Pelosi said that she would not accept the appointments of Indiana Rep. Jim Bank or Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, citing the “integrity” of the probe. Pelosi said in a…
A white passenger was seen striking a Black passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight, allegedly after the man took too long to retrieve his bag from an overhead bin. The flight from Philadelphia to Miami landed at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night. According to Kiera Pierre Louis — a hip-hop artist also known as Milli…
Black college football teams, said Sanders, Jackson State’s coach, have to be better “not only on the field but off the field.” NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is the head coach of the Jackson State University football team, and he would like to be referred to as such. During a press event Tuesday for…
In a new Beats by Dre ad, a new Kanye West song plays while Richardson warms up to run with Beats Studio Buds earphones. No one does an album rollout like Kanye West. The prolific rapper/producer has officially announced that his 10th studio album, titled Donda, will drop this Friday — and he did so…
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon‘s daughter Monroe Cannon is ready to rip the runway! The 10-year-old daughter of the “Always Be My Baby” singer and the “Wild N’ Out” host made her modeling debut in children’s clothing brand OshKosh B’gosh’s back-to-school campaign titled “Today is Someday.” Monroe Cannon is her momma’s daughter. Photo Credit: OshKosh…
The $2.3 million payment by the country represents a fraction of the nearly $18 million officials spent fighting the case A police department in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., is paying a group of Black and Latino police officers $2.3 million to settle a workplace discrimination lawsuit that alleged white officers used racist slurs,…
Craig, the eighth Republican to form a candidate committee, is the best known and is considered a serious contender, albeit untested in electoral politics Republican ex-Detroit Police Chief James Craig all but launched his campaign for governor on Wednesday, seeking to become Michigan’s first Black governor with a “law-and-order” message and emphasis on leadership. Craig,…
Two teenagers from Atlanta made history on July 17 by becoming the first Black girl duo to win Harvard’s international summer debate competition. Up against more than 100 debaters from more than 15 countries around the world, 16-year-old Jayla Jackson, and 17-year-old Emani Stanton went undefeated at the weeklong competition, the Harvard Debate Council Diversity…
The drop spelled out by the CDCD is due mainly to the COVID-19 pandemic, which officials said is responsible for close to 74% of the decline U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said Wednesday. The decrease for both…
Davis’ book, due out next April, will trace her rise from poverty in Rhode Island to become one of our most acclaimed stars. Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis is set to release Finding Me, her memoir, next spring. The book, which will reach store shelves on April 19, 2022, will trace Davis’ rise from poverty…
