Half a dozen election county boards in Georgia have been reorganized, some pushing out Black Democrats and replacing them with white Republicans, according to a report by Reuters. The demographic change results from local legislation passed by the General Assembly. Voting advocates and Democrats said it is meant to curtail Black voter turnout that reached…
Ben Carson, the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who landed the position despite having zero experience in housing or urban development, recently made an appearance on conservative Pornhub network Fox News to give bad medical advice about COVID-19 testing despite being a certified doctor who was also a member of Donald Trump’s coronavirus…
Tracee Ellis Ross commemorated the eighth and final season of her hit series “black-ish” by sharing her audition tape with her co-star and friend Anthony Anderson. The pair, who respectively portray Andre “Dre” Johnson Sr., and Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson, are husband and wife in the show. “black-ish,” which first premiered on ABC in 2014, follows a…
Blake Masters, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona, sparked debate on Twitter for his description of the white tech mogul. Republican Blake Masters, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona, has sparked debate on Twitter after referring to tech mogul Elon Musk, who is white, as the “richest African American entrepreneur” in the nation. …
The Biden administration announced today that students will have more time to resume payments WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1….
Jay-Z is not humbling down his success and talent as an artist, and when it comes to “Verzuz” the New Yorker recently let it be known that no one stands a chance against him. The multi-Grammy-award-winning rapper was asked about doing a Verzuz in a Spaces chatroom that was meant to discuss Alicia Keys’ new…
Asked if he would ever participate in the popular music duel extravaganza, Jay-Z’s answer was clear. Thousands of fans joined a Twitter Spaces conversation Tuesday, hosted by Alicia Keys and Rob Markman of Genius, to talk about the iconic R&B singer’s new album, Keys, the 90-minute opus released earlier this month that features appearances from…
A memorial project honoring the lives of those lost to racial violence is giving the “say their name” movement a greater sense of permanency through quilting. In the past year, the Stitch Their Name Memorial Project — made up of 75 stitchers from across the U.S. and other countries — has put together two quilts…
The rap mogul says his wife’s career has made her one of the all-time greats In a Twitter Spaces conversation with friend and collaborator Alicia Keys, Jay-Z took questions from host Rob Markman on several subjects. The recently inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer answered who he thinks could be a contender against him…
Some took exception to mainstream media bringing up Vick’s criminal past more than a decade after he paid his debt to society. Retired NFL great Michael Vick became a trending topic on Twitter Tuesday for all the wrong reasons and Black Twitter wasn’t having it. It’s been 14 years since Vick pleaded guilty to a…
