NBA star Russell Westbrook has been dedicated to empowering youth through education and the Washington Wizards point guard is taking his efforts further. According to People, the California native is opening a middle school and high school in Los Angeles. Russell Westbrook Is Opening Middle and High Schools in L.A.: I ‘Want to Inspire and…
Justices will take up Tuesday a case about Arizona restrictions on ballot collection and another policy penalizing voting in the wrong precinct Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court is looking at putting new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting. The justices are taking up a case…
The neo soul artist is the first to do a solo performance on the ‘Verzuz’ online concert series, though he shared the stage with other popular artists The popular online music series Verzuz hit another milestone on Saturday with it’s first solo performance: D’Angelo. Promoted as “Verzuz Presents: D’Angelo and Friends,” the enigmatic R&B star…
Alarm is growing over the fate of the Tigray region’s 6 million people as fighting is reportedly as fierce as ever between Ethiopian forces and Tigray leaders The U.S. is “gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation” in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in the toughest statement yet…
Virginia becomes the first Southern state to vote to legalize marijuana, joining 15 other states and the District of Columbia Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that will legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, but not until 2024, when retail sales of the drug would also begin. With a compromise bill clearing…
An Oklahoma City officer has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the December shooting death of a homeless Black man. The shooting happened last year on Dec. 11 in the 2100 block of West Hefner Road in Oklahoma City. Bennie Edwards, a 60-year-old homeless man, died after Sgt. Clifford Holman, 36, shot him in the…
Body camera footage shows Ronald Greene being choked, beaten, jolted with stun guns and dragged face down across pavement, an attorney says A Louisiana State Police trooper has been suspended without pay for kicking and dragging a handcuffed Black man whose in-custody death remains unexplained and the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. Body…
Charlotte Bennett, who left the New York governor’s administration in November, says Cuomo made it clear he wanted to sleep with her Another former aide has come forward and accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. Charlotte Bennett is the second woman in less than a week to detail workplace interactions with…
The FDA said J&J’s vaccine offers strong protection against what matters most: serious illness, hospitalizations and death The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two. Health experts are anxiously awaiting…
Tamar Braxton candidly discussed Black people’s portrayal on reality television on Feb. 26 during an interview with “Hollywood Unlocked Uncensored.” Fox Soul shared the show’s clip, which aired later that night, on the channel’s Instagram page. At the beginning of the video host Jason Lee asked the former reality star — who’s called out We TV for…
