A lawsuit filed on Sept. 28 by the family of a man who died following his detention at a North Carolina jail blames jail staffers and detention officers for his death. John Neville, a 56-year-old father of five, stopped breathing at the Forsyth County Jail in December 2019 while he was being held for a pending…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty The loss of celebrated actor Chadwick Boseman to cancer last year is still hard for many to fathom, but his memory is continuing to live on in ways that are sure to last forever. Following the renaming of its College Of Fine Arts center after the Black Panther actor,…
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty While legislators in states like Texas, Florida and Mississippi remind us that Republicans only advocate for small, non-intrusive governments after they’re done regulating women’s bodies and reproductive options, the Biden administration is lifting a Trump-era restriction barring clinics from referring pregnant women to abortion providers. Before we continue, let’s just…
“When you look at the experimentation that has happened to Black women, and Black people in general and to know some of the findings was from the torture of these people and to be overlooked the way that it has, it’s imperative that we change the narrative of health care,” said Michelle Browder, the artist…
“Black Ink Crew: Chicago” reality star Ryan Henry is speaking candidly about his recent sit down with his best friend Anthony Lindsey. As many fans of the popular reality show star may remember, Anthony exposed the tattoo boss for sleeping with his now ex-girlfriend Nina Marie while he battled cancer. In the teaser trailer for…
Alberto Friedmann resigned as a neurokinesiology teacher at the National University of Health Sciences in nearby Lombard before the school completed its investigation A suburban Chicago man charged last month with a hate crime after allegedly hurling racial slurs and spitting at a Black woman has quit his job as a college professor, according to…
The automaker previously denied any knowledge of the racist conduct Tesla, Inc., the automotive company owned by the second-richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has been ordered to pay $137 million to a former Black employee after a jury ruled he was subjected to racial harassment and a hostile work environment. Owen Diaz worked…
J&J said it filed a request with the FDA to authorize boosters for people 18 and older who previously received the company’s one-shot vaccine Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward expanding its booster campaign to millions…
Source: TikTok / iOne Digital A TikTok video went viral this week that shows a young black man being berated by an Asian man in a college dorm room. The video was posted by @graccxx with a caption that read, “My roommate’s dad harassing my boyfriend for not wearing a mask in my room. Share…
Timbaland revealed how a rejected demo track led to the formation of his and Missy Elliott‘s hit-making relationship with R&B artist Aaliyah. The mega-producer was a frequent collaborator of the “More Than a Woman” singer throughout her career before her tragic death in 2002. Joined by Missy Elliott, the trio was responsible for her hit…
