Source: Presidential Inaugural Committee The Presidential Inaugural Committee has planned a special Inauguration Eve event aimed at honoring the Black community and the African Diaspora as the country prepares for a new presidential administration full of the same diversity being celebrated Tuesday night. The “We Are One” event will be streamed on NewsOne’s Facebook page beginning…
Brothers Christian Laporte, 19, and Vladimir Fardin, 9, are being held at the San Francisco International Airport. Two young brothers from Haiti are being detained by customs at the San Francisco International Airport despite having visas to legally enter the country. Read More: Haitian immigrant is the face of Lay’s chips According to the San Francisco…
Two months after his birth, baby Kasen was diagnosed with a rare liver disease Mitayah Donerlson is beyond grateful now that her son is healing after a liver transplant and survived COVID-19. According to ABC News, Baby Kasen Donerlson, who is now being called a “miracle baby,” beat the odds all before his 1st birthday. “All I could…
OPINION: DC’s de facto commander in chief has a monumental task, unlike anything the nation has seen since Lincoln’s first inauguration in 1861 Let me be unequivocal out the gate: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser saw the Capitol insurrection storm coming. Days before the Jan. 6 certification of Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election,…
“What, you gonna smack me with that? Smack me, smack me n-gg(a/er)” –Randy Teter, Ohio Resident “We decide what the truth is” –Michael Desiato, Your Honor (fictional character, Showtime) By now you’ve probably seen the video of a Black guy (dubbed “Mr. TeaKO”) opening a literal can of Twisted Tea “whup ass” on a white…
Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015. On the eve of being inaugurated, President-elect Joe Biden’s thoughts are with his late son, Beau. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. While bidding farewell to Delaware, where he’s lived for decades, he called upon the memory of…
B2K band member Raz B is again ruffling feathers with his allegations of being molested by former manager Chris Stokes. For years, Raz B has publicly accused Stokes of taking advantage of him, though Stokes has vehemently denied the claims time and time again. However, the singer says he is ready to be vindicated of…
The now-deleted Twitter thread faced backlash and was called an example of ‘foreigner privilege’ After facing backlash for a viral Twitter thread about moving to Bali, a Black woman is officially being deported. A Black American woman has faced backlash on Twitter after posting about relocating to Bali, Indonesia. In a now-deleted thread, Kristin Grey…
When the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18, legendary musical artist Stevie Wonder used his tribute as an opportunity to call lawmakers to action to formally promote the truth about inequality. In a video dubbed by Wonder as “An Open Letter To Dr. King,” the multiple Grammy Award winner asked…
Activist Brandon Patterson says he has spoken to other activists about the vaccine and the dangers of COVID-19, but that it’s like ‘working against the grain’ As Black activists continue to pour into the streets to push America to reckon with its systemic racism, they are also facing a reckoning of their own: the COVID-19…
