Bailey ended her 11-year reign on the reality TV show to pursue new endeavors Cynthia Bailey has revealed why she stepped away from Real Housewives of Atlanta after her run on the show lasted for more than a decade. “It was time,” she said in a Friday interview with E! News. Bailey, who shocked audiences…
Republican Sen. Greg Albritton said the funds will “go a long way” to addressing the state’s longstanding problems in prison Amid a national debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers swiftly approved a plan Friday to tap $400 million from the American Rescue Plan to help build two super-size prisons, brushing off…
Bow Wow has a few more thoughts on the romance between long-time friend Diddy and the mother of his oldest child, Joie Chavis. Just days after confirming the relationship between the alleged new couple during an appearance on the WGCI Morning Show with host Leon Rogers, Kendra G and Kyle, the “Outta My System” rapper…
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty I was at dinner some time ago with a group of gorgeous Black women I had just met at an event. After we all got acquainted with each other, we summoned the waiter and began to order libations. As soon as our drinks were delivered and the first few sips…
Tubi reboots show as “Donnie Simpson’s Video Soul” after its long run on BET Video Soul was one of the most popular Black music programs during its long run on BET. Donnie Simpson, the long-time and charismatic host of Video Soul, was a key part of the show’s success. After 25 years of being off…
New memoir “Here I Stand” shares title of Usher’s 2008 album Tameka Foster Raymond is speaking out on her short-lived marriage to superstar singer Usher Raymond as she promotes her newly released memoir, Here I Stand. The book title bears the same name as her ex-husband’s 2008 album. While their marital union only lasted two…
Video footage of an unlicensed security guard shooting and killing an unarmed Black man at a local Kroger gas station in Memphis, Tennessee, in August was shown in court this week after a judge made a ruling last month temporarily blocking the public’s access to it. According to a local ABC news affiliate, after a…
At the Legacy Museum, visitors explore the origins of the slave trade through the civil rights area to modern criminal justice issues The statues of chained men, women and children stick hauntingly out of sand as simulated waves crash overhead, a symbol to the estimated two million people for whom the slave trade ended in…
No students were hurt in the incident at YES Prep Southwest Secondary in Houston A former student of a Houston public charter school shot and wounded the campus principal Friday before quickly surrendering to police, authorities said. The 25-year-old man shot through a locked, glass door at YES Prep Southwest Secondary, Houston Police Chief Troy…
School districts urged not to spend state funding on enforcing mask mandates Two days after a federal judge decided that South Carolina’s ban on school mask requirements discriminates against medically fragile students, the state Supreme Court disagreed, in a ruling that won’t change the week’s events. Federal law trumps state law, so the U.S. District Court ruling allowing school…
