While campaigning in 2020, Biden vowed to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. A Georgetown, constitutional-law expert sparked outrage on Twitter with a series of pearl-clutching posts about President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman for the Supreme Court. Ilya Shapiro, the incoming executive director of the Georgetown Center for the…
The ‘Sound It Out’ Challenge gives young people the chance to win an iPad Pro, personalized journal and a year of the Calm App. Data shows that one in every three Black children in America has been exposed to two to eight adverse childhood experiences—yet they are also less likely to be referred to mental…
Teri Williams, the president and CEO of OneUnited Bank said she has monitored three main digital threats over the past six months As financial institutions have experienced a spike in pandemic-related fraud and cybercrime, minority-owned banks face an additional challenge: They’re often the only point of access for minority communities to participate in the economy. …
Protests for social in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was also an inspiration for many medical schools to increase their outreach to diverse students. Black students are flocking to medical school at record-breaking numbers. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the 2021 school year started…
OPINION: If there’s one thing kids do for you, it’s teach you about yourself. Note: While this Friday column was called Family Fridays for the first two volumes, I think Fatherhood Fridays is probably a bit more apropos and also sounds cooler, so somebody in heaven tell Sam Cooke that a change has, indeed, come….
Tamar Braxton sent shockwaves online on Thursday, Jan.27, after the “Love & War” singer uploaded two topless photos on her Instagram page. The theme behind Braxton’s post was one intended to encourage self-love. The 44-year-old, who wore a burgundy shirt accessorized with earrings and a necklace before the semi-nude shots, informed her followers in the…
Many celebrities have given their thoughts on cancel culture and now Snoop Dogg is putting his two cents in on the topic. In recent years, a phenomenon called cancel culture was created to initially make celebrities and people of higher power be held accountable for their transgressions. Some people, however, have misused cancel culture to…
Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty For the vast majority of America’s existence, white men represented the only demographic with access to literally anything. They were the only people, generally, who could access the economic power necessary to amass generational wealth. They were our doctors, professors, judges, police officers and business owners because they were the…
Source: Mario Tama / Getty On Jan. 8, 16-year-old Black girl Tioni Theus was found shot dead alongside a freeway in South Los Angeles. According to authorities, her body was found at the 110 Freeway on the Manchester Avenue onramp near South Figueroa Street and her family hadn’t seen her since the day before. Theus,…
Black Americans are estimated to have more than a trillion dollars in buying power in coming years, marking the highest amount of spendable cash they have ever wielded in U.S. history. Still, that money won’t necessarily translate into an opportunity to build wealth, experts told Finurah, adding that building wealth isn’t solely about having dollars…
