi-project development deal with Audible, as reported by Variety. Raedio, launched by Rae in 2019 as a hub for artists to connect…
Tracee Ellis Ross left fans astonished by her modeling skills on Thursday, Jan. 20, after the 49-year-old uploaded a behind-the-scenes clip from an undisclosed photo shoot. In the Instagram Reel, a 15-second multi-clip video, Ross is seen wearing an all-black attire donned with gold earrings while doing various poses alongside the track “To the Moon”…
The show will examine “the origins of widespread stereotypes” that have followed Black men for centuries Tina Knowles-Lawson is behind the next big docu-series television event. Profiled: The Black Man, coming to Discovery+, examines “the origins of the widespread stereotypes that have permeated society and impacted the lives of Black men in America for centuries.”…
Will Smith became a star and a fan favorite among many people when he became the lead actor in the sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” From there, his popularity only grew in the early 2000s after he took on the film industry by playing the lead in movies like the “Men in Black” franchise,…
In September, Angola’s President João Lourenco invited the Tuckers to visit his country, and they did last month for five days. A Virginia family believed to be descended from the first enslaved Africans to come to North America recently traveled to Angola, the African nation from which their ancestors hailed. Vincent Tucker and his sister,…
