Nichols’ comments came after she began trending on social media on Sunday when her remarks and subsequent fallout was reported ESPN host Rachel Nichols gave a public on-air apology to colleague Maria Taylor on Monday after assertions she made in 2020 were reported publicly, in which she suggested Taylor was given a prominent position commentating…
Imagine not being familiar with Simone Biles’ name after she was the first U.S. woman to win four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics or even in 2019 when she became the most decorated female gymnast when she earned her 21 World Championship in Germany. Enter Houston Texans NFL player Jonathan Owens. The 5’11″…
At the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, there has been a 5% increase in attendance over the past several weeks Tom Houck, who drove Martin Luther King Jr. and his family around Atlanta during the Civil Rights movement, is reopening his Civil Rights Tours Atlanta bus tours after shutting down during…
Lawyer Deveraux Cannick wrote that Kelly’s 14-day quarantine has exacerbated what Cannick said was a “herculean effort” to get up to speed after their June hiring R. Kelly’s new lawyers are asking a judge to postpone his Aug. 9 sex trafficking trial in New York City, arguing they haven’t had enough time to prepare because he’s…
A Proud Boys leader revealed that one of his major goals for the year is to get members of the right-wing group involved in local politics. “I’ve always said my goal for this year … was simple,” Chairman Enrique Tarrio told NPR’s “All Things Considered” in a June 28 interview. “Start getting more involved in…
Vivica A.Fox disclosed her current relationship status while promoting her new show, “Screening Room” on Saturday, July 3, during an interview with “Extra.” This revelation comes months after the actress had an online spat with 50 Cent’s girlfriend Jamira “Cuban Link” Haines over Fox’s “love of my life” quote, referring to 50 Cent. Fox said in…
Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty Howard University just added two more notches to its HBCU championship belt when it caught everyone off-guard Tuesday morning with its latest high-profile hires. Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose public dispute over tenure at the University of North Carolina may have prompted Howard to make her an offer,…
In his tirade, Edward Cagney Mathews gave his address and challenged, “Come see me.” On Monday, about 100 people did. Police in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey arrested a man who went on a six-minute racist tirade Friday against his neighbors, an interaction caught on camera that led to a community showdown on Monday. “Learn your laws….
“It’s not my job to heal the University of North Carolina,” Hannah-Jones told CBS’s Gayle King of her alma mater. Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has rejected the hard-fought tenure offer wrung from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to join the esteemed faculty at Howard University. The Pulitzer Prize-winning helmer of The New…
A storm of speculation and scandal has catapulted two sports journalists at ESPN into trending debates on social media and one has since apologized. NBA sideline reporter Rachel Nichols apologized to “NBA Countdown” host Maria Taylor on Monday as she opened her show “The Jump” after an audio recording of Nichols speculating about why Taylor…
