Despite the many obstacles that Black adults face, understanding how your body changes over time can help you to maintain a healthy weight as you get older Obesity has reached crisis levels, and the reasons for its alarming rise are as complex as the disease itself. The causes range from genes and diet to lack…
A Southern chapter of the right-wing parents advocacy group Moms of Liberty is protesting teaching the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in school because they claim aspects of his work traumatize students. The group further alleged that teaching children anything about the civil rights movement should be banned. Robin Steenman, the president of the Williamson…
Broadwater’s 1982 conviction was overturned last week after authorities determined there were serious flaws in his prosecution. Anthony Broadwater served 16 undeserved years in prison after Alice Sebold wrongly identified him as the man who raped her in 1981 when she was a freshman at Syracuse University. As previously reported, Broadwater’s 1982 conviction was overturned…
Source: Sky Noir Photography by Bill Dickinson / Getty Toxic mold contaminating the dorm rooms of HBCU students seems to be a reoccurring theme over the past several months. In October Howard University students protested horrible living conditions inside of some dorms on their campus. Using the Twitter and Instagram hashtag, #BlackburnTakeover, organizers encouraged a…
Comedian Steve Harvey is gearing up for the premiere of his new court show on ABC that the network has dubbed a “courtroom comedy series.” The trailer for “Judge Steve Harvey,” which premiers Tuesday, Jan. 4, has released, leaving many fans excited about the show. ABC has ordered 10 episodes of the hour-long show. Harvey,…
The Los Angeles Lakers’ star player, who is vaccinated, didn’t suit up in Tuesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has tested positive for COVID-19. James didn’t play in Tuesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings. According to reporting from ESPN, the team became aware that James was entering…
Source: DIPTENDU DUTTA / Getty As we close out 2021 while continuing to contend with the effects of a global pandemic, we come upon a day that reminds us that we have been dealing with an epidemic that has disproportionately affected Black and Brown communities for decades. Each year on December 1, people across the…
Kim Fields is willing to wear several titles when it comes to her adoring fans, but auntie is not one of them. In fact, the actress is among a growing list of celebrities who want no parts to do with the term, no matter how endearingly fans may use it. “I will rebuke that every…
Source: fcafotodigital / Getty Ahh…I can smell it now. The buttery aroma of black-eyed peas simmering away in Mom’s special crockpot as she gears up to stir in a generous helping of rice. Now, if your family is anything like mine, you’re left sitting eagerly until about 7 pm when the entire meal is done,…
Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized on Tuesday to the Black man exonerated last week in connection with the rape at the center of her 1999 memoir “Lucky.” Anthony Broadwater, 61, spent 16 years in prison after Sebold identified him as her rapist in her testimony during a 1982 trial. New York State Supreme Court Justice…
