Questions are mounting surrounding the deadly shooting of a North Carolina police officer after it was recently revealed that he shot the man accused of his murder. Benji Martin Jr., 29, is facing murder charges for the shooting death of 59-year-old Officer Roger Smith. WakeMed campus police officer Roger Smith and Benji Martin Jr. (Photos:…
Ivanka Trump is building memories for a lifetime with her children, but eagle-eyed Instagram followers are zooming in on her husband, Jared Kushner’s absence. The couple was introduced by a mutual friend in 2007. Sparks flew at what was supposed to be a real estate meeting, launching their romantic and business relationship. They wed in…
Source: UCG / Getty Since President Donald Trump’s first term, numerous reports have found that the neo-Nazi movement has surged, showing a steep increase in white supremacist demonstrations, which we might find surprising if we didn’t have eyes and newsfeeds. From the deadly Unite the Right rally — in which Trump famously reimagined tiki-torch-wielding white…
SZA accepts the Song of The Year Award for “Kill Bill” onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 01, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) SZA becomes the latest unwilling artist being used by the White House and the Trump Administration on social media. The latest artist…
“Waiting to Exhale” (20th Century Fox) Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine reflect on the film Waiting to Exhale and working with Whitney Houston, 30 years later. 30 years ago this month, the world was introduced to a fictional friend group whose stories resonated so deeply that they felt pulled straight from our own…
New York Times Bestselling author Michelle Obama is having a time since releasing her second book, “The Look,” which features a collection of her stylish looks during her time in the White House as the first Black first lady. The wife of former president Barack Obama has slowly been taking more risks with her wardrobe now…
✕ “Journalism education at an HBCU must be both an act of resistance and a practice of liberation.” Those are the words of Howard Journalism professor, journalist, and author, Dr. Stacey Patton, who said it plainly, and the weight of that statement sits squarely in this moment. Newsrooms across the country are shrinking, corporate consolidations…
✕ Over 50 years ago, Cathy Hughes, the founder and chairperson of Urban One, was one of the very first faculty members of the School of Communications at Howard University. Now, she is giving back to Howard, a place she credits with giving her many of her “firsts” in the communications industry. I sat down with…
After disappearing from the public spotlight for several months, gun rights activist and right-wing provocateur Kyle Rittenhouse has returned with a major announcement. Rittenhouse, best known for being acquitted in the 2020 killings of two Black Lives Matter protesters, deactivated his social media pages for most of 2025. However, he resurfaced online on Wednesday, Dec….
Donald Trump has always positioned himself as the man with the solutions, but his latest suggestion to parents — delivered with the same flourish he uses to hype his ballroom — landed with all the subtlety of a holiday stocking filled with loose gravel. Instead of offering comfort to families navigating rising costs, Trump used…
