Snoop Dogg’s ascendance to fame transpired in the era of gangsta rap, and its brazen embrace of a life enmeshed in drugs, violence, and death. A willing proponent of the lifestyle, Snoop Dogg had his own successful gangsta persona that paid off for him in dividends, contributing to his commercially successful music career. However, street…
If President Joe Biden lands his goal of $130 billion for schools, millions of students might still have to keep learning from home President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students,…
Drew Sidora came through serving a bomb glam look recently, but it all derailed after fans quickly pointed out that she resembled a certain cast mate. On Wednesday, Jan. 27, the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star took to her Instagram page, where she uploaded a fierce photo of herself rocking a forest green puffy arm jacket…
Vaccinations at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles were halted Saturday after dozens of protesters blocked the entrance to the site Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles became one of the largest coronavirus vaccination sites in the U.S. when an inoculation program began there earlier this month. However, according to The New York Times, a group of…
A Washington state man has been criminally charged two years after he fatally shot his daughter’s Black friend after she sneaked him into her bedroom. The Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced Monday that Charles Heller, a 49-year-old Everett man, has been charged with second-degree murder two years after he fatally shot 21-year-old Dustyn Hunt,…
CoreCivic, one of the nation’s largest private prison companies, plans to construct two new men’s correctional facilities in the state Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she plans to sign agreements Monday for two privately built prisons, despite lawmakers’ complaints about the pricetag and lack of public transparency and warnings from advocacy groups that such prisons…
The delay in census figures means Virginia and New Jersey will continue to use decade-old maps that may undercount people of color The Census Bureau’s missed deadlines could be a boon for Virginia Republicans but a bust for the New Jersey GOP — and the reverse for Democrats — as the only two states with legislative elections…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Eight years after it was founded to honor the lives of Black people globally while advocating for equity across economics, social justice and environmental factors, the Black Lives Matter movement was nominated for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The nomination was made by Petter Eide, a member of…
LSU would be the first public college or university in Louisiana to create such a department Decades after a program in African and African American studies began at LSU, a full-fledged department devoted to the subjects has been approved for the state’s flagship university. The Advocate reports that the LSU Board of Supervisors’ approval of the…
The officials were removed from duty for disparaging comments made about Black victims of police violence and local politicians A patrolman of the Hamilton Police Department in Hamilton, Georgia, and its police chief are under fire after video footage surfaced of them engaged in a conversation while using racist and sexist slurs. The footage was…
