Source: Prince Williams / Getty Jill Scott is considering moving from the U.S. because she is concerned for the safety of her 12-year-old son. The Grammy award-winning singer and actress recently discussed her plans on Jemele Hill’s “Unbothered” podcast. She responded that it’s “terrifying” when Hill asked her what it’s like raising a Black boy…
Bailiff Petri Hawkins Byrd said he was “confused and dismayed” to be left out of discussions for the upcoming ‘Judge Judy’ spin-off series, ‘Judy Justice’ One of the crown jewels of daytime television programming, reality courtroom show “Judge Judy,” will take a new form in 2021 as a spin-off series on an entirely new platform…
Ciara and Russell Wilson are all smiles after the Seahawks quarterback had a successful surgery on the middle finger of his right hand. The “Level Up” singer was leaning up against her husband, who was still in a hospital bed, in the Oct. 8 Instagram and Twitter photo she uploaded. As he rested his right…
Source: Michele Sandberg / Getty Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West is downplaying his admitted case of “COVID pneumonia” despite being hospitalized for it on Saturday night. The ultra-conservative Republican who has not endorsed the COVID-19 vaccine tweeted about his medical status and tried to put a positive spin on what sounded like a grave situation….
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty The president of Dillard University took to Twitter to debunk disinformation being spread about the Biden administration’s commitment to funding HBCUs. Walter M. Kimbrough, known on Twitter as @HipHopPrez, highlighted several accounts spreading the lie that the Biden administration cut $30 Billion from HBCUs. Fact: “Each year, the federal government…
The British singer shares about dating the sports agent and gives more info on her upcoming new release Adele has reemerged from semi-seclusion as she begins the press run for her forthcoming album. The British singer/songwriter has disclosed much during an interview with Vogue magazine, as well as her first Instagram live session on Saturday,…
A Black man says U.K. police used excessive force against him during an incident late last month, in which he was dragged through shards of glass by officers. Callum Lother, 23, told Metro he’s traumatized by the incident. He explained that he was in his car on Sept. 30, when West Midlands police officers approached….
The watchdog agency that advocates for racial diversity in the NFL says that Gruden should be disciplined The leader of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a watchdog group that champions diversity in the NFL, says Jon Gruden‘s 2011 remark about players’ union leader DeMaurice Smith is indicative of the racism at many levels of professional sports….
Whitley and Waithe have previously collaborated together on the Netflix comedy series, Master of None Lena Waithe is collaborating with Kym Whitley on a new audio comedy series, Kym. The project is part of Waithe’s new deal with Audible. Hillman Grad Productions, the company founded by Waithe and Rishi Rajani, inked a multi-project deal with…
African-Americans who have contracted COVID are not receiving post-diagnosis follow-up Over the past year, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black people in the United States. Now, a new report shows that Black patients who have contracted it are receiving less care afterwards. A study in Michigan was conducted by the Journal of Post-Acute and Long Term…
