Source: Cooper Neill / Getty Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, one of the staunchest Republican governors in regards to masking mandates as coronavirus cases rise in the state and ICU wings become overwhelmed, has tested positive for COVID-19. Critics suggested the diagnosis was karma at work. Abbott was at a standing-room-only event in Collin County on…
Perhaps Jay-Z is a business, man. Just two weeks after it was reported that the “Song Cry” emcee teamed up with Will Smith to turn renters into homeowners, Jay is back and is now teaming up with a different group to open an online sportsbook in New York. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 08: Jay-Z and Blue…
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty When journalist Alexis Johnson sued her former employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette underestimated defending its actions in court. But Johnson has made it through at least one preliminary hurdle on her road to recovery. A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss filed by PG Publishing, according to Law360. PG Publishing, the…
An Oregon man was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 12, and charged with second-degree criminal mischief, abuse of a memorial and second-degree bias crime after he painted a swastika on the memorial of a Black man who died at the Clackamas County Jail. Collin Williams, 20, posted a video to social media under a pseudonym of…
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Over a year after the international protests following George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s killings, criminal justice reform and police accountability remain essentially the same. The promise of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act remains unfulfilled, as a bipartisan negotiation team has stalled. According to Politico, Sens. Cory Booker,…
“I wasn’t able to properly anticipate how different this ‘Housewives’ adventure would be from my previous career in television,” said Williams Eboni K. Williams made her debut on The Real Housewives of New York City (RHONY) as the first Black cast member in the history of the show on its most recent 13th season. The…
Former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Falynn Pina shocked fans on Tuesday, Aug. 17, after announcing that she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Jaylan Banks. Initially, what stunned many wasn’t the pregnancy news itself but that Pina’s ex-husband Simon Guobadia may have been right after disclosing this information in June. At the time, he accused the…
Source: Jason Davis / Getty Candace Owens has single-handedly redefined what it means to be guilty by association. Previously damned for her undying devotion to all-things anti-Black and Donald Trump, Owens — who once notably had sympathetic words about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler — outdid herself on Tuesday by co-signing the Taliban criticizing freedom of…
Dr. Dre‘s daughter LaTanya Young has taken action weeks after alleging she was homeless and living out of her vehicle because her father refused to provide her with financial assistance for nearly a year-and-a-half. Earlier this month, the oldest daughter of the super producer appeared in an interview with The Daily Mail where she claimed…
The rapper is feeling the heat following the homophobic rant he made during the Rolling Loud music festival DaBaby is realizing just how real cancel culture is. So much so that the rapper is joking that he may have to transition from spitting bars to singing R&B tunes to stay afloat. In the wake of…
