Adams is the Brooklyn borough president and a former New York City police captain Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory Tuesday to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the U.S. picked new city leaders from candidates who were largely defined by their stances on police and crime. Brooklyn Borough…
Source: Courtney Hale / Getty Since George Floyd’s murder, corporations and other private entities scrambled to address issues of race and persisting inequity within their ranks. Attention to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (also known as DEI) surged after Floyd’s death. Practitioners like Joseph B. Hill have been in increasing demand. But it seems some…
For almost 10 years, Iyanla Vanzant has been using her skills as a life coach to mend families and broken homes on her “Iyanla Fix My Life” show. But in May that chapter of her life closed and she said goodbye to the series, stating that she would prefer to now help people off camera…
Brown a Cuyahoga County Council member who also chairs the county Democratic Party, defeated Republican Laverne Gore, a business owner and activist, in the 11th Congressional District Democrat Shontel Brown won the Cleveland-area U.S. House seat formerly held by Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge in Tuesday’s special election. Democratic candidate Shontel Brown waves to voters at…
Millions of shots made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have already been shipped to states, doctors’ offices and pharmacies, in preparation for the CDC’s decision U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration already authorized…
On Nov. 4, Finurah will present its inaugural one-day virtual wealth summit. We will bring together thought leaders, proven experts, and the community for lively discussions on creating generational wealth, financing and more. Get access to the Finurah Wealth Summit 2021 here and click “Going.” Back in the 1990s, a young Daymond John was a hip-hop head. Besides music, he…
The bodycam footage shows an officer planting drugs in the cupholder of a car A Staten Island man is getting a much-deserved second chance after a judge vacated his 2018 conviction. Body camera footage shows an NYPD officer in the arrest of Jason Serrano seemingly planting marijuana in the car he was riding in March…
US civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is on the mend after suffering a head contusion when he fell on the campus of Howard University. The congressman was most recently hospitalized, as well as his wife Jacqueline, after testing positive for COVID-19 in August. Jackson, 80, reportedly fell and hit his head while entering a…
The festival returns to celebrate its 25th anniversary, featuring an impressive lineup of narrative features, documentaries and more. The American Black Film Festival returns for its 25th anniversary this year with a hybrid in-person/virtual ceremony. From the inspirational Williams tennis family story King Richard to exciting adaptations like B-Boy Blues, theGrio‘s got the five projects…
Twenty-five years ago, sitcoms like “Moesha” gave young Black women a reason to celebrate sisterhood and love through the lens of Brandy‘s teenage character, Moesha. The UPN series aired from 1996 to 2001, documenting the life and family of Moesha following the death of her mother. Shar Jackson, who played Moesha’s best friend, and later…
