Tamera Mowry is taking part in a new TikTok challenge that is just right for her. On March 4, in an Instagram video, she stood in front of a camera wearing a white robe and big hoops on, and with curly hair. As a slowed-down version of Rihanna’s song “Desperado” played in the background, Mowry…
Details of an investigation into allegations of the championship coach’s inappropriate interactions with and alleged inappropriate behavior with female students surfaced this week Les Miles, coach of the University of Kansas football team, has been placed on administrative leave after findings were released from an investigation into his communications with female students nearly a decade…
Source: Megan Varner / Getty Georgia advocacy organizations want corporations to stop funding voter suppression. The organizations responded to a recent investigation of political donations to Republican legislators. The New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter Fund and the Georgia NAACP called on businesses that make political donations like Coca-Cola, Home Depot, the Southern Company and Delta…
The state on Friday relaxed guidelines for reopening outdoor venues as a fall and winter surge seemed to be ending California has cleared a path for fans to hit the stands at opening-day baseball games and return to Disneyland nearly a year after coronavirus restrictions shuttered major entertainment spots. The state on Friday relaxed guidelines…
Celebrating HBCU culture, All-Star game expected to generate $3 million in donations and scholarships Mo Williams played for the Eastern Conference in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, and he fully understands the enormity of the event’s platform. His team lost that game. His current team — and a lot of others — should be big…
A Black Florida school resource officer was fired Tuesday after a random audit of body camera footage revealed he had used the N-word on multiple occasions, including during a November phone call with his wife and during an arrest later that same month. Officer Delvin White, school resource officer at Middleton High School and eight-year veteran…
The Federal Reserve reported Friday that consumer borrowing fell by $1.3 billion in January, pushing credit card use to levels not seen since 2017 Borrowing by Americans fell in January for the first time in five months, as the use of credit cards fell to the lowest level in four years, offsetting gains in auto…
The unemployment rate among whites, Hispanics and Asians fell in February, but for Black Americans it jumped from 9.2% to 9.9% U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, evidence that a year after the pandemic took hold, the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop and vaccinations ramp up. A government report Friday showed that…
Grammy-nominated singer gets candid about the music business, early life as a single parent and more Eric Benét had all the makings to become a star: the voice, handsome looks and songwriting skills. While he has enjoyed success as a musician for the past two decades with 10 Top 40 R&B singles and several movie…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty The newest book from abolitionist, author and organizer Mariame Kaba entered the top 10 of the New York Times Best Sellers list in its first week. Based on sales ending the week of Feb. 27, Kaba’s “We Do This ‘Till We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice” ranked as a…
