Several Amazon workers are currently unaccounted for At least two Amazon workers have died and others were confirmed injured on Friday night following the collapse of an Amazon warehouse near East St. Louis, Illinois. The facility collapsed after tornadoes and strong storms hit the area. According to police, the two bodies were found after rescuers…
Source: halbergman / Getty While the economy is gradually rebounding, a new poll found that some Black people are still struggling. According to the November Temperature Check Poll from Black to the Future Action Fund, 42 percent of Black adults described their financial situation as “bad.” And one-third of respondents reported their financial situations have worsened. Partnering with…
Ashanti responded during a Dec. 10 appearance on “The Breakfast Club” to Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gotti‘s viral comments about her re-recording her debut album. Last month, Gotti claimed that he owns the singer’s earlier albums and their masters while commenting under a post of Ashanti’s past interview with Angie Martinez where she discussed the…
The three-time-Grammy-award winning rapper graduated with a bachelor of science degree in health administration Houston rapper Megan thee Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University with a bachelor of science degree in health administration on Saturday. The three-time-Grammy-award winning musician took to social media to encourage fans to watch her graduation ceremony and celebrate the accomplishment….
The GMA host and retired NFL star was one of two “honorary guests” on a Dec. 11 flight to space in one of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rockets Michael Strahan is no stranger to reaching great heights. With his name already featured in the NFL Hall of Fame, on a Super Bowl ring, and on…
This week the United States Justice Department closed its investigation into the death of Emmett Till. Despite finding no new evidence to bring new charges in the 14-year-old’s 1955 lynching, the FBI’s Cold Case Initiative continues to investigate other cold-case crimes with racial bias implications from the civil rights movement era. The Justice Department Cold…
Ernesta Procope founded E.G. Bowman INC., the first Black-owned brokerage company on Wall Street Ernesta Procope, whose company called itself the first Black-owned insurance brokerage company on Wall Street, died on November 30 in her home in Queens. She was 98-years-old, according to the New York Times. In 1953, the real estate maven founded E.G….
If you’re up for a night of blaxploitation and all that comes with it, and are looking for a horrifyingly deadly night instead of a Christmas-y one, then these four movies are the prefect way to spend an evening Last week I binge watched theGrioTV’s marathon of blaxploitation Pam Grier movies and realized that I know nothing…
Williams gave the fall commencement speech at Norfolk State University Grammy-winning musician Pharrell Williams on Saturday told the newest graduates of a historically Black university in Virginia to act like “the emerging majority” and help develop the area’s businesses and culture. Williams gave the fall commencement speech at Norfolk State University, not far from where…
Chad Johnson‘s inexpensive alternative of bringing his daughter into the world on Dec.8 left many mentioning how cheap the former Bengals wide receiver is. Johnson and his fiancée Sharelle Rosado announced they were expecting their first child together back in August. The two both have children from previous relationships. In the Instagram video, Johnson is seen giving…
