Aside from a few big moments, this year’s Emmys were a bust The 2021 Emmy Awards went down on Sunday evening and what could have been a history-making night for Black talent fell flat. When this year’s nominations were announced in July, the list was Blacker than ever and hopes were high that the winner’s…
The record number of nominees of color yielded only only two Black winners, RuPaul and Michaela Coel Netflix’s “The Crown” and “The Queen’s Gambit” combined with Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” to win top series honors at the Sunday’s Emmy Awards, a first for streaming services that cemented their rise to prominence in the television industry….
The legendary artist was presented the Governors Award by Ava DuVernay, Jada Pinkett Smith and other collaborators from her storied career After more than five decades in the industry, Debbie Allen shined bright at the 2021 Emmys as the recipient of this year’s legendary Governors Award. From the stage to the screen, Debbie Allen is…
The writer/actress/producer/director dedicated the award to all survivors of sexual assault Even though the 2021 Emmys were quite light on Black winners, Michaela Coel took home the trophy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series for her HBO series, I May Destroy You. Coel is the first Black woman in Emmy history to win in…
The late actor was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama for his role in the HBO show ‘Lovecraft Country’ but lost the award to Tobias Menzies of ‘The Crown’ While the late Michael K. Williams was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in Lovecraft Country, the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in…
The $3.5 trillion domestic agenda bill touches almost all aspects of American life, from taxes to climate change, but the health care components are a cornerstone for Democrats. Dental work for seniors on Medicare. An end to sky’s-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. New options for long-term care at home. Coverage for low-income people locked out…
Left vulnerable to those bill-killing delays, which require 60 Senate votes to defuse, the immigration provisions have virtually no chance in the 50-50 Senate. Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens, the Senate’s parliamentarian said late Sunday, a crushing blow…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty As a humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to unfold, the Haitian government has asked the United States to put a moratorium on deportations. The New York Times reported the new government expressed dismay at the incoming flights of people removed from the U.S. Jean Negot Bonheur Delva,…
Mayor Latoya Cantrell said a bar patron disrespected her and she had to stick up for herself New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell got into an angry confrontation on Wednesday night with a lounge patron. The altercation, which can be seen in a now-viral video, stemmed from her response to Hurricane Ida. “Say what you have…
Thousands of migrants, most of them from Haiti, are assembled under poor conditions at a temporary camp under the Del Rio International Bridge as U.S. Border Patrol agents work to process an influx from Mexico that swelled the numbers in the makeshift habitation within a week. Border Patrol officials told The New York Times last…
