OPINION: Florida’s governor, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, has been on a proverbial warpath against everything—from banning mask and vaccine mandates and the teaching of critical race theory to suppressing voting rights. I know I am asking a rather loaded question. But it is one for which I have been desperately searching for answers. Florida…
After the release of a new report, a police chief’s actions during the booking of a Black man are called “egregiously unreasonable” and “excessive” and Louisiana community stakeholders are calling for his immediate termination. Hammond, Louisiana, city officials want Police Chief Edwin Bergeron, who is white, to be fired from his job as top cop. Police Chief…
Source: Jared Siskin / Getty By now, you’ve likely heard about the loud and wrong comment Whoopi Goldberg made on The View regarding the Holocaust during a discussion about the Tennessee school board’s ban of the book Maus. It was certainly a “Nah, sis’, you really should have kept that one in the drafts” moment for…
State legislators explored a bill banning bias “on the basis of hair texture and protective hairstyles” in schools. Missouri lawmakers are holding hearings this week on two bills dubbed the CROWN Act. The bills, which are similar to those passed in other states, will protect against discrimination over Black hairstyles such as braids, locs and cornrows….
Chad Johnson caused a commotion on social media on Sunday, Jan. 30, after the 44-year-old hinted he wanted to impregnate his fiancée Sharelle Rosado following the birth of the couple’s daughter, Serenity Paula Johnson. The luxury real estate broker welcomed Serenity last month on Jan. 2, in a Miami hospital. In the Instagram post, Johnson shared a…
The National Carnival Commission shares the lineup for its first “Taste of Carnival,” a mix of virtual and in-person events. Trinidad’s National Carnival Commission has announced the lineup for what’s being called a “Taste of Carnival,” a combination of virtual and in-person events at spaces deemed safe zones. It’s a scaled-down version of the country’s…
Cryptocurrency. The Metaverse. Non-Fungible Tokens. All of those intangible things that seem to be the craze for artists, athletes, and influencers … just keep them far from Kanye West. He is not interested. The billionaire creative took to social media to sternly ask people to stop inviting them into the digital auction space. He captioned, in all…
The body of the Georgia high school sophomore was discovered rolled up in a gym mat in 2013. A sheriff in Valdosta, Georgia, has offered half a million dollars of his own money as a reward for information leading to an arrest in the Kendrick Johnson case. Sheriff Ashley Paulk says he will put forth…
OPINION: Darius Lovehall’s famous poem that set late ’90s Black college campuses and poetry nights ablaze is kind of not good. Oh, stop, you know it’s true. But let me make the case. Buckle up, Buttercup. I’ve had an up-and-down relationship with the movie Love Jones. I can acknowledge that the 1997 romantic comedy—written and…
From fighting for racial justice to conquering the business world, these Black youths broke barriers against incredible odds—all before turning 20. February is the month that marks the celebration of the Black experience, a time to reflect on the past and uplift the next generation of Black men and women. When it comes to racial progress,…
