Source: SOPA Images / Getty Last month, we reported on the story of Col. Benjamin Jonsson, a decorated officer with the U.S. Air Force whose promotion is being stalled by a single white-and-fragile Republican, Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt, who has no military experience of his own, but thinks he knows enough about what’s good for…
An Indianapolis woman was found not guilty in a bench trial of charges stemming from the death of her 2-month-old child despite allegedly admitting to the crime. It comes after court records say that Dacia Lacey confessed that she smothered her daughter, Alona, with couch pillows at her home in August 2022, according to Fox 59. She…
Stephen A. Smith has apologized following his controversial statements last week on Fox News, where he attempted to equate Donald Trump’s mounting legal problems with the historic struggles of Black people, sparking outrage on social media, mainly among civil rights advocates. Four days after his disastrous comments, Smith addressed the growing backlash in a five-minute…
A class at Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center located in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on January 11, 2021. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty No family should be forced to compromise their child’s safety and well-being because they do not have affordable care. And no employer should wonder whether their…
T.I. insists that his family is still intact months after making headlines for a public blowout at an NFL game. Social media was buzzing for days when the “Bring Em Out” rapper, his wife Tiny, and their son King were involved in a tense disagreement that seemingly ended with the 19-year-old being snatched up by…
Source: Justin Sullivan / Getty All current death penalty cases in one northern California county were ordered reviewed after the revelation of a racist and antisemitic scandal that targeted inmates who were Black and Jewish. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Monday that her office had been directed by a federal judge to launch…
There’s nothing like a good roast between friends, and it’s even better when it’s Steve Harvey and musical legend Stevie Wonder on national television. The two took trash-talking to new heights in a resurfaced clip from the 2002 Essence Awards ceremony at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Stevie Wonder hits back at Steve Harvey’s…
A federal agency just shut down a Chinese supermarket in the Nigerian capital of Abuja that banned Nigerians from shopping on its premises. Videos shared thousands of times on social media over the weekend show several Nigerians confirming they were denied entry into a Chinese supermarket within the China General Chamber of Commerce complex. Management…
DC Young Fly appears to be still struggling with the loss of his girlfriend and mother of his children, Jacklyn “Jacky Oh” Smith, who tragically passed away during a “mommy makeover” procedure in 2023. The two met and began dating as cast members on Nick Cannon’s “Wild ‘N Out” show. ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 17:…
Mister Cee on March 16, 2015, in New York City. | Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty A funeral is set to take place for a celebrated hip-hop DJ less than two weeks after he died unexpectedly. Mister Cee, who rose to fame spinning records for fellow rap icon Big Daddy Kane and went on to…
