Students are demanding tenure for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Discontent over how Black students, faculty and staff have been treated for years at North Carolina’s flagship public university is reemerging after the school refused to offer tenure to a prominent investigative journalist who’s won awards for her work on systemic racism. On Friday, several…
World and Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles put on a dazzling display during the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday night Simone Biles is primed for Tokyo. The world and Olympic gymnastics champion put on a dazzling display during the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday night, pulling out all the stops — well, almost all of…
“Right now, it’s not something that’s on the top of my list,” Blige says in a recent interview Mary J. Blige has made it known that she does not plan to appear on a Verzuz battle, telling The Breakfast Club on Friday that she has no interest in participating in the virtual music event. “I…
Tami Roman stunned fans with her ageless appearance on Thursday, June 17, after the “Get Into It with Tami Roman” talk show host uploaded a photo showcasing the progress of her natural curls. Although Roman never mentioned the initial date she started the journey, she revealed in the caption that she is in the second year…
Johnson & Johnson also agreed to stop manufacturing and distribution of opioids in the U.S., New York Attorney General Letitia James says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis, Attorney General Letitia James said on Saturday. The…
The couple announced on Instagram that Isabella Rose Smith made her introduction to the world almost a month before she was expected Congratulations are in order for singer Ne-Yo and wife Crystal Renay as they welcome a new addition to the family. Renay announced on Instagram Friday that she had given birth to a girl…
Trump White House aides reportedly drafted the proclamation on June 1, 2020, as the administration debated response to protests Before former President Donald Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, some of his aides had reportedly been preparing for another insurrection. The New York Times reports Trump White House aides had…
‘I felt like you ain’t got no real friends and I wanted to be your friend, so I called to check on you,’ the rap star said in response to allegations she had a romantic interest in the talk show host Wendy Williams during her talk show on Friday implied that Da Brat once tried…
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Haiti native, ran a trading post and is considered the city’s first permanent, non-indigenous settler Chicago’s City Council voted Friday to change the name of Lake Shore Drive to the name of a Black man recognized as a key settler of the city. In a compromise, aldermen voted to rename…
Although efforts continue to find the 159 people still unaccounted for, it is becoming more and more difficult Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not been able to find their source, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine…
