Experts predicted the play’s 12 nominations would result in its creators taking home a few of the night’s top honors. Despite a record number of nominations for Tony Awards, Jeremy O. Harris’ acclaimed Broadway play, Slave Play, won no awards during Sunday night’s ceremony. According to The Hollywood Reporter, experts predicted Slave Play‘s 12 nominations would…
Funny man Dave Chappelle will soon begin construction on his new comedy club in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio, according to Yellow Springs News. The Yellow Springs Planning Commission approved plans for Live from YS on Sept. 15. Live from YS will be located at 225 Corry Street, which used to be the Miami…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Burial grounds of any kind should be treated with the utmost respect, especially if those resting in eternal peace underneath it are of a special group of people like, for instance, freed slaves. Sadly, one historic Black cemetery in Maryland is at the center of such a controversy, first…
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback uses the reins to whip a Haitian migrant entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021. | Source: PAUL RATJE / Getty One of the more telling responses to the…
Jemele Hill appears to have ruffled the feathers of Ohio senatorial candidate Josh Mandel after the award-winning journalist called out the former Ohio state treasurer for reaching “peak Caucasity” with his rant on critical race theory. The online squabble took place last week when Mandel referenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while slamming the study…
In an emotional interview with TMZ, the Grammy-nominated singer revealed that she had “flatlined” as doctors worked to save her life. Kelly Price broke her silence on Sunday after days of concerns over her safety after she was initially believed to be missing following a recent COVID-19 hospitalization. Singer Kelly Price attends 2019 Black Music…
Source: JOSEPH PREZIOSO / Getty A group of Minneapolis residents and organizational representatives gathered last week to encourage voters to reject one ballot measure and support two others in the November local election. Focused on creating a city that is more equitable and serving all residents, the group gathered. They spoke in front of the…
Gov. Kay Ivey and Republican legislative leaders have said using the funds will help avoid using state dollars as well as paying interest on a loan Alabama is weighing the use of $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build new prisons, a proposal that state Republican leaders say would save state taxpayer money but…
Rapper Offset and comedians Michael Blackson and Lil Rel Howery are among the celebrities who have donated Celebrities and fans alike have come together to donate money for the funeral of late actor and comedian Anthony “AJ” Johnson. Offset, who is one-third of the rap trio Migos, donated $5,000 to the Johnson family on Sunday,…
In Wyoming, where Petito was found, just 18% of cases of missing Indigenous women over the past decade had any media coverage In the three months since 62-year-old Navajo rug weaver Ella Mae Begay vanished, the haunting unanswered questions sometimes threaten to overwhelm her niece. Seraphine Warren has organized searches of the vast Navajo Nation…
