The 29-year-old track and field athlete will be forced to miss the next two Olympic Games, putting her career in jeopardy U.S. Olympic athlete Brianna McNeal lost her appeal of a multi-year suspension by an international sports regulator, putting the gold medal-winning hurdler out of the Tokyo Olympics and her career in jeopardy. The Court…
Throughout the ’90s and the early 2000s Will Smith became known for his summer blockbuster films. But, even with his rapper-turned-sitcom-star power, the film that sent him to the stratosphere of Hollywood success, “Independence Day,” almost didn’t land in his hands. Will Smith almost lost the role in “Independence Day” after executives didn’t think a…
As rent debts pile up, many state programs are behind on distributing funds to recipients in need as a federal eviction moratorium nears an end More than $7,000 behind on rent, Tyesha Young had hoped a program in Louisiana would bail her out and allow her family to avert eviction in the coming weeks. But the…
OPINION: In a nation in denial over systemic racism, freedom is elusive for the descendants of the enslaved On this Fourth of July, a day of independence for some but not for Black people, there is no better time to reflect on Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Delivered in…
“I’m sorry, I can’t be y’all Olympic Champ this year but I promise I’ll be your World Champ next year,” Sha’Carri Richardson writes on Twitter Sha’Carri Richardson broke her silence early Sunday morning to address the online chatter about her suspension from the Olympics Games, showing love to her supporters and standing up to her…
UPDATED: 6:45 a.m. ET, July 4, 2021 Things may be different this year for Fourth of July celebrations, what with the coronavirus pandemic’s social distancing guidelines still discouraging big get-togethers, chances are that there will still be plenty of cookouts, with and without the family. But while millennials will want to be jamming to DaBaby,…
Source: Getty Images / Getty UPDATED: 6:30 a.m. ET, July 4, 2021 — In a very telling sign, the fateful words of Frederick Douglass from a speech he delivered 169 years ago still resonate very much in 2021 as Black people in America continue the fight for the same kind of equality that the legendary…
Source: Klaus Vedfelt / Getty I assume since the end of the Civil War, every Black American has had a strong opinion on what freedom looks like. I also presume it entails some form of financial prosperity. In our summer adjustment to congregating again, the new abnormal will surely create interesting conversations where all disagreements…
From lawyers to literary giants, Spelman College is known for producing changemakers who have significantly shaped their respective industries. The HBCU will continue to use education as a vessel to empower the next generation of leaders through an entrepreneurship program. Spelman College, along with @CAU and @Morehouse College, announces a new partnership with @BXLaunchPad to…
From launching a pop-up food truck that provided free vegan meals for the homeless to bringing a water filtration system to Flint, music artist and actor Jaden Smith has spearheaded several projects designed to drive change. According to People, his next social good initiative will be centered on ensuring those facing housing insecurity in Los…
