One day in 2015, Harmony Ilunga, then a 16-year-old high school student and aspiring model, walked out of a modeling agency and broke down in the bustling, cosmopolitan streets of Hong Kong. Ilunga knew she wanted to be a model from a very young age. “If you look at some of my photos from when…
Activists gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments in the Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP gerrymandering case in Washington on Oct. 11, 2023. | Source: Bill Clark / Getty At this point, it should be clear as day to anyone paying attention that part of the GOP’s strategy to win…
Detroit, the birthplace of techno, is facing the pressures of gentrification. Willie Orlando Ford, CC BY For over two decades, Detroit has celebrated its status as the birthplace of techno with an electronic music festival held over Memorial Day weekend. But like the city around it, the festival has changed. At its inception, the event…
Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons’ youngest daughter sparked outrage following viral photos of her on a beach with a man one year older than her father. Aoki Lee Simmons was seen kissing and coddling 65-year-old restaurateur Vittorio Assaf while on vacation in Saint Barthelemy in April in photos plastered online by Page Six. Both…
Video circulating on social media shows an incident at a Florida airport where several panicked travelers called police on a middle-aged white woman who lost her cool after a Black man refused to apologize for calling her a Karen, leading to a harrowing confrontation at the flight gate. The video, posted to TikTok earlier this…
Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss speak outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on December 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Alex Wong / Getty Angela Stanton-King, a Donald Trump-supporting conspiracy theorist who has been a fangirl since the ex-president pardoned her about a decade after she…
There are few bonds closer than twin sisters. That’s why many were shocked to learn Tia Mowry didn’t tell her twin sis, Tamera Mowry-Housley, that she was headed back to the small screen with her upcoming reality show, “Tia Mowry: My Next Act.” Those same “Tia & Tamera” fans will probably pass out after learning…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty A sweeping criminal justice reform bill that’s languished in legislative limbo for years is set to be reintroduced ahead of the fourth anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, for whom the would-be law is named. Longtime Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is expected to be joined by…
A Black Detroit-area couple was temporarily banned from seeing their baby daughter at a local children’s hospital after challenging the medical care she was receiving. Now, Dorian Halslew wants her 1-year-old daughter, Karter, transferred to an out-of-state medical facility, CBS Detroit reports. Haslew said she started encountering issues during her pregnancy with Karter and her…
Outside of her dominance on the tennis court, Serena Williams is known for her powerful and curvaceous physique. Her impressive and perfectly toned body has always been a standout in the world of sports, drawing admiration from many within the Black community. Now a mother of two, the Compton native doesn’t seem to be embracing…
